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Procurement Manager

Job Posted: 21 days ago

Salary: £ 48,000 - 55,000 / Annum
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Stockport, Greater Manchester

Expire in: 6 days

Job Description

Procurement & Supply Chain Manager

Location: Stockport
Salary: £50,000–£55,000 per annum, dependent on experience
Hours: Monday–Thursday, 7:30am–4:30pm; Friday, 7:30am–3:00pm
Weekly hours: 38.5
Contract: Permanent, full-time
Reporting to: Chief Operating Officer

The Opportunity

An established and growing design-led manufacturing business is looking to appoint an experienced Procurement & Supply Chain Manager.

This is a broad, hands-on position covering purchasing, supplier performance, inventory, imports, inbound logistics and stock managed through a third-party logistics provider.

Reporting directly to the Chief Operating Officer, you will help improve product availability, purchasing costs, stock accuracy and customer delivery.

Key Responsibilities

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    Manage purchasing across standard, bespoke and project-specific products.

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    Review demand, reorder levels and stock availability.

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    Manage inventory held through a third-party logistics provider.

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    Process purchase orders and maintain accurate purchasing records.

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    Source new products and identify suitable suppliers.

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    Obtain and negotiate competitive product prices, freight costs and lead times.

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    Monitor supplier pricing, service levels and OTIF performance.

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    Coordinate imports, inbound shipments, freight providers and delivery tracking.

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    Manage backorders and communicate product availability across the business.

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    Maintain accurate product, supplier, pricing and inventory information.

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    Produce weekly procurement, stock and supply-chain KPI reports.

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    Work closely with operations, project delivery and solution design teams.

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    Support product, supplier and supply-chain compliance requirements.

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    Identify cost savings, resolve supply issues and drive continuous improvement.

Skills and Experience

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    At least three years’ experience within procurement, purchasing or supply chain.

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    Experience managing suppliers, purchase orders and stock levels.

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    Previous exposure to imports, inbound freight or international suppliers.

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    Strong commercial negotiation and supplier-management skills.

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    Confident analysing inventory, pricing, lead-time and supplier-performance data.

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    Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft 365, particularly Excel.

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    Sage 50 experience would be advantageous.

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    Highly organised and able to manage competing priorities and deadlines.

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    Proactive, collaborative and willing to take ownership of problems; experience within manufacturing, distribution or another product-led business would be beneficial.

Benefits

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    Salary of £50,000–£55,000, dependent on experience.

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    One day working from home following successful completion of probation.

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    20 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays.

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    Additional Christmas shutdown.

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    Birthday off.

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    Free on-site parking.

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    Free Friday breakfast and the opportunity to influence a growing procurement and supply-chain function.

Apply

This opportunity would suit an experienced Procurement Manager, Purchasing Manager, Senior Buyer or Procurement & Supply Chain Lead who enjoys combining commercial supplier management with hands-on operational responsibility.

Apply with your current CV for further information and a confidential discussion

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