Leading a Direct Procurement team * Real opportunity for progression About Our Client 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. Job 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 a...