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Purchasing Manager Food Nottingham Up to 55,000 Monday to Friday days Jelly Technical is recruiting on behalf of a leading food manufacturer for a Purchasing Manager to join an innovative team, within a business that creates cutting edge meal solutions into the UK food supply chain, across retail and food service. This is an opportunity for a Purchasing Manager already established in a purchasing leadership position to join a thriving team within a supportive business, with lots of perks and added extra's to ensure you feel valued. These include enhanced contributory pension, life assurance and development plans for additional training and career development. As a Purchasing Manager your key responsibilities include: Take overall responsibility for the procurement of raw materials, ingredients and packaging. Train and lead the purchasing team. Establishing relationships with existing and news suppliers. Oversee and management the inventory of raw materials and supplies , ensuring stock levels are at a level to avoid production delays. Managing and reducing overstocking and waste. Maintain existing purchasing strategies and also highlight areas for improvement in pricing whilst maintaining a high quality supply . Working with Finance & Production to forecast material needs and budget impacts. What You'll Bring: Experienced as a Purchasing Manager and able to lead the team & function with confidence. Ideally from a food / FMCG background, with short life product experience highly desirable. Good understanding of food quality and safety compliance. Strong IT skills, with proficiency in inventory management systems. Apply TODAY to express an interest. A member of the Jelly Technical team will endeavour to contact all suitable applicants within 72 hours.

A leading recruitment agency in the UK is looking for a Product Delivery Manager - Procurement to join their high-impact supply chain team. The role involves managing procurement operations, collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure delivery performance, and maintaining strong relationships with strategic suppliers. Candidates should have a degree in a relevant field and a strong background in procurement, particularly within manufacturing. Benefits include a competitive salary of £60,000 to £70,000, generous holiday entitlement, and bonuses.

The Prime Minister called for reform of the British state, seeking to go further and faster on renewal, and to ensure a more active government. To support these aims, the government established the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority (NISTA) as its centre of infrastructure expertise, harnessing the policy and strategy insight of the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) and the delivery specialism of the Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA) and bringing them together to create a new, stronger and more powerful organisation within HM Treasury capable of delivering these goals. NISTA has six objectives: Overseeing the government's 10 Year Infrastructure Strategy Identifying and coordinating infrastructure needs Unblocking barriers and streamlining delivery of the government's major projects Setting standards and improving the government's project delivery capabilities Providing effective assurance for the government's priority projects Leading expertise on private finance The Market and Sector Engagement function is currently being shaped through a consultative design process to determine NISTAs final operating model which is on track to complete by the summer with implementation thereafter. The function will work closely across NISTA (systems strategy; delivery and portfolio function and project finance) and in partnership with spending teams, and the Economic Growth Unit (EGU) in HMT, in order to anchor sector engagement and project delivery support in fiscal frameworks, spend controls and approvals processes The role holder is expected to manage multiple teams and workstreams and at this stage in the design process we expect between 15-25 members of staff -market and sector engagement, pipeline and publications, regulatory reform teams-that together constitute a substantial part of the organisation's outputs. Final spans and layers will be confirmed through the current detailed organisation design and are expected to be in place by the time the role holder joins; the post will line manage several senior leaders and team managers and is ultimately accountable for the performance of a large cadre of professional staff delivering complex, cross government programmes. About the Role This is a senior leadership role requiring strong judgement, depth of understanding of the private sector, credibility with delivery leaders and investors, and the ability to operate across policy, regulation, commercial and finance interfaces. The Director for Market and Sector Engagement will play a critical role as NISTA goes through a period of transformation and will shape and lead NISTA's market-facing capability to help make UK infrastructure investable and deliverable by: delivering an investor-ready dynamic Infrastructure Pipeline (grounded in credible project data and delivery plans); coordinating engagement with departments, regulators, investors and industry, partnering with Government Commercial Function; amplifying the United Kingdom's (UK) international offer in boosting UK growth by learning from international experience and financing structures; supporting reforms that improve the delivery environment (including in regulated sectors); and helping convert projects from investment proposition to commercial deal and then to contract so that schemes reach market and delivery at pace. They will build trust and credibility with Ministers, as well as senior leaders across government and the private sector, and lead expert teams in line with NISTA's ways of working-coherent, confident, committed and collaborative-creating an inclusive culture where people are supported to thrive and deliver at pace. The postholder will be a member of NISTA's Senior Leadership Team and HMT's senior leaders' group, contributing to corporate leadership and organisational transformation and will need to operate flexibly in a dynamic environment. The role will evolve over time in response to ministerial and organisational priorities and the postholder will be expected to adapt their focus and ways of working accordingly, taking on additional responsibilities across NISTA/HM Treasury as required. Key Responsibilities: Providing visible, strategic leadership that champions NISTA, sets a clear direction and embeds a culture of openness, innovation, and accountability within your team and throughout the organisation. Delivering an investable dynamic Infrastructure Pipeline which requires effective coordinated engagement with departments, investors, industry and the supply chain to maintain a relevant, up-to-date picture of future demand that leads to improved outcomes for UK Infrastructure; Partnering with the Government Commercial Function to deliver improved commercial outcomes across the GMPP portfolio; alongside NISTA's delivery and portfolio teams. Boosting private investment in infrastructure by collaborating with departments, regulators and investors to create an investor-friendly, growth-oriented framework (including with the Public Finance Institutions group and supporting delivery of Lower Thames Crossing and Euston financing structures), drawing on expertise from across Treasury and working alongside NISTA's Project Finance directorate. Modernising cross-sector economic regulation by working with regulated sectors, regulators and departments to identify and address barriers to investability and delivery in partnership with policy and delivery teams across NISTA and wider Treasury. Leading NISTA's international work to promote UK infrastructure and helping to increase private investment. Person Specification While in post, the successful candidate will be expected to perform well across the full range of Senior Civil Service behaviours set out in the Success Profile framework and demonstrate commitment to Civil Service values. The essential criteria for the purpose of selection are: Experience of operating and influencing at C-Suite/ Ministerial/ Cabinet level in both the private and public sectors with track record of securing confidence of senior colleagues and stakeholders across a wide network. Leading market facing functions or complex programmes in major infrastructure projects, with strong client side skills and delivery credibility. Mobilising private investment into infrastructure through contemporary approaches and capital markets engagement; strong financial acumen and value for money focus Experience of delivering high quality outcomes across the project lifecycle, with a combination of project delivery, commercial, procurement and project finance experience. Experience of building effective internal and external partnerships across organisational boundaries in a complex and large organisation to deliver through and with others to achieve challenging or new outcomes. The following is desirable: Experience of working at a senior level in different sectors with strong commercial acumen. For more information on the role and how to apply, please review the full job description on Civil Service Jobs by following the "apply" link. Benefits of working with us include: 25 days' annual leave (rising to 30 after 5 years), plus 8 public holidays and the King's birthday (unless you have a legacy arrangement as an existing Civil Servant) Flexible working patterns (job-share, condensed hours) A Civil Service Pension which provides an attractive pension, benefits for dependants and average employer contributions of 28% Generous parental leave packages Onsite restaurant and coffee bar. The London office also offers a gym, showers and prayer room Access to a cycle-to-work salary sacrifice scheme, season ticket advances and payroll giving Access to a retail discounts and cashback site A Rental Deposit Advance Scheme to help meet the total costs of deposits for privately rented homes A range of active staff networks, based around interests (e.g. analysts, music society, sports and social club) and diversity At HM Treasury we have an exceptionally broad remit; our work touches every citizen of the country. So, it's important our employees come from the widest possible range of backgrounds, bringing us the widest possible range of perspectives and ways of thinking. We are committed to ensuring that all staff are able to realise their potential and achieve a healthy work-life balance.

Job: QUANTITY SURVEYOR Salary: £70,000 - £75,000 plus car allowance £5,226.00 Location: Christchurch Benefits: 24 days holidays rising to 27 days, plus bank holidays company pension discretionary bonus buy/sell holiday scheme training and development eyecare scheme supplier discount scheme free parking Our housebuilder client is looking to recruit a Quantity Surveyor to their team. You must have experience working for a housebuilder. Job Summary In the position of Quantity Surveyor you will have the responsibility for delivering multiple construction projects in accordance with Construction Documentation and Key Information Prior to Start, including considered procurement of resources and compliance with NHBC, building regulations and health and safety requirements. Key Result Areas and Responsibilities Pre-Construction Phase You will be responsible for checking contract documentation including drawings to identify any errors and omissions, particularly where unnecessary costs may arise. Preparation of tender lists and updating of subsequent procurement programmes. Distribution of design information packages and tender drawings, prepare tender documentation including preliminary checks on subcontractors, preparing and monitoring procurement trackers. Prepare construction cost analysis from tender enquiries ensuring all outstanding information is received. Assess site staffing levels and build programmes with the contracts manager to ascertain preliminary costs and prepare the start on site budget with the support of the wider team. Arrange and adjudicate budget settlement meetings, with the support of the wider Commercial team. Prepare payment schedules. Working closely with other departments, including technical, sales and land & planning, carry out all necessary pre-start meetings including Health & Safety, sub-contractor requirements, to finalise a tender sum and agree payment schedules prior to placing an order. Attend project meetings, contract pre-start and subcontract package review meetings, as required. Appoint subcontractors, including interviews, checking references and negotiate the contract sum within budget, including finalising costs to cover all late variations. Construction Phase Responsibilities Issue variation orders and development changes alongside providing cost advice on major variations prior to issue. Issue revised contract drawings to subcontractors; negotiating the cost of variations including liaising between procurement and site managers. Provision of a full range of pricing information for purchaser's extras. Check all costs posted to each contract, collate and reconcile all costs resulting from subcontract works, variation orders, site instructions, material order and preliminary / running costs in accordance with reporting timetables. This will include providing analysis of costs and identify possible areas of over expenditure at future dates within cost to complete and CVR reports. Check and arrange subcontractor payments, obtaining necessary authorisation for passing payments for all elements of subcontractor works especially with regards to programme and quality. Agree final accounts with subcontractors, ensuring all works have been carried out within budget and analysing costs to assist on future estimates. Responsibility for the preparation of documents for external valuation with the RSL agent (CSA, stage payment schedule, tick offs). Liaise with customer care on post-completion defects, providing cost advice where necessary. Attend site meetings, project team meetings, subcontractor meetings and surveying meetings as required. Prepare cost information for customer choices and upgrades for sales team and place supply chain orders once agreed. Identify opportunities for value engineering to deliver best value. Prepare or assist with preparation of contractors reports for RSL progress meetings. Any other reasonable duties as directed by your line manager to support the wider teams, i.e. procurement tracker, recovery, CVRs and cashflows. Prepare and agree external valuations with funding surveyor and RSL agent. Health & Safety Knowledge, understanding and implementation of health & safety regulations in line with HSE and company policy including safety equipment with regular maintenance of company supplied construction tools, plant and equipment. Equal Opportunities Real Recruitment Solutions is committed to a policy of equal opportunities across all areas of our business and at all stages in the selection process. Acting in accordance with the Equality Act 2010 and guidelines given by the REC, we treat everyone equally irrespective of sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital status, age, disability, race, ethnic or national origin, religion, political beliefs or membership or non-membership of a Trade Union. From advertising vacancies, conducting candidate searches, selecting CVs, discussing vacancies and submitting details to clients through to interview preparation and at offer stage, Real Recruitment Solutions ensure that each candidate is assessed only in accordance with their merits, qualifications and ability to perform the relevant duties required by the particular vacancy. Real Recruitment Solutions place an obligation upon all staff to respect and act in accordance with this policy and consistently review regulations as laid out by the REC to ensure our policy is updated and relevant across all aspects of recruitment in order to avoid unlawful or undesirable discrimination.

Our client, a leader in the procurement supply chain sector, is currently seeking a Supplier Relationship Manager - Digital Procurement to join their team in Stevenage or Bolton. Key Responsibilities: Delivering Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) to the Digital Excellence team in the UK Embedding within the Digital Services and Solutions Procurement team Focusing on SRM delivery across key spend areas such as software, hardware, services, networks, and cyber Managing key supplier/stakeholder relationships and contracts Collaborating with the Group Supplier Relationship Manager to manage SRM strategy Communicating within the wider Indirect Procurement team Up-skilling and empowering procurement teams Job Requirements: Senior procurement experience/SRM professional status MCIPS qualified or studying for MCIPS Extensive experience dealing with senior internal and external collaborators Ability to lead and influence SRM strategies in various contexts, preferably IT Knowledge of contracts and contract law, including developing schedules, SLAs, and metrics Capability to manage and develop contracts over their lifecycle Excellent written and communication skills Strong soft skills and emotional intelligence A great teammate, ready to mentor and ensure positive engagement Must hold at least a British passport (dual nationals accepted) Benefits: Company bonus up to 21% of base salary Pension contribution up to 14% Flexible working arrangements Enhanced parental leave Fantastic site facilities including subsidised meals and free car parking Healthcare Cash Plan for everyday healthcare expenses If you are an experienced Supplier Relationship Manager passionate about procurement and digital excellence, we would love to hear from you. Apply now to be part of our client's dynamic, forward-thinking team in Stevenage or Bolton.