Procurement Manager
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Facilities Management (main)
Role: Procurement Manager
Salary: £50,000 - £55,000 + £4,000 car
Sector: FM
Location: Chorley
Working for this established Facilities Management and Construction business as their Procurement Manager, you will be responsible for overseeing company sourcing capabilities and managing all operational aspects of supply chain. Your responsibilities include developing purchasing strategies, maintaining positive relationships with suppliers, coordinating with internal teams regarding their supply needs, and overseeing daily purchasing activities. As the Purchasing Manager, you are responsible for the sourcing, negotiating, and purchasing of equipment, goods, and services to meet the company's operational requirements.
Will be working with an annual spend of c £4 million. The focus will be on sourcing suppliers for a variety of services eg HVAC maintenance contracts (rather than going to suppliers such as Mitie).
· The successful Procurement Manager will need a hands-on approach whilst managing the workload of other team members (initially the role will be stand alone with admin support - aim to expand the procurement team if required)
· You will be expected to work in line with the business Quality Management System with a focus on continuous improvement of the company and products.
· Develop, implement, and continually improve purchasing strategies.
· Managing supplier relations and maintain the supplier database, purchase records, and related documentation.
· Manage ERP system purchase requirements for live projects; to coordinate inventory control to determine and manage inventory needs.
· Conduct research to source the best products and suppliers in terms of best value, delivery schedules and quality.
· Run tenders, evaluate bids, and make recommendations, based on commercial and technical factors
· Negotiate and agree contracts, monitoring the quality of service provided
· Ensure all purchase orders are issued on time
· Manage and monitor status of all live purchase orders and provide expediting assistance to the team
· Provide updates to key stakeholders on all procurement activities
· Training new employees and junior team members in the purchasing process and how to use the purchasingsystem.
· Develop strategies to ensure that cost savings and supplier performance targets are achieved
· Manage supplier communications in relation to non-conforming goods
What experience is essential?
· Experience of working as a purchasing/procurement supervisor/manager,
· Deep knowledge of inventory and supplier chain management
· Experience of managing bids and tenders
· Ability to read and understand engineering drawings and have a good knowledge of material specification and components
· Full current driving licence
What is desirable?
· Ideally worked within a facilities and construction environment as the focus will be on facilities managementcontracts .
· Understanding of BOMs for project management and costing analysis
· Hold an industry recognised purchasing qualification i.e. CIPS qualified level 4/5 or similar qualification
· Good understanding of engineered products, components, technical specifications, sub-contract machining, painting, plating processes etc
· FM background - not essential
To register your interest please apply with your CV, or call our office on 0113 512 2010 and ask for Dan for more information.
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