Purchasing Manager

The post holder will be responsible for the buying and contract management of a number of Grain’s varied products and services (both directs and indirects) such as vehicles, equipment, materials, mobile products and services, marketing and IT to name a few.

To be successful in this role you should have strong experience in buying, price negotiations and contracts across multiple categories, a hands-on collaborative approach and possess the ability to create sourcing strategies and lead contractual negotiations across a broad range of categories.

• Lead on sourcing activities including identifying and qualifying new suppliers, constructing ITTs, RFPs and tender adjudication and presentation of responses
• Negotiate terms and conditions with suppliers ensuring contractual terms are fit for purpose and provide the necessary contractual cover for the business
• Lead on negotiating whole life cost improvements within the supply chain and identify and qualify new sources of supply for broader benefits
• Creating and presenting both cost models and tender evaluation models
• Establish supplier performance KPIs and manage in life performance and identify opportunities for cost and performance improvement
• Develop risk mitigation for higher risk suppliers and products
• Implement local catalogue for growing external spending ensuring continuity of supply
• Leading a small team

This is a full time role working 37.5 hours per week, Monday – Friday, 9:00am – 5:00pm.

• MCIPS professional procurement qualification or BA or BS degree or other advanced degree in business administration, economics, purchasing or equivalent preferred
• Minimum five years experience in procurement roles leading sourcing activities and negotiating pricing and commercial terms (competitive and non-competitive)
• Knowledge of telecommunications and/or technology industries is desirable
• Experience in managing supplier improvement programmes and performance reviews
• Good working knowledge of contracts and terms and conditions and the ability to negotiate them
• Ability to work unsupervised in a rapidly growing organisation and respond quickly to requirements, prioritising effectively
• High working level of Excel and PowerPoint with an ability to create cost models
• Analytical with strong communication skills at all levels, attention to detail and the ability to work across the organisation
• Close day-to-day working with Finance and Operations is essential

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