Location: Crawley
Reporting to: Group Procurement Director
Working hours: Monday – Thursday 8.45am – 4.55pm, Friday 8.45am – 4.25pm
Role profile:
The Project Manager (Procurement) serves as a vital liaison between the Procurement and Technical functions, driving alignment and collaboration on key projects across the Group.
This role supports the Group Procurement Director in ensuring supplier selection aligns with strategic objectives, while achieving defined cost, quality, and delivery targets for both Value Analysis/Value Engineering (VAVE) and New Product Development (NPD) initiatives.
The ideal candidate will be proactive and analytical, with the capability and motivation to become a subject matter expert in supplier performance, product data, and procurement processes.
Your key responsibilities will include:
* Be visible and build a network with key internal stakeholders in Procurement, Technical & Operations, and externally within our supply base.
* Working with the Group Technical team and following the defined project pathway process.
* Ensuring that the key commercials relating to new projects are leveraged in with existing business and aligned with sourcing strategies, in order to maximize impact on supplier consolidation and build in future material cost savings.
* Together with Group Technical, champion the successful delivery of NPD projects on time and on budget.
* Provide commercial and contractual coverage for project related Intellectual Property (IP), ensuring that clear expectations for ‘deliverables’ are documented and agreed to by suppliers that we work with.
* Coordinate group-wide VAVE projects. This will mainly involve coordinating with project team members in Procurement, Supply Chain & Technical.
* Develop ‘expert’ level knowledge on group-wide supplier profiles and their capabilities and identify new sources/suppliers where there are gaps.
* Collate, analyze and issue monthly activity reports for NPD, VAVE savings projects.
To be successful in this role you will have:
* Demonstrable project management skills and experience within a similar role.
* Working knowledge of project management systems, processes and technologies is preferred.
* Experience of working in a manufacturing/engineering environment is an advantage.
* Confident approach to dealing with suppliers and other stakeholders to ensure that Volution’s requirements are delivered.
* Ability to analyze data and present results and trends is essential
* Ability to work cross-functionally and influence colleagues to deliver assigned targets and goals
* Have a good understanding of sustainability best practice and how this should be implemented across the supply chain.
* Highly organized with the ability to prioritize tasks appropriately in a fast-paced environment.
* Must be results oriented.
What we can offer you:
* Salary dependent on experience
* Company Bonus Scheme
* Annual leave – 25 days plus bank holidays
* Company Pension
* Health Assured - Employee Assistance Programme
* Employee referral scheme - earn up to £500!
* Quarterly Volution Values Award - receive up to £100 if nominated
* Ongoing training & development
You can learn more about us here; www.volutiongroupplc.com
Equal opportunities: All current employees and potential employees are provided equal employment opportunities by Volution Group Plc