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Purchasing Manager

LOCATION:

Rotherham Head Office

WORKING HOURS:

40 Hours per week (9:00am–18:00pm)

REPORTS TO:

Managing Director

 

JOB PURPOSE STATEMENT  

The Purchasing Manager will be responsible for overseeing a £25 million spend and £7 million inventory. The role involves managing a dynamic team, building strong supplier relationships, and implementing effective procurement strategies to ensure the company's purchasing operations run smoothly and efficiently. 

KEY RESPONSIBILITES  

  • Team Management: Lead and manage the purchasing team, including task prioritization, issue escalation, mentoring, and performance management. 

  • Supplier Management: Build and maintain strong supplier relationships. This includes visiting UK-based suppliers and occasional international travel (3-4 trips per year) and overnight stays. 

  • Range Development: Collaborate with the Product Team to identify, validate, and integrate new products and suppliers, ensuring internal standards are met. 

  • Demand Planning: Develop and implement processes to maintain the right stock levels in line with customer demand schedules and forecasts, engaging regularly with Sales and Product teams. 

  • Financial Performance: Lead initiatives for cost reductions and value additions across all suppliers, including negotiating price, MOQ, MOV, specification, shipping costs, rebate generation, and payment terms 

  • Continual Improvement: Identify, validate, and implement process improvements within the Purchasing department to remove/reduce risk and inefficiencies. 

  • Quality Management: Manage and resolve issues identified through purchasing non-conformances and customer complaints, identifying root causes and implementing corrective actions. 

  • Social & Ethical Responsibility: Support the company's CSR program by managing the supplier portfolio and selecting global transportation options. 

  • Administration: Ensure accurate records are maintained in the ERP system, enabling effective report generation and data analysis. Collaborate with Warehouse and Finance teams to resolve stock and invoicing issues. 

 

ESSENTIAL SKILLS  

  • Proven experience in a Purchasing Manager role or similar. 

  • Strong team management and leadership skills. 

  • Excellent negotiation and supplier management abilities. 

  • Proficient in demand planning and inventory management. 

  • Strong Excel skills. 

  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. 

  • Ability to travel as required. 

 

KNOWLEDGE 

  • Good Product knowledge 

  • Good understanding of the organisation’s goals and objectives. 

 

EXPERIENCE/QUALIFICATIONS 

  • CIPS Qualifications 

  • Leadership & Management Training and Experience is essential

 

Apply for this position

We are always looking for passionate, talented and enthusiastic people to join the team.

We make sure every Acorn employee has the chance to make a difference - we offer career-enhancing development opportunities for those with the talent and energy to drive us forward. In addition, as Acorn is part of Axel Johnson International, there are also potential career opportunities within 25 countries worldwide.

If you think you have what it takes to improve how we do things, then we would like to hear from you. Please email your CV and a covering letter to :-

natalie.jones@acorn-ind.co.uk & gill.cockroft@acorn-ind.co.uk

Inclusion and Diversity:

We are an equal opportunity employer. We provide an inclusive environment for all our employees.

We are committed to fostering inclusion and diversity in relation to our employees, customers and the community in which we operate.

We aim to ensure that all our employees have the opportunity to develop to their full potential regardless of race, gender, nationality, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion or background; and we will not allow artificial or prejudicial barriers from obstructing their career and personal development.

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