Procurement Manager

Michael Page Procurement & Supply Chain; Liverpool City Region; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 68,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare

Company pension scheme

Site-based role

Early finish on Friday 1pm

Job summary

Michael Page Procurement & Supply Chain is recruiting a Procurement Manager to lead procurement activity across manufacturing sites, ensuring reliable, compliant and cost-effective supply to support production. The role translates supply chain priorities into day-to-day procurement execution through SAP.

You will own supplier performance, conduct strategic negotiations, maintain master data, and lead a small team of Buyers and Supply Chain Administrators to meet service and cost targets while

Qualifications

• 5+ years of procurement management experience in manufacturing, engineering, or industrial environments.
• Experience developing procurement personnel, including Buyers and Procurement Administrators.
• Experience in supplier management, performance improvement, and commercial negotiation.
• Experience with ERP-based procurement, preferably SAP.
• Experience cross-functionally with Planning, Operations, Engineering, Quality and Finance.
• Experience using procurement and supplier data to manage performance and support decisions.
• Experience with supplier risk management and continuity planning.

Responsibilities

• Ensure purchase requisitions, purchase orders, order acknowledgements, reschedules and overdue order management are executed accurately and on time.
• Own the accuracy and integrity of supplier and purchasing master data, including supplier records, purchasing info records, source lists, pricing, lead times, minimum order quantities, payment terms
• Manage supplier performance against delivery, quality, responsiveness, service and commercial expectations.
• Implement and maintain supplier scorecards, review routines and corrective action tracking.
• Lead price, payment term, lead time and supply agreement negotiations within delegated authority.
• Deliver measurable cost reduction, cost avoidance and value improvement activity in line with business targets.
• Lead, organise and develop the Buyers and Supply Chain Administrators to meet procurement service, control and performance requirements.
• Set clear objectives, define priorities and allocate workload according to business demand and risk.
• Conduct regular one-to-ones, performance reviews and development discussions

Skills

Procurement management

Supplier management

Commercial negotiation

Team leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

SAP

Job description

The Procurement Manager will lead the procurement activity across manufacturing sites to ensure the business has reliable, compliant and cost-effective supply in place to support production. The role is responsible for converting supply chain priorities into controlled day-to-day procurement execution through SAP. This includes supplier performance management, commercial negotiation, purchasing governance, procurement master data control and team leadership.

Client Details

Growing Manufacturing Business in the Greater Manchester region, supplying multiple sectors, who are experiencing significant growth and require a Procurement Manager.

Description

The role of Procurement Manager will be responsible for:

• Ensure purchase requisitions, purchase orders, order acknowledgements, reschedules and overdue order management are executed accurately and on time.
• Own the accuracy and integrity of supplier and purchasing master data, including supplier records, purchasing info records, source lists, pricing, lead times, minimum order quantities, payment terms
• Manage supplier performance against delivery, quality, responsiveness, service and commercial expectations.
• Implement and maintain supplier scorecards, review routines and corrective action tracking.
• Lead price, payment term, lead time and supply agreement negotiations within delegated authority.
• Deliver measurable cost reduction, cost avoidance and value improvement activity in line with business targets.
• Lead, organise and develop the Buyers and Supply Chain Administrators to meet procurement service, control and performance requirements.
• Set clear objectives, define priorities and allocate workload according to business demand and risk.
• Conduct regular one-to-ones, performance reviews and development discussions

Profile

A successful Procurement Manager should have:

• At least five years of procurement management experience in a manufacturing, engineering or industrial environment.
• Experience managing or developing procurement personnel, including Buyers and/or Procurement Administrators.
• Experience of supplier management, performance improvement and commercial negotiation.
• Experience of ERP-based procurement, preferably SAP
• Experience working cross-functionally with Planning, Operations, Engineering, Quality and Finance.
• Experience using procurement and supplier data to manage performance and support decisions.
• Experience with supplier risk management and supply continuity planning

Job Offer

• Salary of GBP60,000 to GBP68,000
• Performance-based bonus.
• Private healthcare.
• Company pension scheme.
• Site based role
• Early finish on a Friday, 1pm !