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We treat all our candidates with equal importance. We invest time, effort, care and expertise into making sure they fit with our exacting standards and company ethos. We can guarantee a smooth recruitment process from every angle. Each candidate is thoroughly screened before they are submitted for a job.
Our philosophy is to provide candidates of dependable honesty and consistent integrity.
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Procurment Category Lead
Our client based Brackley one of the largest food businesses in the UK are currently looking for a Procurement Category Lead to join the Buying team.
Main Accountabilities and Duties
The Category Lead will report into the Head of Procurement and will be responsible for maintaining contracts and renewal programmes across multiple areas of the business for our fleet of HGV vehicles and MHE. The Category Lead will also look after Industrial Gases (CO2, O2 & N2) and Chemical categories. The Category Lead will focus on category strategy, optimisation, process improvement and delivering against individual, departmental and business goals.
The role is office based at their Brackley site with hybrid working available.
Main Responsibilities
- Establish and maintain ongoing relationships with preferred suppliers.
- Negotiating prices, agree terms and conditions and where required set up contracts and supply agreements.
- Perform spend, contract and market analysis for Distribution, Industrial Gases and Chemical categories for communication to the wider business.
- Work closely with the Head of Logistics to ensure the fleet renewal programme is up to date and tenders submitted in accordance to the company’s requirements.
- Work closely with Finance Director on lease sign off and justification,
- Work closely with all sites on loose equipment (MHE) hire and lease applications.
- Identify opportunities for supplier consolidation across sites.
- Results orientated with the ability to plan and deliver against targets and project deadlines.
- Promotes innovative ways to add value and reduce costs within the category spend.
- Report and communicate on supply chain risk and opportunity.
- Accountable for performance of supply chain in areas of responsibility.
- Responsible for ensuring compliance to Procurement processes & procedures.
- Provide Head of procurement and business leaders with Category Strategy information that includes financial data and a deep dive review of category risks and opportunities.
We are looking for someone with the following skills set:
- Minimum of 2 years’ experience
- CIPS qualified
- Excellent analytical skills
- Contract management and supplier experience
- Commercial awareness
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to interface with cross functional team and levels in the business
- Confidence and presentation skills
- Ability to make decisions under pressure
- Negotiation skills
- Tendering skills
- Risk management experience
In return you would receive
- A competitive Salary
- 33 days holiday
- Private Healthcare
- Generous Pension Scheme
- Group life assurance
- Group Income Protection
- Lifestyle benefits and discounts
If this sounds like the position for you, please apply now, we are waiting to hear from you!
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Location
Brackley, Northamptonshire
Salary
£30,000 - £30,000
Per annum