About the role
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Okay, we’ve waffled long enough. So let’s get to the good bit: You.
As Procurement Manager, your role sits as part of the Procurement team within the Operations Business Unit. This role will own the selection and management of our most critical suppliers – our outsourced manufacturing partners (currently in China, Singapore and Mexico). The mission statement in its simplest form is to ensure we are an Intelligent Customer of our manufacturing partners, maximising cost, quality and supply chain agility competitive advantage vs our competitors.
You will own a category of Elvie products (Pumping & Feeding, Sleeping & Soothing etc) including:- cradle to grave NPD procurement leadership; strategic sourcing of critical components for products; supplier management of Tier 1 (CMs) and Tier 2 (key component manufacturers) relationships; and delivering a continuous improvement programme targeted at optimising our Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).
Location: Hybrid working; a mix of working from our Bristol office & working remotely
Employment type: Permanent (please note, you must have the right to work in the UK)
Requirements
What you’ll be doing at Elvie:
1. Contribute to the creation and execution of our Contract Manufacturing strategy covering a 1-5 year horizon where our business scale and demands will change significantly
2. Own the supplier relationship and performance of our global manufacturing operations for a given product category (1-2 critical suppliers), setting and leading QBRs and other strategic supplier meetings
3. Execute effective contract management of CMs, maximising value realisation in terms of quality, risk management, cost efficiency and continuous improvement
4. Get hands-on with our current products to ensure that our OEM’s are producing products to meet the high quality expectations our premium brand commands
5. Deep dive into the assembly line and work closely with the project team and product engineers to ensure we continue to driving efficiencies
6. Manage the yield rate, rework and quality issues as they arise with the OEM
7. Lead a Margin Improvement Programme for your category of products, working hand in glove with our suppliers to achieve ongoing cost efficiencies
8. Own the ‘Intelligent Customer’ agenda within Elvie for our approach to supplier management, consisting of:
9. -Streamlined and clear engagement structures between us and them
10. -Effective reporting of key data
11. -Meaningful senior relationships
12. -A pipeline of agreed and delivered cost reduction initiatives
13. -Establishing Elvie as a Customer of Choice
14. -Educating internal stakeholders as to the benefits of this approach
15. Lead cradle to grave NPD procurement activity within your product category, acting as a member of the Project Leadership Team. Be Elvie’s single point of truth for product related cost across current and in development products, owning the cost narrative for business case reviews
16. Develop and execute new product cost strategies to meet target unit costs, represent procurement in debating cost/quality/risk trade offs through the product development lifecycle
17. Ensure strategic should cost analysis and competitor cost teardown activity is conducted to support NPD and continuous improvement programmes
What we are looking for:
First and foremost we want people with an authentic desire and enthusiasm to work within a social purpose led scale up organisation committed to bettering the lives of women. Beyond that…
18. A sound level of demonstrable experience of managing global OEM relationships and contracts, preferably including relationships in Asia
19. Experience of manufacturing and component sourcing, including leading on RFPs and RFQs to drive sourcing initiatives and savings is highly desirable
20. A credible, capable and diplomatic communicator who can translate operational bureaucracy into true value adding procurement strategy
21. Excellent personal leadership skills that make you a leader among peers and teams without formal authority
22. Proven senior stakeholder engagement capabilities, able to influence in different situations using multiple skills/techniques
23. A shrewd negotiator to ensure that we are always obtaining excellent value from our key contractors from OEMs to packaging partners whilst ensuring win:win partnerships
24. A sharp commercial mind that seeks out commercial opportunities and acts clinically at pace to realise them
25. Highly analytical and the ability to thrive in a fast paced environment, identifying areas of risk and implementing mitigation strategies
If you don’t have a specific manufacturing background but do have some, most or even all of the other skills we’ve set out then please apply anyway and we’ll happily consider your application.
Benefits
The benefits you’ll get:
We're on an exceptional journey. And we can offer you a genuinely purpose-led career with a culture built on trust, autonomy, and flexibility. In addition, we'll give you:
26. 9 Day Fortnight - for our full time employees we work 9 days every Fortnight with every other Friday as a non-working day for you to spend as you wish!
27. Lots of flexibility: whether it’s working from home, doing the school run, or life admin, we understand that flexibility is essential, and we trust you to do the right thing for you and us
28. Share options: we want everyone to have a stake in our success
29. 25 days’ annual leave, plus bank holidays
30. 8 extra life leave days; getting married, moving house, menopause or just things that you can’t put a label on that matter to you
31. 5=10 leave: 10 days’ additional leave on your 5th and 10th years of service!
32. £100 contribution to your home working set up to spend as you see fit
33. An annual personal development allowance of £200 and unlimited access to our learning and development platform, Learnerbly
34. Generous parental leave policies; maternity & adoption (16 weeks at full pay, then 8 weeks paid at 75% followed by 15 weeks at SMP rate.), paternity/partner (6 weeks at full pay to take at any point during the first year of your child’s life), shared parental leave
35. Healthcare plans, life insurance, and an employee assistance program for you and your family
36. A tax-efficient group pension scheme
37. Group income protection; protect your salary if you get sick
38. A free Elvie trainer for you to keep or give away when you join
39. Generous employee and friends & family discounts on Elvie products
40. Wellbeing support from YuLife and access to SmartHealth app with unlimited GP appointments for you and your family, plus various well-being initiatives throughout the year
41. Lovely offices in great locations, with drinks and snacks provided, along with fun social events