Just Recruitment is working with a growing and expanding manufacturing business based in Witham looking to add a Procurement Manager to their existing team. The role is very cross-functionally oriented, the ideal candidate will have at least 3 years experience/ awareness and an understanding of Customer Service, Purchasing, Manufacturing and Finance, production planning, supply chain, stock management and lead times experience in a high-volume environment. Duties include: Use the existing systems to accurately order required volume of products using sales and forecasting available Monitor unavailability and wastage. Contribute actively to reducing both and meeting targets Understand importance of 100% availability, including seasonal and promotional activities and investigate all instances of non- and short- delivery to determine with the supplier an agreed plan of action to prevent recurrence Actively develop and maintain a professional, respectful, friendly and honest relationship with all suppliers and other team members. keeping up to date with the latest developments for all suppliers Review/approve invoice queries to allow processing in a timely manner, respond promptly to all invoicing queries, liaising with team leader on queries. Assist with end of week/month procedures, including supplier credit claims Co-ordinate with all departments to ensure any required information is available within necessary timescales. Ensure that category buyers are aware of potential problems as soon as they become apparent. Reschedule current purchase orders to meet changing demand Liaise with various departments to produce accurate supplier requirement forecasts Skills required: Keen attention to detail Highly organised, methodical and tenacious working under tight turnaround times Good IT systems knowledge and skills including Excel and the ability to learn new software packages A good effective and proactive communicator with the ability to form and maintain good relationships internally and externally written and verbal Strong interpersonal and influencing skills Analytical and problem solving skills