1. Leading a Direct Procurement team
2. 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
3. Manage, lead and motivate your team to achieve department performance against agreed key performance indicators, recognising success, and encouraging collaborative cross team working
4. 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
5. Manage, lead and deliver a diverse range of procurement projects
6. Implement consistent reporting to facilitate decision making
7. Develop the direct procurement team to identify suppliers and manufacturers for a range of raw materials, packaging and products from across the world
8. Monitor, plan and react quickly to changes in supply, to minimise and eliminate disruption, and maintain stock items in line with stock holding guidelines
9. Proactively monitor and communicate price increases, assess margin impact and notify relevant department(s)
10. Use a range of negotiating techniques to reduce the cost of purchases across selected areas and achieve value for money, whilst maintaining good supplier relationships.
The Successful Applicant
11. 5 years' procurement experience within a manufacturing production environment
12. Experience in successfully coaching and developing, with the proven ability to lead, inspire, coach, and manage teams to deliver results, ideally in a procurement environment
13. A positive mindset, high level of personal drive, independence and openness to learning
14. Experience of providing creative solutions to supply chain issues and managing suppliers commercially against SLA's
15. Experience of managing and delivering procurement projects
16. ERP experience - Autosmart uses IFS, experience of this application would be beneficial.
What's on Offer
17. Salary circa £60k - £65k depending on experience
18. Permanent contract of employment
19. A varied and autonomous role with a financially stable market leader
20. Company wide training programme to develop key skills
21. 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
22. Non-contributory; private health care
23. Generous contributory pension scheme
24. Life insurance at three times salary
25. Employee assistance programme
26. Staff purchase scheme - take home products for FREE
27. Option for flexible working