Procurement Manager

Salary: £60,000 – £66,000 per year

A leading industry renowned international automotive manufacturer, based in West Yorkshire, Wakefield region have a new position for a procurement professional to join their existing team as a Procurement Manager.

The role is responsible for leading and managing all purchasing related activity for assigned commodities and services.

Your role as a Procurement Manager will work with cross functional stakeholders; Finance, Design, Engineering, Production and Commercial, as well as external suppliers, maintaining key working relationships that improve service levels in Supplier Performance, Price and Commodity Quality.

Based in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire the core duties of the Procurement Manager are:

+ Take ownership of your commodities
+ Understand and build positive working relationships with your stakeholders
+ Manage a team to ensure timely and accurate updates and compliance
+ Conduct commodity annual appraisals, reviewing supplier and project performance to ensure you understand the subject matter with factual information that will help you drive improvements
+ Undertake sourcing strategies with robust formal tenders while working as a wider unit to ensure commercial and financial risk are mitigated
+ Provide ongoing reporting for your commodities and product performance, including continued supplier appraisals to ensure you keep commercial aware of changes and adaptations in todays world

Your background:

+ CIPS qualification or equivalent experience / qualifications
+ HNC or Degree qualified and/or relevant experience within a related manufacturing industry
+ Excellent experience and working knowledge of contract drafting / and the negotiation of supply agreements
+ Experience in managing supplier performance and implementing effective countermeasures as appropriate

Salary:
+ £50,000 – £55,000
+ Bonus, Pension, Holiday, Flexible Benefits

Wakefield, West Yorkshire

Elevation Recruitment Group’s Procurement and Supply Chain division work with a vast range of businesses across Yorkshire and Humberside, Lincolnshire and East Midlands regions.