Procurement Group Manager – Production

Woodchester or Miskin

up to £75,000 depending on experience

Renishaw is a FTSE 250 engineering company with a proud history of delivering measurement, calibration and precision manufacturing solutions to some of the most complex engineering processes in the world. Since our inception over half a century ago we have grown a global presence with over 70 offices in 39 countries across Europe, Asia Pacific and the Americas and employ a workforce of over 5000 people.

The Procurement Group Manager - Production is responsible for leading procurement activity that supports uninterrupted supply to manufacturing sites, while delivering value through cost control, supplier performance, risk management, quality management and process improvement. The role leads the production procurement team, partners closely with operations, planning, quality and logistics, and supports procurement strategy execution across the production supply base, with particular focus on supply continuity, supplier performance, and P2P process effectiveness.

Responsibilities

• Ensure continuity of supply of externally sourced materials and components to manufacturing sites in line with production requirements.
• Liaise and collaborate with key stakeholders and provide escalation management for shortages, quality concerns, and supplier-related disruption.
• The implementation, monitoring and reporting of team performance against processes, procedures & objectives.
• Focus on continuous improvement to improve productivity and mitigate unplanned delays through the supply chain.
• Lead, develop, and coach the production procurement team to ensure capability and succession planning.
• Drive the ongoing development and improvement of procurement strategies & procedures aligned to business and procurement objectives.
• To continually monitor and evaluate supply chains and market information to ensure all outsourced supply chains are commercially competitive, robust and risk managed.
• To work closely with the Supply Chain Development to ensure that existing and new supply chains are aligned to commodity strategies and performance objectives.
• Support the implementation of the procurement strategy and deliver against aims with a particular focus on procurement processes and staff training.

Key requirements

• Experience of managing, driving, and developing supplier and stakeholder relationships within a complex technical/regulated environment.
• Able to demonstrate mentoring or coaching experience, achieving success and developing junior members of a team.
• Able to demonstrate a successful record of negotiating with suppliers to meet organisational targets.
• Experience of implementing various approaches and strategies to meet functional objectives and KPIs.
• Able to demonstrate a high standard of ethics and integrity.
• CIPS qualification or relevant STEM/Business Degree would be advantageous, but not essential.

Benefits

When you join Renishaw, we're committing to your future career. That's because we believe in developing our people's skills and promoting them internally. We also offer a benefits package that's highly desirable; including a 9% non-contributory pension, discretionary annual bonus, subsidised onsite restaurants and coffee shops, free parking, car sharing scheme and 24 hour fitness centres (not available at all sites).

We also want to promote a healthy work-life balance as much as possible, so we have introduced a hybrid working policy which allows for a combination of home and office based working depending on the nature of your role. We also offer a variable working programme, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, Life Assurance policy of 12 times annual salary, Cycle to Work scheme, enhanced maternity pay subject to qualifying criteria, Health Cash Plan, the option to join BUPA Renishaw Health Trust and an Employee Assistance Programme for employees and family.

At Renishaw we believe that our success is powered by welcoming a workforce of diverse and talented people. Through encouraging an inclusive culture, where all our employees are free to be themselves, we can achieve our core values: Innovation, Inspiration, Integrity, and Involvement. If you are excited about the role but feel as though you don’t meet all the requirements, we would encourage you still to apply. You might just be the right person for this role or another opportunity at Renishaw. We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments to make interviews and jobs more accessible. Should you have any difficulty during the recruitment process, or require any reasonable adjustments please contact the recruitment team on 01453 524600 or recruitment@renishaw.com.