Job Description:

• Participating as a member of the local Management Team, including the development of strategic and tactical policies, and plans and their delivery.
• Maintaining high standards of Health, Safety and Environment for the employees and facilities under the post-holder’s responsibility.
• Member of the Group Purchasing Council to maintain and develop Purchasing Strategy for the Group and its delivery, ensuring best value from both external providers and our own internal resources.
• Delivering planned performance levels in accordance with Purchasing KPIs.
• To contribute to our cost competitiveness delivering significant benefits through risk management and the provision of goods and services.
• Clear communication and implementation of agreed tactical and strategic plans within Purchasing
• Management of Purchasing Team including the continual development of individual and team capabilities and flexibility, through focussed PDPs, training plans, job rotation as appropriate.
• Championing a culture of strong feedback, communication and co-operation.
• Ensuring learning and knowledge transfer and consistency between; i) Purchasing teams, ii) Warehousing, iii) Other Functions.
• Close liaison and communication with supply base and customers (internal and external). Lead negotiation activities to drive and realise continuous performance improvement.
• Alignment of supplier agreements with business performance and cost objectives
• Support & Deliver Cost Reduction initiatives
• Drive Supplier Quality improvements with focus suppliers
• Quality assurance, vendor compliance, Supply chain compliance.
• Spend analytics.
• Engineering procurement review – Ability to understand Technical & Functional significance of the materials procured
• Understanding of contractual terms, Service Levels, Operating Level agreements etc.
• Financial costing and business cases relevant for outsourcing projects.