Details:
- Salary: £90,000 - 110,000 - Annum
- Job Type: Permanent
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Salary Per: Annum
- Location: Taunton Somerset
- Date: 1 day ago
Description:
European Procurement Manager
£80,000 - £90,000 per annum (OTE £95,000 - £110,000)
50% European travel
Hybrid, office in Devon
Purpose of the role
* Monitor key performance metrics and ensure alignment with sourcing strategies, including delivery, quality, and supplier consolidation initiatives.
* Establish a process for gathering plant feedback, communicating outcomes to suppliers, and implementing performance-based rewards or corrective measures on a monthly or quarterly basis.
* Support initiatives that position the business as the customer of choice within the supplier network.
* Identify opportunities to lower costs, standardise products or services, leverage new supplier technologies, and address pricing or supplier performance challenges.
* Develop a project management framework in partnership with Supplier Quality to implement improvement plans, corrective actions, minimise risk, and maintain supplier continuity.
Background required
* Willing to undertake significant travel, comprising approximately 50% of the role, with regular visits to suppliers across multiple countries.
* Fluent in English, with an additional language such as French, German, or Hungarian considered advantageous.
* Advanced Excel, PowerPoint, and presentation development skills.
* Strong verbal, written, and presentation abilities, with the capability to adapt communication styles for different audiences.
Responsibilities
* Develop and refine procurement strategies alongside International Segment and Procurement leadership teams.
* Lead category management activities across the EU region.
* Create and implement standardised checklists for each manufacturing plant.
* Ensure the Check Book process is established and consistently maintained.
* Develop recovery plans for plants that are underperforming against forecast targets.
* Monitor and report on overall material costs and spend across both direct and indirect categories.
* Set plant-level targets for payment terms based on spend and drive execution against these objectives.
* Negotiate supplier payment terms and contract conditions to enhance cash flow performance.
* Manage receipt schedules and payment terms to optimise year-end cash position.
* Negotiate extensions to payment deadlines where appropriate into the following quarter or financial year.
* Lead or provide support for cross-EU procurement and supply chain projects as required.
Benefits / Other
* Car allowance £700pm
* Bonus scheme 15%
* Pension scheme matched up to 10% matched
* 25 days holiday + bank holidays + plus 3 days bank for closure over Christmas period
* Healthcare schemes
* Onsite parking