At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead purchasing strategies and manage supplier relationships in a global engineering company.
- Company: Join a renowned global engineering firm with a strong heritage.
- Benefits: Attractive salary, annual bonus, private healthcare, and 33 days leave.
- Other info: Opportunity for occasional overseas travel and career growth.
- Why this job: Make an impact in a dynamic environment while developing your leadership skills.
- Qualifications: Proven experience in purchasing within engineering and strong negotiation skills.
The predicted salary is between 40500 - 49500 £ per year.
We’re looking for an experienced, talented Purchasing Manager with an engineering background, for one of our clients in Greater Manchester.
The business is an exceptional global engineering company with a strong heritage and an established position as a global market leader.
- What You Get
- Attractive base salary depending on your experience
- Annual bonus
- Company pension scheme
- Private healthcare
- Life assurance
- 33 days annual leave including stats
- Occupational health
- Occasional overseas travel
About You
- You’ll have proven purchasing or procurement management experience within engineering.
- Strong commercial and negotiation skills, with experience managing complex supply chains.
- CIPS/MCIPS qualification or equivalent professional standard.
- Engineering qualification or strong technical aptitude, including the ability to read engineering drawings.
- Experience with MRP/ERP systems, ideally SAP.
- Experience managing and developing a purchasing team.
- Willingness to undertake occasional overseas travel.
About the Job
- Lead strategic and operational purchasing activity across the site.
- Develop and implement procurement strategies aligned with wider business objectives.
- Manage the purchasing budget, supplier relationships and high-value contract negotiations.
- Drive cost savings, continuous improvement and supply chain resilience.
- Work closely with Engineering, Operations, Quality and Finance to ensure material availability.
- Lead, mentor and develop a team of six direct reports.
- If you have the required experience for this role, then reach out now for more information
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