Procurement Manager Cleckheaton, England
Job description
A fantastic opportunity to join one of the top SME food manufacturing businesses in the West Yorkshire region.
This is a business that has seen significant growth over recent years, a growing brand that is disruptive and unique within the UK market. A fantastic time to join the business as they continue on their growth journey.
As Procurement Manager you will be responsible for the full end to end procurement process, building strong working relationships with all other departments, especially finance.
Responsibilities and Duties
- Managing the end to end Purchasing function, including supplier and product sourcing, price negotiation, material requirement planning, raising Purchase Orders, analysing accuracy of deliveries, query resolution and invoice matching.
- Key focus will be raw material, ingredient and packaging purchasing, but will cover all other factory purchasing requirements
- Lead with finance on ongoing projects to take the PO process digital
- Work with finance to be the custodian of spend in the factory – ensuring correct purchasing process is followed by all departments
- Identify and mitigate any risks in the in the purchasing process, while ensuring recipe specification are maintained
- Ensure raw materials, ingredients, packaging, and sundry items purchasing requirements are met.
- To take a leading role in the monthly stocktaking process
- Working with planning team to Implement and monitor minimum and maximum stock levels.
- Identification of slow moving and obsolete stock, identifying and write off risks
- Development of excellent working relationships with all suppliers
- Implementing purchasing strategies to ensure the best products and suppliers are used in terms of value, availability and quality
- Ensuring correct customs processes are followed for non UK supply.
- To help support other areas or teams for the overall benefit of the Company.
Qualifications / Skills
A minimum of four years working in a purchasing/buying role within a manufacturing or FMCG environment, preferably within the food and drinks sector.
- An excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Excel.
- Experience and wiliness to develop a growing purchasing function
- A keen desire to make the role your own and help drive change
- An understanding of allergen awareness & supplier approval requirements under SALSA or BRC
- Experience of working within a BRC / FSC22000 / ISO9001 management system.
- HACCP and Food Safety aware, ideally qualified to at least Level 2.
- An approachable, proactive and positive person with a keen eye for detail.
- A relevant qualification in purchasing or procurement is desirable
The role offers a competitive salary and benefits package alongside a good hybrid working policy.
Job Type: Permanent
Salary: £45,000.00-£50,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Employee discount
- On-site parking
- Work from home
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Work Location: Hybrid remote in CLECKHEATON
Reference ID: EW/ProcMgr
