We are exclusively working with Autosmart who are seeking an ambitious and motivational leader to become their Procurement Manager. You will lead, coach and manage your direct procurement team, maintain supply of direct purchases, along with monitoring and measuring supplier performance against agreed service level agreements.

Client Details

Autosmart are an award winning, market leading and rapidly growing business. They lead the field as the UK and Ireland's largest manufacturer and distributor of vehicle and food processing cleaning products for trade customers.

They are also a fantastic employer, with an excellent culture and progression opportunities.

Leading the field in vehicle cleaning products, they are the No.1 choice of automotive trade customers across the UK. They have doubled in size in the last 10 years with a strategic plan to grow by 50% in the next 5 years. To sustain and underpin growth, they have invested over £35 million in a brand new, 5-acre warehouse and state of the art manufacturing site in Burntwood, Staffordshire.

Description

Manage, lead and motivate your team to achieve department performance against agreed key performance indicators, recognising success, and encouraging collaborative cross team working
Lead from the front, setting individual and team SMART objectives, carrying out regular one to one meetings, and maintain a positive and open culture across the team
Manage, lead and deliver a diverse range of procurement projects
Implement consistent reporting to facilitate decision making
Develop the direct procurement team to identify suppliers and manufacturers for a range of raw materials, packaging and products from across the world
Monitor, plan and react quickly to changes in supply, to minimise and eliminate disruption, and maintain stock items in line with stock holding guidelines
Proactively monitor and communicate price increases, assess margin impact and notify relevant department(s)
Use a range of negotiating techniques to reduce the cost of purchases across selected areas and achieve value for money, whilst maintaining good supplier relationships.Profile

5 years' procurement experience within a manufacturing production environment
Experience in successfully coaching and developing, with the proven ability to lead, inspire, coach, and manage teams to deliver results, ideally in a procurement environment
A positive mindset, high level of personal drive, independence and openness to learning
Experience of providing creative solutions to supply chain issues and managing suppliers commercially against SLA's
Experience of managing and delivering procurement projects
ERP experience - Autosmart uses IFS, experience of this application would be beneficial.Job Offer

Salary circa £60k - £65k depending on experience
Permanent contract of employment
A varied and autonomous role with a financially stable market leader
Company wide training programme to develop key skills
25 days holiday plus bank holidays
Non-contributory; private health care
Generous contributory pension scheme
Life insurance at three times salary
Employee assistance programme
Staff purchase scheme - take home products for FREE
Option for flexible working