Head of Purchasing and Inventory Planning
Location: Telford / Hybrid (group-wide & International travel as required)
Company: Luceco Group
Department: Operations – Reporting to Operations Director
Contract: Permanent, Full-time
Salary: Competitive plus 20% Bonus & Car Allowance £7,200
Benefits: Pension, private healthcare contribution, life assurance, SIP Scheme and additional employee benefits
Can you strengthen product availability while making working capital work harder?
We’re looking for a commercially astute, collaborative leader to shape our purchasing and inventory-planning function—developing our people, strengthening supplier partnerships and turning strategy into practical results.
The opportunity
You’ll balance customer availability, stock investment, margin, quality and supply-chain resilience. Combining strategic thinking with hands‑on leadership, you’ll connect purchasing decisions with demand, replenishment and product lifecycle plans.
What you’ll do
- Develop and deliver purchasing and inventory strategies aligned with business growth and customer service.
- Lead and develop purchasing and inventory‑planning teams, building clear accountability and category ownership.
- Work with Product Managers on category and sourcing strategies. Support Product Manager‑led price negotiations with purchasing analysis and advice on payment terms, lead times, minimum order quantities and supply commitments.
- Strengthen supplier relationships, monitor performance and address supply risks.
- Optimise inventory policies, safety stocks and replenishment, improving working capital without compromising agreed service levels.
- Lead the purchasing and inventory contribution to Sales, Inventory and Operations Planning (SIOP), tackling shortages, excess stock and product lifecycle transitions.
- Lead the selection and implementation of a purchasing system, working with IT, Finance and users to integrate with existing ERP and planning processes.
- Improve data quality, governance, reporting and ways of working.
What you’ll bring
- Significant leadership experience in purchasing, inventory planning or supply chain within a complex, multi‑product manufacturing or distribution business.
- Demonstrable success across commercial procurement and inventory optimisation.
- Experience managing international suppliers and long lead‑time supply chains.
- Strong understanding of demand planning, replenishment, product lifecycle management and SIOP or an equivalent process.
- Negotiation, supplier‑development and contract‑management capability, supported by sound commercial judgement.
- Experience leading managers, developing teams and delivering organisational, process or systems change.
- Strong analytical skills, practical ERP experience and the ability to influence senior stakeholders.
Experience in electrical products, lighting, wiring accessories or a comparable technical environment would be advantageous, as would exposure to China‑based manufacturing or sourcing and working across multiple brands or business units. A CIPS or equivalent supply‑chain qualification—or substantial relevant experience—would also be welcomed.
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Head of Purchasing & Inventory Planning in Telford employer: Luceco Group
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