Procurement Manager
Procurement Manager
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Job Description
Procurement Manager
The Role:
The Procurement Manager role is a support service to all BCS departments reporting to BCS Director.
The Procurement Manager will liaise with suppliers to negotiate and obtain the best agreement prices and service for the business; ensuring margin is maximized through the procurement team. Performance management of the supply chain.
Analysis of stock holding ensuring agreed levels are accurate to customer requirements. Assist with innovation of product ranges.
Ensuring all processes are adhered to internally within the procurement team.
Key Responsibilities:
- Sourcing and evaluating suppliers Finding and assessing their products and Services
- Draft Negotiate and manage contracts
- Predict levels of demand for services and products
- Build and maintain relationships with suppliers
- Develop strategies to achieve cost savings and supplier performance targets
- Ensure procurement processes are followed and accurately recorded
- Manage and motivate the procurement team
- Work with the sustainability team to manage the supply chain in line with sustainability strategies.
- Provide demonstratable cost savings throughout the business from a quality supply chain.
- Carriage charges and price increases to be challenged in first instance and communicated to department managers.
- Ensure the procurement team support the sales team with tender enquires and internal sales team with bespoke requests by obtaining best price from preferred suppliers.
- Minimize credit card spend where possible.
- Draft negotiate and manage the commercial and contractual aspects ensuring compliance with required corporate governance and approvals.
Key measures & targets:
- Overdue purchase orders and direct to customer sales
- Monthly stock/minimum stock order reports
- Margin growth within all business streams
Key relationships:
- Internal departments
- External supply chain relationships
Person Specification:
The successful candidate is likely to meet all of the following criteria:
Essential
- Ability to analyse data and produce reports on spending and savings
- Proficient in negotiating contracts and agreements.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills to liaise with internal teams and suppliers.
- Experience in managing procurement projects and processes.
- Familiarity with procurement and supply chain management software.
- IT literate and proficient in Microsoft Office package as a minimum
Desirable
- Product knowledge or previous experience within the hire and fabrication sectors
About BCS Group:
BCS Group a subsidiary of Barhale Holdings Plc is a privately owned company. We are a leading supplier of safety and construction products and services that has depots in both the Midlands and Scotland. We pride ourselves on providing a firstclass service to all our customers ensuring the right product or solution is delivered to the right location on time. With over 5000 items within our core range BCS Group can fulfil any order and ensure it is delivered directly via our dedicated transport fleet or those of our partners.
Manufacturing: Our capabilities include standard and bespoke signage labels temporary and permanent road traffic signs and bespoke steel fabrication/installation which includes footbridges walkways flooring guardrails ladders and tunnelling products.
Extensive Stock Range: Distributor of leading industry brands in PPE & clothing traffic management safety & lifting and site equipment products. These include Boll Pulsar Globus Rock Fall Progarm Portwest Melba Swintex Oxford Plastics JSP Nissen Carters Orafol Crowcon Radiodetection Drger Ridgegear and Plant Nappy.
Safety Equipment Servicing: Specialist safety & lifting repair calibration and inspection since 1999. We have our own purposebuilt maintenance and calibration facility for gas detection cable avoidance breathing apparatus and lifting equipment which along with our fully equipped mobile calibration unit is where all maintenance and repairs are carried out. Our staff are trained and fully qualified in the maintenance calibration and inspection of a full range of specialist safety & lifting equipment.
Our People: With a direct workforce philosophy the company culture is driven by our core values which describe how we act daytoday. We ensure all your needs are met through our national call centre and dedicated account management.
Triple Accreditation: ISO 9001:2015 ISO 14001:2015 ISO 45001:2018 and ISO 50001:2011 standards which means our customers can have complete confidence that we have an ongoing commitment to be a safe efficient and responsible partner.
Caring and investing in you
As a Gold Investors in People company and a Sunday Times 100 Best Company to Work For we are committed to investing in people. We are passionate about creating a working environment where people are supported throughout their careers where people can enjoy security and be part of a company that cares about them.
From the moment you join us your wellbeing and career aspirations will be supported by.
- Competitive salary
- Company Pension
- Life Assurance
- Private Medical
- 25 days annual leave in addition to 8 public bank holidays and loyalty days
- 8 hours volunteering
- Employee Assistance Programme to support your mental physiological and financial wellbeing.
- Flexible benefits via salary sacrifice
- Company car/green car scheme/car allowance/Van (dependent on position)
- Leadership & management training and coaching
- Regular line management engagement and appraisal to support your career progression.
- Development supported by internal and externally delivered training.
- Flexible working arrangements
- Annual salary review
- Continuous service awards
How to apply:
Please send your current CV and coveremail outlining your suitability for the role and quoting the reference number to .
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Unclear
