Division: Group Buying
Reports To: Purchasing Director
Role Specification
The role is based in Normanton. The Purchasing Manager will be required to travel to other Group locations to work alongside colleagues and for external meetings as appropriate.
Role Objective
The Purchasing Manager will be responsible for souring products for sales tenders, and managing products and suppliers for private label. The role will deliver continuous successful commercial negotiations that improve the overall performance of the business. The role will support the commercial team with all aspects to bids and tenders and ensure they are completed timely and accurately. The role will work to ensure sustainable procurement objectives are met.
Responsibilities will include but will not be limited to:
* Understanding and sourcing unique products for bids and tenders
* Engaging with suppliers and actively obtaining supported prices for tenders.
* Identification & development of long-term suppliers for existing and new products in accordance with the requirements of bids and tenders or the Group master range
* Negotiate with suppliers to achieve the best price, commercial terms and delivery of all products required.
* Source products to customer’s specifications at the right price to allow the business to quote and win tenders.
* Working with the Group commercial team on all tenders ensuring pricing for goods is the best the business can obtain and meeting strict deadlines.
* Manage the full process of all Bids and tenders including product needed to be stocked.
* Ensuring that all new products are set up correctly and are communicated.
* To ensure that all products managers are communicated to and are involved in bids and tenders and product specification and tender dates are known.
* Ensuring you are working closely with product managers to ensure new volumes are captured to obtain improved prices from suppliers.
* Prioritise activity to ensure all bids and tenders are complete and on time, ensure all specification and commercial information is recorded accurately and support multiple contracts implementations at any one time.
* Build strong relationships and rapport with key personnel, interfacing at different levels with key supplier contacts. Ensure regular communication on progress and outcomes.
* Management and development of a small team.
* Travel to supplier sites and trade events, and the ability to assess supplier’s capability to fulfil their contractual requirements. This would involve occasional international travel.
Person Specification
* Time management is critical in this job role, so the ability to focus and drive to meet goals, deadlines and manage their workload is key.
* Developed communication skills and a high level of professionalism to work with senior personnel and suppliers.
* Ability to manage critical business data in a confidential manner.
* Ability to run multi bids and tenders and creation of project plans.
Other Qualifications or Experience
* Strong negotiating skills
* Experience sourcing products from manufacturers (local and overseas).
* Experience developing strong supplier relationships.
* Ability to project plan the introduction of new products and moving products between suppliers.
* Understanding of the full cost of sourcing decisions (product, freight, duty, stock holding, handling, returns) and implications of commercial terms
* Strong numeracy skills, the ability to manipulate and present data.
* Ability to successfully deliver multiple projects simultaneously.
* As strong commercial acumen
* Excellent Excel and Word skills.
* Project management.
* Be able to drive, hold a full UK license
Desirable Qualifications or Experience
* Sourcing and working on bids and tenders.
* Knowledge of the business supplies and services industry
* CIPS qualifications