Group Procurememt Manager

Kelling Group; Normanton and Altofts; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Birthday off

Life Insurance (2.5x annual salary)

Company Pension Scheme

Medicash Healthcare

Learning & Development culture

Job summary

Kelling Group is seeking a Group Procurement Manager to lead procurement strategy and supplier relationships from its Normanton base. The role focuses on value, supply chain robustness, service and compliance, with 40-hour weeks and active leadership of the procurement team.

You will drive strategic supplier reviews, manage tenders, and ensure compliant supplier engagements across the business, reporting to the Director of Customer Experience.

Qualifications

• Proven leadership of a busy procurement department.
• CIPS qualification or relevant experience.
• Excellent spoken and written communication skills.
• Ability to influence colleagues and support change.
• Experience managing tenders and supply contracts.
• Strong negotiation skills with senior stakeholders.
• Confident with strategic suppliers and complex situations.
• High attention to detail and data accuracy.
• Experience nurturing supplier relationships.
• Organisational skills to manage multiple tasks.

Responsibilities

• Create and embed the procurement strategy and framework across the business.
• Ensure controls to manage expenditure.
• Develop strategic supplier partnerships and reviews.
• Support sourcing of new products or services.
• Ensure compliance with policies and regulations across supplier engagements.
• Identify and negotiate commercial opportunities across the supply chain.
• Benchmark key commodity prices and terms regularly.
• Mitigate supply chain risks to ensure continuity of supply.
• Monitor, evaluate and drive supplier performance and service levels.
• Develop departmental KPIs and reporting mechanisms.
• Negotiate supply contracts.
• Provide departmental leadership to the procurement team.

Skills

Leadership experience

CIPS qualification or experience

Communication skills

Influence and change management

Tender management

Negotiation with suppliers

Stakeholder engagement

Attention to detail

Line management

IT proficiency – Microsoft Office

Education

CIPS qualification or relevant experience

Tools

Syrinx experience

Microsoft Office

Job description

• Job Category Procurement
• Employee Type Full Time
• Manage Others Yes

Contact information

• Contact Phone [phone]

Group Procurement Manager

Department: Customer Operations
Reports To: Director of Customer Experience
Location: Normanton
Hours: 40 hours per week 8am-5pm

Role Purpose

To provide strategic leadership and control for the Group’s Procurement activity, with focus on supplier relationships, value, supply chain robustness, service and compliance.

Key Responsibilities

• Creating and embedding the Procurement strategy and Procurement framework across the business.
• Ensuring appropriate controls are in place to effectively manage expenditure.
• Developing strategic supplier partnerships and relationships.
• Preparing and leading strategic supplier business reviews.
• Support for sourcing of new products or services.
• Ensuring all existing and future supplier engagements comply with appropriate policies and regulations.
• Identifying and negotiating commercial opportunities across the supply chain.
• Regular benchmarking of key commodity prices and terms.
• Mitigate supply chain risks that ensure continuity of supply.
• Monitoring, evaluating and driving supplier performance and service levels.
• Developing a suite of departmental KPIs and reporting mechanism.
• Negotiation of supply contracts.
• Departmental leadership of the Procurement team.

Skills & Experience Required

• Previous leadership experience in heading a busy Procurement department.
• CIPS qualification or relevant experience.
• Excellent spoken and written communication skills.
• The ability to positively influence colleagues and support change.
• Experience of managing tenders and agreeing supply contracts.
• Strong negotiation skills at senior stakeholder level.
• Confidence in dealing directly with strategic suppliers and managing complex situations.
• Strong attention to detail and data accuracy.
• Track record of nurturing supplier relationships.
• Organisational skills to manage multiple tasks concurrently.
• Line management and people development.
• IT proficiency – Microsoft packages, with Syrinx experience desirable.

Behaviours

• Commercially focused and solution driven.
• Positive and energetic personality.
• Natural collaborator across departments to achieve shared outcomes.
• Encourages accountability, ownership and professional standards.
• Calm under pressure with an ability to manage multiple tasks concurrently.

Summary

• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays per year
• Birthday off
• Life Insurance (2.5x annual salary)
• Company Referral Scheme (up to £1000 awarded)
• Company Cycle to Work Scheme – we buy the bike and you pay us back saving your NI
• Long Service Award – gifts, hampers, vouchers and more for long service
• Enhanced Company Pension Scheme (up to 5%, and via salary sacrifice where applicable)
• Medicash is our Healthcare Cash Plan (including access to virtual GP, and discounted prices at selected retailers and gyms)
• Learning & Development culture (professional qualifications, access to apprenticeships and more)