Job Title: Procurement Manager
Salary: Starting salary commensurate with experience and qualifications.
Location: This role will be based at Kilwaughter, Co. Antrim with travel required to our other locations.
Purpose: As part of a highly successful business, this is a pivotal role requiring knowhow, energy, and ambition.
The role will be responsible for developing a best-in-class procurement function, sourcing sustainable, cost-effective raw materials from international markets for the company s four sites in the UK and Ireland, including its Head Quarters based in Larne.
The role will have overall responsibility for group facilities management and procurement.
Role Responsibilities
- Develop and execute a raw materials sourcing strategy that is aligned to the business strategy.
- This will include identification and delivery of meaningful cost-saving opportunities and fostering deep market intelligence within the Purchasing team to optimise the supply chain.
- Deliver timely and evidence-based information to guide and support the right business decision making
- Responsible for the company s approved list of leased vehicles and cost-effective fuel sourcing options
- Identify risks in continuity of supply and market volatility and put in place appropriate mitigation strategies
- Contribute to the development and delivery of the company strategic plan. Prepare and present a monthly report for the executive board.
- Development of a centralised procurement function for selected departmental overhead spend to drive synergies, quality and reduce costs.
- Develop a reliable, cost-effective framework of hauliers operating UK and Ireland wide, setting the standard for industry leading service to the customer base.
- Support the delivery of the company s energy objectives, including ownership of near-term procurement and contributing to longer-term decarbonisation planning.
- Enhance systems and processes to advance the company s MRP automation, delivering the right quantity and quality of raw materials on time to the manufacturing facility.
- Have the ability and confidence to make strategic and pragmatic decisions using experience, judgement and gaining input from key stakeholders.
- Collaborate with supply chain teams across site materials planning, inventory, and logistics to achieve customer service levels and OTIF targets.
- Support the company and internal stakeholders in delivering high quality capital expenditure solutions to maximise return on investment and long-term asset life.
People and Culture Leadership
- Take responsibility for health, safety, and well-being to deliver a safety-first culture
- Build on our culture of developing the right behaviours and developing pride in Procurement
- Provide inspirational leadership and broad thinking to our people, our customers, and our challenges
- Be an ambassador for the company values and at the forefront of a culture of continuous improvement
- Ensure the team culture is delivering excellent levels of customer service at all stages of the customer journey
Education
- Demonstrable continuous improvement skills/credentials using recognised frameworks on process improvement.
Experience
A minimum of 5 years experience gained at management level.
Experience in managing incoming supply chains for a manufacturing environment using international procurement markets.
Demonstrable experience of overseeing and processing MRP.
Skills and Competences
- Strong leadership skills to include delegation, mentoring, coaching, support, and encouragement.
- Ability to work at a strategic and operational level.
- Strategic and pragmatic decision making.
- Strong customer focus.
- Commercially and financially astute.
- Proven ability to communicate and present solutions at a senior management and board level.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with a strong eye for detail.
- Strong influencing skills with ability to influence upwards, downwards, and lateral.
- Computer literate with all Microsoft Office packages.
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