Purchasing Manager

Turner & Voce; Burton upon Trent; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Voce is seeking a Purchasing Manager in Burton upon Trent to lead the procurement process and manage supplier relationships. This position is essential for ensuring the commercial success of a well-established fabrication business.

The ideal candidate will have experience in price negotiations, production planning, and inventory control, particularly in a manufacturing engineering environment such as welding and fabrication. This role offers autonomy in a stable company.

Qualifications

• Experience in procurement and negotiation.
• Knowledge of commodity strategies and supplier relationships.
• Background in manufacturing engineering, specifically welding and fabrication.

Responsibilities

• Lead procurement of commodities through strategic planning.
• Manage and negotiate supplier relationships.
• Oversee price negotiation, production, and inventory control.

Job description

Our client is a well-established specialist fabrication business providing high quality components on a global basis to a wide range of industrial sectors. Due to retirement later in the year we have the immediate need to recruit a Purchasing Manager to further lead and inspire the sourcing process and overall commercial success.

The Role

You will be responsible for the procurement of commodities through the development and implementation of commodity strategies plans and the overall management of supplier relationships. Day to day you will be involved in: price negotiation, planning, production, inventory control, quality control and factory control. Experience within a manufacturing engineering environment (welding and fabrication) would be greatly beneficial with proven commercial success in a similar role.

The Opportunity

This is a great opportunity to join a well-established business with a healthy client base and workload. The opportunity gives the role holder a broad role and experience best suited to someone that seeks autonomy.