We are now seeking a proven Procurement Manager with a strong procurement and purchasing bias to their skills with experience working within a manufacturing organisation in a small to medium batch manufacturing environment.
We are an international manufacturing and engineering organisation and you will be working from our modern and newly refurbished Frimley site managing a small team and the Procurement/Supply Chain function.
An exciting and rarely available role has become available within our international multi site organisation.
In this role you will be responsible for supporting the sourcing of IT products and services to optimise cost and performance, maintaining high standards of delivery through quality, innovation, sustainability, and cost-efficiency.
This is a brand new role for a detail-oriented and proactive Procurement Specialist to join the Technology Procurement team of a global brand.
Please note that whilst this employer offers remote working they are looking for someone who can travel ad hoc to West London monthly, and you must hold UK right to work.
This role gives you the chance to join the worlds fastest growing airport generating £2.9 billion in revenue which represents a 140% uplift on 2021 and a procurement function that was nominated for the Sustainability Procurement Project of the Year by CIPS in 2023.
This is a business with sustainability at the heart of their ethos.
This is an outstanding opportunity for a Senior Category Manager for Software with a proven track record in strategic sourcing and vendor management on a global scale.
You will play a critical role in leading the development, execution, and ongoing management of category strategies for software purchases across our enterprise.
You will be at the forefront of managing relationships with global suppliers, negotiating high-value contracts, and ensuring optimal licensing agreements.
Process Management: Develop, refine, and oversee procurement processes, including Goods-in, Inventory, Goods-out, and ERP system development.
Procurement Strategy: Assist in implementing a procurement strategy aligned with our growth plans.
General
This will require you to work with suppliers, to negotiate pricing based on our clients growing sales volumes, manage an efficient flow of components to facilitate product development and support ongoing cost-down of the product to achieve our clients cost target.
(1) The Role in the Management MSP(Managed Service Provider) team will need to be able to sell projects via IT consulting capability and also hit the ground running and pick up in-flight projects, as well as work on projects from initiation through to completion.
Purpose of the Job]
K-People Europe is a London based recruitment consultancy and we've been recruiting top talents for our clients in UK & Europe since 2007.
We are working with an inspiring young, clean-tech manufacturing business to recruit a Procurement Specialist to support the building out of the supply chain in their continued growth.
This is a great opportunity to become part of an innovative and passionate team.
We are seeking an experienced Bid Manager to manage the bid process for high value, complex and multi-faceted opportunities from prospect, through qualification and to contract signature.
Design and realign where necessary to meet evolving opportunity landscape and reflect best practice including staying abreast of Public Procurement changes.
You will be responsible for ensuring the large-deal bid process remains fit for purpose.