Butler Rose Recruitment is delighted to support our client a leading manufacturer in the Plymouth area in their search for an experienced Indirect Procurement Specialist. This role requires a proactive and knowledgeable professional to take ownership of indirect spend, driving value through strategic sourcing, effective contract management, and cost-saving initiatives.
Key Role Responsibilities:
- Manage competitive bids for indirect requirements
- Develop, negotiate, and maintain robust contracts with suppliers to secure optimal pricing and high service standards.
- Provide support to the Direct Purchasing Manager when needed, including acting as cover during their absence.
- Assist the Head of Purchasing in enhancing and executing purchasing strategies.
- Oversee the on-site integrated supplier team, managing service levels, cost-saving activities, and team performance.
- Identify opportunities to reduce indirect costs and lead projects from conception through to implementation, coordinating with all relevant stakeholders.
- Establish and maintain strong relationships with key indirect suppliers.
- Identify and assess potential new suppliers, including options for dual sourcing.
- Identify opportunities to lower indirect inventory levels and develop effective actions to realise these reductions.
- Ensure compliance with all sourcing, contracting, and risk management policies and ethics.
- Recognise potential risks in contracts and devise strategies to mitigate them.
- Prepare and present regular reports detailing contract status, performance, and achieved savings.
- Evaluate and implement solutions that best support business objectives, weighing alternatives where necessary.
To excel in this role, you should have:
- Experience indirect procurement ideally in a manufacturing setting.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- The ability to cultivate effective relationships internally and externally.
- Well-developed negotiation skills.
Package
- Salary up to £50,000
- Enhanced leave entitlement and pension
- Flexible working hours
- Permanent Monday to Friday role - site based
Butler Rose is committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer.
Butler Rose Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.