Purchasing Manager

Job title:

Purchasing Manager

Company

EVO

Job description

Role SpecificationThe role is based in Normanton. The Purchasing Manager will be required to travel to other Group locations to work alongside colleagues and for external meetings as appropriate.Role ObjectiveThe Purchasing Manager will be responsible for souring products for sales tenders, and managing products and suppliers for private label. The role will deliver continuous successful commercial negotiations that improve the overall performance of the business. The role will support the commercial team with all aspects to bids and tenders and ensure they are completed timely and accurately. The role will work to ensure sustainable procurement objectives are met.Responsibilities will include but will not be limited to:

• Understanding and sourcing unique products for bids and tenders
• Engaging with suppliers and actively obtaining supported prices for tenders.
• Identification & development of long-term suppliers for existing and new products in accordance with the requirements of bids and tenders or the Group master range
• Negotiate with suppliers to achieve the best price, commercial terms and delivery of all products required.
• Source products to customer’s specifications at the right price to allow the business to quote and win tenders.
• Working with the Group commercial team on all tenders ensuring pricing for goods is the best the business can obtain and meeting strict deadlines.
• Manage the full process of all Bids and tenders including product needed to be stocked.
• Ensuring that all new products are set up correctly and are communicated.
• To ensure that all products managers are communicated to and are involved in bids and tenders and product specification and tender dates are known.
• Ensuring you are working closely with product managers to ensure new volumes are captured to obtain improved prices from suppliers.
• Prioritise activity to ensure all bids and tenders are complete and on time, ensure all specification and commercial information is recorded accurately and support multiple contracts implementations at any one time.
• Build strong relationships and rapport with key personnel, interfacing at different levels with key supplier contacts. Ensure regular communication on progress and outcomes.
• Management and development of a small team.
• Travel to supplier sites and trade events, and the ability to assess supplier’s capability to fulfil their contractual requirements. This would involve occasional international travel.

Person Specification

• Time management is critical in this job role, so the ability to focus and drive to meet goals, deadlines and manage their workload is key.
• Developed communication skills and a high level of professionalism to work with senior personnel and suppliers.
• Ability to manage critical business data in a confidential manner.
• Ability to run multi bids and tenders and creation of project plans.

Other Qualifications or Experience

• Strong negotiating skills
• Experience sourcing products from manufacturers (local and overseas).
• Experience developing strong supplier relationships.
• Ability to project plan the introduction of new products and moving products between suppliers.
• Understanding of the full cost of sourcing decisions (product, freight, duty, stock holding, handling, returns) and implications of commercial terms
• Strong numeracy skills, the ability to manipulate and present data.
• Ability to successfully deliver multiple projects simultaneously.
• As strong commercial acumen
• Excellent Excel and Word skills.
• Project management.
• Be able to drive, hold a full UK license

Desirable Qualifications or Experience

• Sourcing and working on bids and tenders.
• Knowledge of the business supplies and services industry
• CIPS qualifications

evo – a powerhouse of brands.
evo Group of Companies is the UK and Ireland’s largest multi-channel business supplies and services distributor. We operate a centralised distribution network, with distribution centres around the UK and Ireland, complemented by regional cross-dock sites. Our unrivalled logistics platform includes hundreds of our own delivery vehicles, efficiently delivering a vast range of essential goods to workplaces across the nation.We recognise that our people are at the heart of our culture here at evo and we are proud to employ over 2,000 people across our brands:VOW Wholesale is the largest specialist business supplies wholesaler in the UK and Ireland, so we have close links with leading global manufacturers and dealers across the country. We aim to empower our partners with efficiency throughout the supply chain and add competitive an edge to their operation.VOW Ireland is the first-choice wholesaler of business supplies in Ireland. We offer choice, flexibility, and an outstanding customer experience. We deliver goods, duty paid, next day with a dedicated transport team offering full traceability.
Banner is a leading workplace solution provider, supporting organisations across the UK and Ireland with compliant, sustainable, and cost-effective products and services. We excel at simplifying supply chains, consolidating business needs, and creating a superior experience for our customers across the public and private sectors. Our experts work collaboratively with our customers to ensure we provide the right workplace solution that integrates seamlessly within their business.Complete is one of the UK’s leading providers of business services and supplies. We work with customers large and small, seamlessly enabling them to run more efficiently, while driving down costs. By placing our customers at the heart of everything we do we have built an enviable reputation as the ‘go to’ company for a wide range of business services and supplies including interiors, print management and workwear & PPE.Premvan are the UK’s leading paper roll manufacturer and are proud to also be leaders in supplying GNFR (goods not for resale) and other products across retail, hospitality, education and healthcare sectors (to name a few). We provide the best consumable solution for businesses, regardless of their channel/sector, size, or location.Truline provides a complete logistical business to business service for our Group of Companies and their customers. Our unrivalled logistics platform includes hundreds of our own delivery vehicles, efficiently delivering a vast range of essential goods to workplaces across the nation. , plus our extensive network and relationships with 3rd party couriers.Staples provide work-life solutions for all. We provide ordering solutions in the categories that matter most: business essentials, technology, facilities and breakroom, furniture, print and promotional products.We are registered in England and Wales under company number 09060494
evo Business Supplies Limited, 1st Floor, 1 Europa Drive, Sheffield, S9 1XTE:

Expected salary

Location

Normanton, West Yorkshire

Job date

Thu, 03 Oct 2024 04:22:12 GMT

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