Purchasing Manager

System Recruitment Limited; Southampton; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Pension

Life Assurance

Job summary

System Recruitment Limited is assisting a long-established Pharmaceutical Manufacturing firm in Southport, Merseyside, to appoint an experienced Purchasing Manager. The role oversees a £10 million annual spend and involves negotiating with suppliers, planning, and stock control to deliver cost savings.

The successful candidate will have CIPS qualifications, strong negotiation skills, and experience in regulated environments. Commutable distance from Southport, Preston and Liverpool is preferred.

Qualifications

• CIPS qualification is required.
• Experience within a regulated environment is essential.
• Excellent communication and organisational skills are required.
• Strong negotiation skills and IT literacy are important.
• Experience managing international suppliers is advantageous.
• Able to handle confidential information professionally.

Responsibilities

• Manage a £10 million annual spend.
• Negotiate with planning, warehouse and suppliers to secure best terms.
• Maintain and develop a robust stock control system.
• Develop and implement purchasing strategies to meet objectives.
• Collaborate with management to achieve cost savings and efficiency.

Skills

CIPS Qualified

Excellent communication

Regulated environment experience

Organisational skills

Negotiation skills

IT literate

Confidentiality

International suppliers experience

Job description

Health and Safety Southport, England £40000 - £45000 per annum Bonus, Pension, Life Assurance Permanent

Purchasing Manager

Purchasing Manager

Job Type: Permanent

Location: Southport, Merseyside – Commutable from Southport, Preston, Wigan, St Helens, Warrington, Widnes, Liverpool

Post Code: PR9 9NP

Salary: Up to £45,000 Bonus Benefits (Pension, 3x Death in Service)

Start Date: ASAP

Long established Pharmaceutical Manufacturing firm require an experienced Purchasing Manager to join their team in Southport, Merseyside.

Your role will be to provide a proactive and qualitative purchasing function to the organisation covering a £10 million spend per annum. You will work with the company’s management in order to successfully achieve cost savings through strong negotiation with planning, warehouse, suppliers and maintain / develop a robust stock control system. Ultimately you will ensure that the organisation is strategically equipped to achieve and exceed organisational objectives via means of appropriate purchasing strategy, ordering processes, supplier selection, supplier management and implementation of projects etc.

As an experienced Purchasing Manager you will be/have:

• CIPS Qualified.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Experience within a regulated environment.
• Excellent organisational skills.
• Strong negotiation skills.
• IT Literate.
• Confidential manner.
• Experience managing international suppliers an advantage.

The role will suit individuals currently working as a Purchasing Manager, Senior Buyer, Procurement Manager, Supply Chain Manager and be living within a commutable distance of Southport, Merseyside, Preston, Wigan, St Helens, Warrington, Widnes, Liverpool, Lancashire or be willing to relocate.