Procurement Manager - Group

AR Resourcing Group Ltd; York and North Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent recruitment agency is seeking a procurement professional to lead a team and manage direct materials. Candidates must possess strong strategic procurement experience and be willing to commute weekly across North Yorkshire. This newly created role aims to enhance the central procurement team, focusing on category management and team management experience.

Qualifications

• Procurement professionals from large engineering or manufacturing companies.
• Commitment to commute weekly to offices across North Yorkshire.
• Experience with direct materials procurement.

Responsibilities

• Lead a small team and oversee a portfolio of direct materials and services.

Skills

Strategic procurement experience

Team management experience

Category management

Job description

Client Relationship
New client, first placement

Time to Fill 4 weeks 3 days from award to verbal offer accept

Here’s what our client said...

We recently engaged with AR Resourcing for the recruitment of key procurement roles at various site locations. Dan worked tirelessly in shortlisting good candidates resulting in the placement of two promising new employees.

John Florence
Head of Group Procurement

About the client

Summary

• Severfield is the largest specialist structural steelwork group in the UK. With multiple sites in the UK, Europe and a joint venture in India, they have an annual capacity to produce around 300,000 tonnes of fabricated steelwork. The company has been involved in numerous high-profile projects including Coal Drops Yard, Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, 22 Bishopsgate, and London’s tallest skyscraper, The Shard.

Size

• Turnover: £492m, Employees: 1,500, Established: 1978.

About the Job

Reason for vacancy

• A newly created position to help strengthen the central procurement team.

Key responsibilities

• Lead a small team and oversee a portfolio of direct materials and services.

Qualifications

• Procurement professionals from large engineering or manufacturing companies, who can commute weekly to offices across North Yorkshire.
• Strong strategic procurement experience of direct materials, together with some management exposure.
• Identifying candidates with the combination of category management and recent team management experience, in a challenging location.

Our Approach

We provided our Plan 3, Contingent recruitment service, working alongside other agencies to identify, qualify and present suitable candidates.

Clients choosing this product receive the following level of service:

• Candidate Interview:
  • Approach candidates electronically 1st, phone 2nd.
  • Qualify candidates against key competencies.
• Search Depth:
  • Recently registered candidates contacted from our database network.
  • Advertise on our Job Alerts candidate email, website, LinkedIn feed and job boards.
• CV Format:
  • Client Selection Criteria, Risks and Assessment of Suitability.
• Shortlist Timescale: Within 1 week.

In Summary

Shortlisted: 4 CVs shortlisted within ten days.

Interviewed: 3 candidates interviewed (alongside candidates from other agencies), 2 candidates invited back for final interview.

Offered: Preferred candidate successfully offered and appointed.

This was the first time I worked with Adam and his team and was really impressed with the services provided. Due to an internal development we had to slightly amend the candidate brief... they quickly reapplied themselves to the search and provided a good selection of candidates to interview.