Procurement Team Leader
The Procurement Team Leader's Purpose
To support the Purchasing team with day-to-day responsibilities, manage Dashboards, KPIs, trackers, and Purchasing reporting. To be instrumental in coordinating purchases and the different processes this entails, while maintaining strong relationships and excellent communication with suppliers and internal contacts. Aid the Purchasing Manager with team training, coaching, and development.
Benefits
1. Company Pension: Employee contributes 5%, the Company contributes 7.5%
2. Casual dress code
3. Life Insurance: Lump sum of 4 x salary
4. Bluecrest Health biennial assessment (discounted for VJT employees)
5. Holiday Entitlement: 33 days including 8 bank holidays
6. 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme: free confidential support service, offering a range of services including Financial Services, Family Care & Legal Advice
7. Annual bonus entitlement (eligibility criteria apply)
8. Paid Company events
9. Employee Referral Programme
10. New starter gift box
11. Weekly fruit boxes in the office
12. Free onsite parking
13. Christmas shutdown
14. Employee Excellence Award each quarter
15. Paid leave to work on group charitable projects
Procurement Team Leader's Day-to-Day Role:
1. Working in a fast-paced energetic team striving for personal and professional excellence
2. Team member training and coaching
3. Responsible for the management of purchasing tasks and processes across the department
4. Support Account management with supplier feedback and meeting content
5. Develop strategies to find the most cost-effective ways of working
6. Place orders with suppliers for non-stock and stock orders once the sales order has been received
7. Ensure direct delivery to sites are fulfilled and information given to suppliers is accurate, obtaining delivery paperwork
8. Liaise and communicate closely with the Sales department for any enquiry handover
9. Maintain strong working relationships with vendors
10. Compare product deliveries with issued purchase orders and contact vendors for discrepancies
11. Assist the Inventory team with daily stock reports and orders to maintain min-max levels
12. Liaise with various VJT warehouses, transfer stock, and manage discrepancies
13. Review & monitor stock reports and adjust/re-order when needed
14. Support Health & Safety responsibilities for the Purchasing department
Procurement Team Leader Skills:
1. Prior people management experience
2. Experience working within a fast-paced construction or related industry procurement department
3. Knowledge of the Company, Market & Competitors (Desirable)
4. The ability to liaise effectively and build relationships with suppliers
5. Proficient in using IT packages (including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
6. Good knowledge within purchasing, objective and KPI setting, and tracking
7. A proactive and flexible approach to planning and meeting demanding deadlines
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