Purchasing Manager in Berkshire

Energy Jobline CVL; England; Presencial; GBP 40 000 - 65 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Good benefits package

Flexible hours

Resumo da oferta

Energy Jobline CVL is seeking a Purchasing Manager to lead a growing procurement function for a precision equipment manufacturer in the United Kingdom. You will own buying for a complex product range, build and coach a small team, and serve as the key link between suppliers, colleagues, and the design team.

You will translate demand forecasts into smart stock decisions, manage supplier risk, and explore cost-saving sourcing while maintaining performance.

Qualificações

• Several years' hands-on buying experience for complex, made-to-order products.
• Comfortable working with ERP/MRP systems.
• Experience coaching a small team.
• Strong negotiation and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to collaborate with technical colleagues.

Responsabilidades

• Build and steer a small purchasing team, providing direction and coaching.
• Translate demand forecasts into smart stock decisions to keep shelves full while managing cash.
• Monitor supplier risk and proactively plan mitigations.
• Collaborate with design to explore cost-effective parts or materials without compromising performance.
• Translate supplier capabilities into formal change requests and drive supplier onboarding.

Conhecimentos

Negotiation

Team leadership

Forecasting

Stakeholder management

Ferramentas

ERP/MRP

Descrição da oferta de emprego

An opportunity to shape and lead a procurement function from the ground up
Good benefits package and flexible hoursThis isn't a procurement job where you keep the wheels turning - it's one where you get to rebuild them.

Working for a manufacturer of precision equipment, they design, engineer and manufacture high-spec products used by customers around the world. This is an opportunity to take full ownership of a procurement function - shaping its processes, its team and its relationship with the wider business - rather than stepping into someone else's system.

You’ll report into senior leadership and take full charge of buying for a complex product range - leading a small team and becoming the go-to link between suppliers, colleagues company-wide, and the technical design side. Here’s what the role covers:

• Building and steering a small purchasing team, giving people clear direction, coaching their development, and stepping in when a problem needs a senior call
• Translating demand forecasts into smart stock decisions, so shelves stay full without tying up cash unnecessarily
• Keeping a constant eye on where suppliers could let the company down, and having a plan ready before it happens
• Partnering with the design team to question whether parts, finishes or materials could be swapped for cheaper or quicker alternatives without hurting performance
• Acting as translator between what suppliers can realistically make and what gets specified on paper, turning shop-floor insight into formal change requests
• Scouting and bringing on board fresh suppliers who can support growth and give the company more negotiating power

The Candidate: Purchasing Manager

• Several years' hands-on buying experience for complex, made-to-order products - machined components, circuit boards and smaller assemblies rather than mass-produced commodities
• Comfortable working with ERP/MRP
• Enjoys coaching a small team rather than just directing it
• Sharp with numbers, and just as sharp at the negotiating table
• Happy building relationships outside their own department, especially with technical colleagues

If you’re ready to make a procurement function your own, we’d love to hear from you