About The Role
We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Group GNFR Procurement Manager to join our Procurement Team.
As the Group GNFR Procurement Manager, you will manage the purchasing and quality of GNFR products and services to maximize quality and profitability, whilst forming and maintaining strong relationships with current suppliers whilst exploring new opportunities to ensure GNFR is procured at the lowest price for the relevant specification. Shift pattern - Monday - Friday, 8:30am - 5pm
Your key responsibilities will include:
1. Support delivery of all business unit and operations requirements by ensuring availability and quality of all GNFR requirements including packaging, utilities, MHE, waste and services.
2. Delivery of agreed KPIs for service availability, margin, incremental savings, quality non-conformances.
3. Continuous review the sourcing strategy to both provide new, innovative and improved products & suppliers within the category scope, to exceed the expectations of our customers, whilst driving cost out of existing products/vendors/supply chains.
4. Manage the tender process for all GNFR to ensure the lowest prices are be being paid as well as ensuring new contracts are live on time .
5. Communicate with suppliers and other elements of the supply chain to enable them to deliver effectively.
6. Supporting the control of stock in conjunction with the packaging manager, liaising with internal and external operations teams to deliver lowest cost supply route to market.
7. Provide the business with a forward projection of supply to enable effective business planning.
8. Administer the buying process, GSCOP records, price confirmation, processing of claims. Liaising with Administrators to ensure, weekly and month end processes are completed in a timely accurate manner, to ensure finance reports accurately reflect category position.
9. Utilize & be experienced with market analysis and insight tools to identify opportunities, analyse performance and validate decisions.
10. Drive the delivery of a culture that promotes a strategy that is effective, consistent, and efficient and leverages best practices. ‘Live and breathe’ the company values and develop an engaged workforce.
11. Drive a momentum that will provide succession and development of our people to retain and grow future leaders within our business. Recognize and praise exceptional performance that underpins our company values.
12. Drive a culture of continuous improvement and the ongoing sustainability both internally and externally
13. Ensure all suppliers are always paid within the terms
What are we looking for?
14. We are looking for a motivated, self-directed individual with strong communication, negotiation and leadership skills, with the ability to motivate others
15. Buying experience in packaging/utilities/GNFR with a demonstrable record of accomplishment of cost saving procurement solutions implemented is also required
16. A certification on the ethics and legality of product supply and negotiation would be advantageous but not essential
17. Intermediate Excel skills
18. High attention to detail
19. Ability to build strong relationships across the business
What's in it for you?
We are a rapidly growing and exciting business, dedicated to the development of our colleagues and committed to creating a great environment for people to come and work. In order to grow we need to find people already living our values, culture and commitment.
In return we will offer you development, a competitive salary and benefits package, inclusive of:
20. 10% Asda In store Discount
21. Annual Bonus Scheme
22. 33 days Annual Leave - Inclusive of 8 days bank holiday
23. Enhanced pension scheme
24. Life Assurance - All our colleagues benefit from life assurance of 4 x their annual base salary.
25. Help@hand - Free, direct access to health and wellbeing support service, including unlimited video consultations with a UK-based GP 24/7, physiotherapy and mental health support.
26. Grocery Aid - We’ve partnered with Grocery Aid to our colleagues and their families with a wide range of emotional, practical and financial support services.
27. Asda mobile Discount - 30% off a wide range of Asda Mobile bundles and add-ons for our colleagues and one of their family members.
28. Asda Pet Insurance discount – Up to 10% Discount
29. Exclusive Exchange Rates via Asda Money - our colleagues can get a better exchange rate for their travel money when buying currency through Asda Travel Money (TravelEx)
30. Ride-to-work scheme - We work with Evans to provide our colleagues with great savings across their range of bikes, clothing and equipment.
31. Plus lots more! - Depending on job band, other fantastic benefits are also available including private healthcare, car allowances and long term incentive schemes.
32. Free car parking
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