Procurement Specialist

Nu-Heat Ltd; Honiton; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Pension contribution matched up to 8%

Life Assurance 3x base salary

Genuit sharesave scheme

Job summary

Nu-Heat Ltd., based in Honiton/Exeter, is seeking a Procurement & Purchasing professional to join a small team shaping supplier strategy. You will manage supplier performance, negotiate contracts, and align procurement activity with Genuit's CMS objectives.

The role involves collaboration with product development, finance and manufacturing across Honiton and Exeter. Working hours are 9:00-17:00, with hybrid working.

Qualifications

• Strong negotiation skills with suppliers and ability to lead commercial negotiations.
• Experience with supplier performance management and KPI tracking.
• Ability to analyse data and provide actionable insights from large datasets using Excel.

Responsibilities

• Manage a defined supplier portfolio and own relationships with key suppliers.
• Support local indirect procurement contracts and supplier relationships.
• Maintain high-quality records for timely reporting on spend, savings, and KPI performance.
• Collaborate with line manager to roll out procurement policy and process improvements.
• Drive opportunities for cost savings and improved OTIF performance.

Skills

Supplier negotiation

Stakeholder collaboration

Data analysis in Excel

Education

Bachelor's degree in supply chain or business

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Nu-Heat was born from a desire to provide underfloor heating solutions in the UK, when in 1992, no supplier existed. Since then, we have been perfecting bespoke, high efficiency home heating systems whilst developing our own industry leading underfloor heating products along the way. Backed by lifetime technical support and award-winning customer service, our bespoke heating systems are precisely designed for our customers' projects, so they feel the difference. Now part of the Genuit Groups' Climate Management Solutions (CMS) business unit, Nu-heat has ambitious growth plans.

The Role Reporting to the Procurement & Purchasing Manager, this is an opportunity to join a small team continuing to make a big positive impact on the Company’s performance. This role works closely with product development, product management, finance and manufacturing teams in Honiton and Exeter.

Key focus areas of the role include sourcing, evaluating and managing new and incumbent suppliers, supporting business growth and risk management and ensuring alignment to group procurement strategy, processes and policies.

Working hours: Monday - Friday 9:00 - 17:00. Working style: Hybrid with a greater weighting office versus home working.

Responsibilities

• Manage a defined supplier performance portfolio and own the relationships for key suppliers, driving quality, cost and delivery against KPI’s.
• Support the line Manager with local indirect supplier procurement contracts and relationships.
• Maintain high quality records to enable timely reporting of data to the line manager across spend, cost saving, cash conversion, contractual progress and KPI performance detail.
• Support strategic procurement activity, assisting the line Manager in taking a business need from initial definition through feasibility, execution and implement to a successful conclusion.
• Working with the line manager to identify saving opportunities and deliver against your own defined portfolio.
• Drive payment term improvements as defined by the line manager.
• Support strategic procurement activity, assisting the line Manager in taking a business need from initial definition through feasibility, execution and implement to a successful conclusion.
• Support the line manager to roll out, embed, develop and continually improve policy and process.
• Collaborate throughout Genuit to develop centrally sourced products and services.
• Effectively maintain the P2P Process, across all spend.
• Support value for money sourcing activity through early seed NPI engagement.
• Support daily management and highlight emerging risk as appropriate.
• Provide advice on EOL and other SKU attributes.
• Participate in any Sales, Inventory, Operations Planning activity.
• Demonstrate trademark behaviours throughout all engagement.
• Develop strong collaborative working relationships locally and throughout Genuit.
• Play an active role in continuous improvement, use of GBS tools/ways of working and Kaizen events.

The Person

• The Person Possess excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Be a strong negotiator who will lead commercial and contractual negotiations with suppliers on behalf of the business.
• Confident to negotiate and persuade others.
• Demonstrate a track record of: achieving or exceeding cost saving, inventory and OTIF targets.
• Identifying and driving continuous improvement initiatives.
• Experience of IT packages (Microsoft Excel or equivalent), in particular handling large sets of data using formulae, pivot tables, charts etc.
• Be highly motivated and comfortable to work under your own initiative, taking ownership and finding a better way.

Benefits

• 25 days holiday
• Pension contribution matched up to 8%
• Life Assurance 3x base salary
• Genuit sharesave scheme

Here at the Genuit Group we recognise and develop the contribution our people make to the Group’s success and are committed to attracting talent from the widest pool. We have a role to play in making the built environment more sustainable, building a low carbon business ourselves as well as delivering sustainable solutions at scale. Here at Genuit we recognise and develop the contribution our people make to the Group’s success and are committed to attracting talent from the widest pool. Our people are central to us which is why we’re passionate about building a culture of trust and innovation. We operate a decentralised business model where each Genuit Business attracts, nurtures, and retains local talent, becoming experts in their field. It is our people who will ensure that our success is sustainable, supporting each other and being flexible and responsive to the demands of our customers and the marketplace.