Purchasing Manager
Birmingham
£40,000 - £45,000
Key Responsibilities:
Reduce Direct and Indirect costs across the business in line with monthly targets.
Responsible for buying goods in their manufacturing process, sell or use with their own business.
Responsible for keeping all costs within the business below target and making recommendations for ongoing efficiencies.
Being able to provide accurate costings for every job and working closely with the Sales & Marketing Manager and Planner to ensure all associated costs are accounted for in quotes and future work schedules are understood.
As the Purchasing Manager, keep abreast of market trends, supplier capabilities, and logistical challenges.
Track metrics to understand usage and identify trends, anomalies, changes.
Develop of suite of live reports to ensure the Leadership Team is kept up to date and informed.
Understand, and carry out regular research into the best suppliers / deals for the business without compromising on quality, timeframes, service or health and safety.
Develop good working relationships with all key suppliers and seek to develop new relationships in order to negotiate better quality, pricing, and delivery timeframes.
Ensure the team liaise with suppliers and resolve any delivery or quality issues immediately.
Identify ‘critical’ suppliers and appropriately manage the relationship to ensure supply security for the business.
Key Accountabilities:
For the costs within the Purchasing areas, reducing business costs and introducing efficiency measures; this role has overall accountability for achieving the cost reduction targets.
Full accountability for delivering the most efficient and effective consignment stock process.
For costing every individual job.
For seeking the appropriate authorisation from the Leadership Team before changing any suppliers.
For effective management and leadership of staff in your area delivering all required management disciplines, health and safety, motivation, support, development, and areas as directed by the Business Support Manager.
The accuracy and effectiveness of the purchasing teams and systems, to include purchasing, consignment stock, stores, stock control, and goods in.
Following the purchasing processes in place and making recommendations for improvements.
As the business reviews and updates its processes and working practices, be flexible to embrace any changes or new ways of working.
Carrying out the role with honesty and integrity, whilst demonstrating the company values, and with the company’s best interest at heart.
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