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This is an exciting time to be joining the global procurement team, who are about to embark on a major global procurement transformation to become an industry recognised leader in procurement and supply chain.

Client Details

Michael Page's client are an established FTSE 250 business. With over 50 years experience as a market leader in producing essential components across a huge range of industries and applications.

Description

• Implement and manage robust strategic (1-3 year) commodity plans with all relevant stakeholders
• Gather relevant market intelligence to support the business with insightful commercial information
• Work with key stakeholders to define opportunities and deliver the benefits
• Apply a fact-based and insight-led approach to recommendations put forward to the business
• Execute value for money decision making through spend leverage, cost benchmarking and through the negotiation of favourable terms and fact-based recommendations
• Ensure and mitigate business risk across the commodity portfolio
• Support the NPI process and develop strong relationships with the relevant Product Manager
• Manages and develops the commodity area with an emphasis on continuous improvement
• Ensures adherence Procurement's standards and policy
• Monitors supplier compliance with the business's governance requirements
• Take responsibility for tracking both cost saving and price adjustment reporting against budget
• Coordinate, monitor and report on all data and pricing changes
• Apply a flexible and pragmatic approach to all tasks undertaken
• Actively promotes Procurement to the wider business to ensure leading practice is adopted, delivered and recognised

Profile

• Industrial/ manufacturing experience
• Negotiation experience
• Strong presentation/ communication skills
• Sound commercial understanding
• Strong numeracy and analytic skills
• Customer service driven
• Task orientated with ability to own and complete complex tasks
• Goods for resale experience
• Procurement experience within a category-based role
• Component purchasing experience
• Commercial experience
• Microsoft D365 experience
• Experience of working in a multi-national business

Job Offer

• Salary between £35-49k
• Hybrid working (2-3 days onsite)
• Pension contribution
• Bonus up to 15% of annual salary (paid in H1 and H2)
• 25 days plus bank
• Additional benefits