Procurement Manager in Birmingham

Job Description

Procurement Manager

Permanent

Based in Solihull or London (3 days in office / 2 days at home)

We are looking for a Procurement Manager to join our friendly and dynamic team here at Waterstones in either our Piccadilly, London or Solihull office. This is a new role where you will be responsible for ensuring Waterstones acquires necessary goods and services efficiently, cost-effectively, and with high quality, while managing supplier relationships and mitigating risks.

This is a diverse role where you will be able to strategise and negotiate with suppliers and vendors, and ensure purchases of products, equipment, and services across the company align with the company\’s strategic objectives.

This role will also require you to embed a strong, compliant and effective procurement to pay process embedded across the company and roll out a PO process.

What you will be doing

• Conduct research to source the best products and suppliers in terms of best value, delivery schedules, and quality
• Run tenders, evaluate bids, and make recommendations based on commercial and technical factors
• Negotiate and agree contracts, monitoring the quality of service provided

Develop and maintain excellent relationships with teams who pr…