Indirect Procurement Manager

Indirect Procurement Manager

West Yorkshire

£40,000 - £50,000

Role Profile

Our client is a market leader in the FMCG industry located in West Yorkshire. They are looking for an Indirect Procurement Manager who will be able to work proactively with different departments and manage a spend for various items to support company needs. You will need to be a strong communicator, relationship builder and be able to bring your experienced skill set to the role.

Responsibilities

• Ownership of all indirect suppliers, making sure there are sourcing strategies in place for all areas of indirect spend.
• Periodically reviewing suppliers to identify areas of improvement along with maintaining a strong relationship.
• Liaise with other departments within the company to build beneficial working relationships.
• Prepare analyses of spend data, category supplier bases and cost models.
• Reduce business risk by implementing contractual framework agreements for all indirect suppliers.
• Decrease expenditure by creating methods to analyse and calculate costs of procurement.
• Establish and partner with trustworthy vendors and suppliers. Ensuring the CR and SMETA standards are adhered to.
• Highlight to the business potential areas of improvement in industry best practice and future trends for all areas of indirect spend.

Skills & Experience

Skills and personal qualities considered to be essential to the role are:

• Procurement experience in a range of indirect categories. An example of some of these would include, engineering and mechanical parts, supply chain services, labour services and energy.
• Clear Communication and problem-solving skills.
• Supplier relationship building and supplier management.
• Experience with excel, word and other ERP's.
• Expertise in contract negotiation and agreements.
• Demonstrated experience of working within a team and some previous experience of coaching and mentoring others.
• Ability to establish supplier specifications, measure and drive conformance to specifications and manage internal and external suppliers to achieve your desired result.

Client information

The market leader in the FMCG sector.

About Cast UK

Cast UK is a leading executive consultancy, providing national recruitment solutions to both clients and candidates. Specialising in, HR, Procurement, Buying, Supply Chain, and Logistics, each member of our specialist team has a professional background specific to their recruiting sector. With this unique insight and knowledge, our consultants are able to place individuals from trainee through to main board. For more information on Cast UK and a complete list of all of our current vacancies, please visit www.castuk.com

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