UK Procurement Manager in Essex

The UK Procurement Manager is responsible for delivering the organisation’s procurement strategy, ensuring a resilient, cost-effective, and high-performing supply base aligned with business objectives across both UK sites. Come Join Our Team: We are a growing company that invests in our people, our products, and our technology. We offer real opportunities for career growth. Our salaries are competitive with the market, and we have a great benefits platform that includes a flexi holiday scheme, company sick pay, salary sacrifice pension, employee discount scheme, life assurance and a company bonus scheme together with a great positive culture! Who We Are: Pulsar Measurement is part of the TASi Measurement group and is a worldwide leader in ultrasonic instrumentation for wastewater, industrial, and environmental markets. Since 1986 we have developed, manufactured and marketed industrial flow and level monitoring instruments including ultrasonic level transmitters, clamp-on ultrasonic flow meters, and open channel flow meters. The newly restructured TASi Measurement, our parent group, has successfully grown companies who consistently deliver world-class products and services, focusing on our global customer needs in diverse market segments. TASi Measurement’s high repeat customer rate is due to an ability to remain close to our customers reinforced by providing local service and complete engineered solutions and problem solving. Join us on this exciting journey as we continue to expand our business. Job Summary: The UK Procurement Manager is responsible for delivering the organisation’s procurement strategy, ensuring a resilient, cost-effective, and high-performing supply base aligned with business objectives across both UK sites. Operating at a strategic level, the role leads procurement transformation rather than day-to-day transactional activity, focusing on building long-term supplier partnerships, driving sustainable value creation, and enabling the wider national and international supply chain to deliver operational and commercial excellence. The role also leads, develops, and mentors the Purchasing team, creating a high-performing, commercially focused function. The role fosters a culture of continuous improvement, accountability, and strategic thinking, ensuring the team is equipped with the tools, skills, and processes required to deliver best-in-class procurement. Your Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: Operational Leadership Deliver the UK procurement strategy in alignment with business objectives, focusing on cost, quality, delivery, and risk. Translate strategic procurement objectives into effective operational execution across the Purchasing function. Manage and optimise supplier performance through structured KPI tracking (cost, OTIF, quality, responsiveness). Support the Operations Director with insight, reporting, and recommendations on supply chain performance and risk. Lead sourcing, negotiation, and contract management activities to deliver cost improvements and secure supply continuity. Act as the first point of escalation for key supplier issues, driving timely resolution and mitigation. Develop and maintain effective working relationships with key suppliers to support service, quality, and cost objectives. Group and manage suppliers into categories based on importance, risk, and impact on the business. Monitor supplier performance and drive improvement plans where required. Support supplier development initiatives to improve capability, quality, and delivery reliability. Ensure dual sourcing and risk mitigation plans are in place where appropriate. Apply Lean principles within procurement and supply chain processes to eliminate waste and improve efficiency. Lead continuous improvement activity across purchasing processes, including lead time reduction, MOQ optimisation, and stock turns improvement. Use data and KPIs to identify trends, inefficiencies, and opportunities for improvement. Support cross-functional CI initiatives that impact supply chain performance. People Leadership