Group Procurement Manager

Department: Customer Operations
Reports To: Director of Customer Experience
Location: Normanton
Hours: 40 hours per week 8am-5pm

Role Purpose

To provide strategic leadership and control for the Group's Procurement activity, with focus on supplier relationships, value, supply chain robustness, service and compliance.

Key Responsibilities

• Creating and embedding the Procurement strategy and Procurement framework across the business.
• Ensuring appropriate controls are in place to effectively manage expenditure.
• Developing strategic supplier partnerships and relationships.
• Preparing and leading strategic supplier business reviews.
• Support for sourcing of new products or services.
• Ensuring all existing and future supplier engagements comply with appropriate policies and regulations.
• Identifying and negotiating commercial opportunities across the supply chain.
• Regular benchmarking of key commodity prices and terms.
• Mitigate supply chain risks that ensure continuity of supply.
• Monitoring, evaluating and driving supplier performance and service levels.
• Developing a suite of departmental KPIs and reporting mechanism.
• Negotiation of supply contracts.
• Departmental leadership of the Procurement team.

Skills & Experience Required

• Previous leadership experience in heading a busy Procurement department.
• CIPS qualification or relevant experience.
• Excellent spoken and written communication skills.
• The ability to positively influence colleagues and support change.
• Experience of managing tenders and agreeing supply contracts.
• Strong negotiation skills at senior stakeholder level.
• Confidence in dealing directly with strategic suppliers and managing complex situations.
• Strong attention to detail and data accuracy.
• Track record of nurturing supplier relationships.
• Organisational skills to manage multiple tasks concurrently.
• Line management and people development.
• IT proficiency - Microsoft packages, with Syrinx experience desirable.

Behaviours

• Commercially focused and solution driven.
• Positive and energetic personality.
• Natural collaborator across departments to achieve shared outcomes.
• Encourages accountability, ownership and professional standards.
• Calm under pressure with an ability to manage multiple tasks concurrently.
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays per year
• Birthday off
• Life Insurance (2.5x annual salary)
• Company Referral Scheme (up to £1000 awarded)
• Company Cycle to Work Scheme - we buy the bike and you pay us back saving your NI
• Long Service Award - gifts, hampers, vouchers and more for long service
• Enhanced Company Pension Scheme (up to 5%, and via salary sacrifice where applicable)
• Medicash is our Healthcare Cash Plan (including access to virtual GP, and discounted prices at selected retailers and gyms)
• Learning & Development culture (professional qualifications, access to apprenticeships and more)