Duties & Responsibilities
* You will be responsible for procurement across all categories in the business.
* You will the main point of contact for centralised group-wide purchasing.
* When it comes to Supplier Management you will work in collaboration with the Directors and Finance Manager to:
* Identify, negotiate with and select suppliers.
* Conduct new supplier setup, credit checks and risk assessments.
* Negotiate commercial terms, payment terms and service agreements.
* Maintain existing relationships and negotiate more favourable terms where necessary.
* Ensure suppliers meet compliance requirements.
* Develop group-wide procurement processes and approval frameworks, enforcing subsequent adherence to these policies.
* Work with key stakeholders to introduce a new purchase order system which minimises touch points, allows customisable levels of purchasing authorisation and integrates with existing systems.
* Reduce ad hoc purchasing and credit card purchases.
* Work with Finance and the Directors to design and implement a new procurement system.
* Conduct cost benchmarking and identify money saving opportunities.
* Deliver measurable cost reductions whilst improving payment terms and supplier performance.
* Ensure pricing consistency across all business sites.
* Deal with supplier disputes and service issues which have been escalated from department level.
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