LOGISTICS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER 

"Great career development opportunity for highly analytical, graduate calibre, logistics/transport improvement, development and projects manager to join market leading industrial manufacturer".

C£45-55000 Benefits

East Midlands (WFH & Office Based)

Commutable locations: Leicester, Syston, Market Harborough, Loughborough, Melton Mowbray, Wigston, Long Eaton, Kegworth, Coalville, Ashby de la Zouch, Hinckley, Oadby, Wigston, Oakham, Grantham, Lutterworth, Nuneaton, Tamworth, Sutton Coldfield, Bedworth, Coventry, Warwick

Our client is a major diversified industrial group specialising in the B2B and B2C bulk and cylinder tanker sector. It is a well-known UK brand and is undoubtedly regarded as a market leader. It now wishes to strengthen its logistics team with the appointment of a highly numerate and analytical Logistics Development Manager to identify and deliver logistics improvement projects.

It has considerably improved logistics performance and delivery efficiency, leveraging an increased roll out of technology to forecast demand, improve supply, vehicle fill and fleet capacity. Furthermore, it has centralised distribution delivery scheduling into a control tower operation ensuring better delivery control and visibility for B2B and B2C customers.

The implementation of several complementary systems has also unlocked significant logistics and distribution performance improvements. The appointment of a Logistics Development Manager will ensure that our client continues to extract maximum benefit from these systems for the business.

These systems also offer the opportunity to handle and process large amounts of customer delivery data to achieve future operational improvements. The Logistics Development Manager, through advanced analysis techniques, will lead the way in identifying improvement opportunities, initiatives, and projects.

The Role:
* To support the achievement of continuous improvement within the logistics and supply chain planning function.
* Collect, present, and analyse data as required to support operational & strategic projects.
* Identify opportunities for improvement in logistics processes, policies and systems covering inventory, supply, and delivery points; build models for trade-off analysis, and project completion, and to provide ongoing analysis of MIS information as needed for senior management team and logistics and supply chain planning.
* The Logistics Development Manager will act as a Subject Matter Expert for logistics and S & O P systems identifying trends that could improve logistics and distribution performance.
* The Logistics Development Manager will also work alongside senior logistics and business leaders to identify improvement and change projects.
* Work closely with and support operational and IT colleagues, assisting with operational deployment, guiding the projects to completion ensuring maximum return on investment.

The Ideal Candidate:

* Degree level qualification is desirable in numerate/problem solving area.
* Current/recent experience in a transport/logistics solutions design, logistics planning, logistics development role.
* Highly experienced in analysing large complex data sets, utilising them to improve logistics operational and business performance.
* Experienced in translating analysis and trends into logistics business projects, modelling the cost and process efficiency benefits, collaborating with key operational and business stakeholders to present a business case and ROI models for the projects; managing the project pipeline and supporting operational and IT colleagues to ensure operational deployment, project completion and delivery.
* Functional/operational experience in Supply Chain and/ or Logistics from within the Contract Logistics or Industrial Manufacturing involving primary and secondary bulk and cylinder tanker and transport movements.
* A confident personality. Credible and knowledgeable with experience of managing in a matrix management environment.
* Experience of logistics and transport network modelling and logistics cost and operational modelling will be critical to success.
* Advanced Excel skills are a prerequisite. Experience of data extraction tools advantageous.
* A confident personality, comfortable with liaising at both operational and senior executive level within a multinational matrix environment.
* Highly developed analysis, planning and project skills.
* Experience of the transportation of hazardous/dangerous goods gained in an international/European arena would be highly advantageous.
* Strong commercial acumen and excellent attention to detail.
* Experience of SAP or similar ERP systems would be useful.
* Experience of tools such as Paragon, IsoTrak, Microlise, CAST useful.

LOGISTICS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER 

"Great career development opportunity for highly analytical, graduate calibre, logistics/transport improvement, development and projects manager to join market leading industrial manufacturer".

C£45-55000 Benefits

East Midlands (WFH & Office Based)

Commutable locations: Leicester, Syston, Market Harborough, Loughborough, Melton Mowbray, Wigston, Long Eaton, Kegworth, Coalville, Ashby de la Zouch, Hinckley, Oadby, Wigston, Oakham, Grantham, Lutterworth, Nuneaton, Tamworth, Sutton Coldfield, Bedworth, Coventry, Warwick

Our client is a major diversified industrial group specialising in the B2B and B2C bulk and cylinder tanker sector. It is a well-known UK brand and is undoubtedly regarded as a market leader. It now wishes to strengthen its logistics team with the appointment of a highly numerate and analytical Logistics Development Manager to identify and deliver logistics improvement projects.

It has considerably improved logistics performance and delivery efficiency, leveraging an increased roll out of technology to forecast demand, improve supply, vehicle fill and fleet capacity. Furthermore, it has centralised distribution delivery scheduling into a control tower operation ensuring better delivery control and visibility for B2B and B2C customers.

The implementation of several complementary systems has also unlocked significant logistics and distribution performance improvements. The appointment of a Logistics Development Manager will ensure that our client continues to extract maximum benefit from these systems for the business.

These systems also offer the opportunity to handle and process large amounts of customer delivery data to achieve future operational improvements. The Logistics Development Manager, through advanced analysis techniques, will lead the way in identifying improvement opportunities, initiatives, and projects.

The Role:
* To support the achievement of continuous improvement within the logistics and supply chain planning function.
* Collect, present, and analyse data as required to support operational & strategic projects.
* Identify opportunities for improvement in logistics processes, policies and systems covering inventory, supply, and delivery points; build models for trade-off analysis, and project completion, and to provide ongoing analysis of MIS information as needed for senior management team and logistics and supply chain planning.
* The Logistics Development Manager will act as a Subject Matter Expert for logistics and S & O P systems identifying trends that could improve logistics and distribution performance.
* The Logistics Development Manager will also work alongside senior logistics and business leaders to identify improvement and change projects.
* Work closely with and support operational and IT colleagues, assisting with operational deployment, guiding the projects to completion ensuring maximum return on investment.

The Ideal Candidate:

* Degree level qualification is desirable in numerate/problem solving area.
* Current/recent experience in a transport/logistics solutions design, logistics planning, logistics development role.
* Highly experienced in analysing large complex data sets, utilising them to improve logistics operational and business performance.
* Experienced in translating analysis and trends into logistics business projects, modelling the cost and process efficiency benefits, collaborating with key operational and business stakeholders to present a business case and ROI models for the projects; managing the project pipeline and supporting operational and IT colleagues to ensure operational deployment, project completion and delivery.
* Functional/operational experience in Supply Chain and/ or Logistics from within the Contract Logistics or Industrial Manufacturing involving primary and secondary bulk and cylinder tanker and transport movements.
* A confident personality. Credible and knowledgeable with experience of managing in a matrix management environment.
* Experience of logistics and transport network modelling and logistics cost and operational modelling will be critical to success.
* Advanced Excel skills are a prerequisite. Experience of data extraction tools advantageous.
* A confident personality, comfortable with liaising at both operational and senior executive level within a multinational matrix environment.
* Highly developed analysis, planning and project skills.
* Experience of the transportation of hazardous/dangerous goods gained in an international/European arena would be highly advantageous.
* Strong commercial acumen and excellent attention to detail.
* Experience of SAP or similar ERP systems would be useful.
* Experience of tools such as Paragon, IsoTrak, Microlise, CAST useful.

HEAD OF SUPPLY CHAIN PLANNING, DISTRIBUTION & PROCUREMENT

"SI &OP specialist with excellent leadership and people development experience required to take on high profile supply chain and distribution transformation role for FMCG market leader."

C£70-75000 Benefits

Midlands

Our client is a market leading designer and distributor of internationally sourced and manufactured FMCG household products.

The Role:

It is now seeking a dynamic, inspirational leader and supply chain expert to head up the transformation of its supply chain planning, distribution, and procurement functions. The successful candidate will be a degree educated Sales, Inventory and Operations Planning specialist with an in depth understanding of warehousing and distribution complemented with experience of international sourcing, procurement, and supplier development.

To succeed in this transformational leadership role, you must already possess a demonstrable track record of successfully establishing and implementing integrated supply chain business and demand planning processes. This will include specifying functionality for and implementing ERP and forecasting systems.

As Head of Supply Chain Planning, Distribution and Procurement you will be a proactive and strategic thinker, very proficient at reporting and presenting business and capital investment cases at plc board level.

You will be an excellent cross functional team player, engaging and collaborating with key stakeholders within commercial, product development and finance to ensure accurate forecasts and plans and an agile, responsive supply chain function.

Operationally you will be happy to lead your team to get into the detail to drive supply chain optimisation and improvement. You will define and implement KPI's and controls to monitor analyse, report, and continuously improve supply chain performance.

You will also possess a detailed understanding of KPIs and cost to serve models critical to high levels of productivity within warehousing and distribution to ensure cost effective and efficient next day OTIF customer service to UK national customers across a variety of channels.

As Head of Supply Chain Planning, Distribution & Procurement you will be a visionary manager, leader, mentor, and coach. Your experience to date will demonstrate your strong capability in motivating, inspiring, developing and upskilling individuals, and teams, setting stretch targets, succession planning and creating a best-in-class supply chain function.

You will manage teams across inbound freight, supply chain analysis, supply chain planning and forecasting, warehousing, distribution development and procurement.

Accordingly, you will oversee the outbound logistics operation including third party carrier, haulier and sea freight partner selection and negotiation.

You will also define and create a procurement function which aligns to the wider organisation including supply chain and product development.

The focus will be on ensuring optimum supply performance. In this respect you will work closely with international procurement/sourcing colleagues, engineering and manufacturing on collaborative supplier development, innovation, and cost reduction projects.

The Successful Candidate:

* The ideal candidate will be university degree educated with professional supply chain qualifications such as APICS or equivalent.

* First and foremost a supply chain expert experienced in S & OP, demand and supply planning, warehousing and third-party logistics and freight management within a FMCG environment.

* Your procurement experience will complement your core strategic and operational supply chain expertise.

* Solid experience of defining and implementing supply chain strategy.

* Already operating at Senior Supply Chain, Head of Supply Chain, Supply Chain Controller level within a market leading FMCG organisation.

* Experience of demand planning within volatile, uncertain, and ambiguous contexts where initially all the data may not be available and efficient, connected processes may not exist.

* Experience of delivering supply chain customer service excellence and OTIF within a fast-moving next day service environment to retail, online and wholesale channels.

* Resilience and energy to lead a team through challenging situations, maintaining morale and motivation whilst driving improvements and operational performance.

* Able to demonstrate real examples of taking ownership of change and improvement projects from concept to delivery. Ability to reflect and continuously improve.

* Excellent commercial awareness of the total supply chain including order management and key account customer relationships.

* Data driven and critical thinker.

* Ability to multitask. Very organised and excellent time manager.

* Pragmatic, comfortable in the detail, results focused to get the job done.

* Strong communication and presentation skills to positively influence outcomes.

* Experience of working with lean methodologies highly advantage.

* Experience of SAP very beneficial.

HEAD OF SUPPLY CHAIN PLANNING, DISTRIBUTION & PROCUREMENT

"SI &OP specialist with excellent leadership and people development experience required to take on high profile supply chain and distribution transformation role for FMCG market leader."

C£70-75000 Benefits

Midlands

Our client is a market leading designer and distributor of internationally sourced and manufactured FMCG household products.

The Role:

It is now seeking a dynamic, inspirational leader and supply chain expert to head up the transformation of its supply chain planning, distribution, and procurement functions. The successful candidate will be a degree educated Sales, Inventory and Operations Planning specialist with an in depth understanding of warehousing and distribution complemented with experience of international sourcing, procurement, and supplier development.

To succeed in this transformational leadership role, you must already possess a demonstrable track record of successfully establishing and implementing integrated supply chain business and demand planning processes. This will include specifying functionality for and implementing ERP and forecasting systems.

As Head of Supply Chain Planning, Distribution and Procurement you will be a proactive and strategic thinker, very proficient at reporting and presenting business and capital investment cases at plc board level.

You will be an excellent cross functional team player, engaging and collaborating with key stakeholders within commercial, product development and finance to ensure accurate forecasts and plans and an agile, responsive supply chain function.

Operationally you will be happy to lead your team to get into the detail to drive supply chain optimisation and improvement. You will define and implement KPI's and controls to monitor analyse, report, and continuously improve supply chain performance.

You will also possess a detailed understanding of KPIs and cost to serve models critical to high levels of productivity within warehousing and distribution to ensure cost effective and efficient next day OTIF customer service to UK national customers across a variety of channels.

As Head of Supply Chain Planning, Distribution & Procurement you will be a visionary manager, leader, mentor, and coach. Your experience to date will demonstrate your strong capability in motivating, inspiring, developing and upskilling individuals, and teams, setting stretch targets, succession planning and creating a best-in-class supply chain function.

You will manage teams across inbound freight, supply chain analysis, supply chain planning and forecasting, warehousing, distribution development and procurement.

Accordingly, you will oversee the outbound logistics operation including third party carrier, haulier and sea freight partner selection and negotiation.

You will also define and create a procurement function which aligns to the wider organisation including supply chain and product development.

The focus will be on ensuring optimum supply performance. In this respect you will work closely with international procurement/sourcing colleagues, engineering and manufacturing on collaborative supplier development, innovation, and cost reduction projects.

The Successful Candidate:

* The ideal candidate will be university degree educated with professional supply chain qualifications such as APICS or equivalent.

* First and foremost a supply chain expert experienced in S & OP, demand and supply planning, warehousing and third-party logistics and freight management within a FMCG environment.

* Your procurement experience will complement your core strategic and operational supply chain expertise.

* Solid experience of defining and implementing supply chain strategy.

* Already operating at Senior Supply Chain, Head of Supply Chain, Supply Chain Controller level within a market leading FMCG organisation.

* Experience of demand planning within volatile, uncertain, and ambiguous contexts where initially all the data may not be available and efficient, connected processes may not exist.

* Experience of delivering supply chain customer service excellence and OTIF within a fast-moving next day service environment to retail, online and wholesale channels.

* Resilience and energy to lead a team through challenging situations, maintaining morale and motivation whilst driving improvements and operational performance.

* Able to demonstrate real examples of taking ownership of change and improvement projects from concept to delivery. Ability to reflect and continuously improve.

* Excellent commercial awareness of the total supply chain including order management and key account customer relationships.

* Data driven and critical thinker.

* Ability to multitask. Very organised and excellent time manager.

* Pragmatic, comfortable in the detail, results focused to get the job done.

* Strong communication and presentation skills to positively influence outcomes.

* Experience of working with lean methodologies highly advantage.

* Experience of SAP very beneficial.

HEAD OF SUPPLY CHAIN PLANNING, DISTRIBUTION & PROCUREMENT

"SI &OP specialist with excellent leadership and people development experience required to take on high profile supply chain and distribution transformation role for FMCG market leader."

C£70-75000 Benefits

Midlands

Our client is a market leading designer and distributor of internationally sourced and manufactured FMCG household products.

The Role:

It is now seeking a dynamic, inspirational leader and supply chain expert to head up the transformation of its supply chain planning, distribution, and procurement functions. The successful candidate will be a degree educated Sales, Inventory and Operations Planning specialist with an in depth understanding of warehousing and distribution complemented with experience of international sourcing, procurement, and supplier development.

To succeed in this transformational leadership role, you must already possess a demonstrable track record of successfully establishing and implementing integrated supply chain business and demand planning processes. This will include specifying functionality for and implementing ERP and forecasting systems.

As Head of Supply Chain Planning, Distribution and Procurement you will be a proactive and strategic thinker, very proficient at reporting and presenting business and capital investment cases at plc board level.

You will be an excellent cross functional team player, engaging and collaborating with key stakeholders within commercial, product development and finance to ensure accurate forecasts and plans and an agile, responsive supply chain function.

Operationally you will be happy to lead your team to get into the detail to drive supply chain optimisation and improvement. You will define and implement KPI's and controls to monitor analyse, report, and continuously improve supply chain performance.

You will also possess a detailed understanding of KPIs and cost to serve models critical to high levels of productivity within warehousing and distribution to ensure cost effective and efficient next day OTIF customer service to UK national customers across a variety of channels.

As Head of Supply Chain Planning, Distribution & Procurement you will be a visionary manager, leader, mentor, and coach. Your experience to date will demonstrate your strong capability in motivating, inspiring, developing and upskilling individuals, and teams, setting stretch targets, succession planning and creating a best-in-class supply chain function.

You will manage teams across inbound freight, supply chain analysis, supply chain planning and forecasting, warehousing, distribution development and procurement.

Accordingly, you will oversee the outbound logistics operation including third party carrier, haulier and sea freight partner selection and negotiation.

You will also define and create a procurement function which aligns to the wider organisation including supply chain and product development.

The focus will be on ensuring optimum supply performance. In this respect you will work closely with international procurement/sourcing colleagues, engineering and manufacturing on collaborative supplier development, innovation, and cost reduction projects.

The Successful Candidate:

* The ideal candidate will be university degree educated with professional supply chain qualifications such as APICS or equivalent.

* First and foremost a supply chain expert experienced in S & OP, demand and supply planning, warehousing and third-party logistics and freight management within a FMCG environment.

* Your procurement experience will complement your core strategic and operational supply chain expertise.

* Solid experience of defining and implementing supply chain strategy.

* Already operating at Senior Supply Chain, Head of Supply Chain, Supply Chain Controller level within a market leading FMCG organisation.

* Experience of demand planning within volatile, uncertain, and ambiguous contexts where initially all the data may not be available and efficient, connected processes may not exist.

* Experience of delivering supply chain customer service excellence and OTIF within a fast-moving next day service environment to retail, online and wholesale channels.

* Resilience and energy to lead a team through challenging situations, maintaining morale and motivation whilst driving improvements and operational performance.

* Able to demonstrate real examples of taking ownership of change and improvement projects from concept to delivery. Ability to reflect and continuously improve.

* Excellent commercial awareness of the total supply chain including order management and key account customer relationships.

* Data driven and critical thinker.

* Ability to multitask. Very organised and excellent time manager.

* Pragmatic, comfortable in the detail, results focused to get the job done.

* Strong communication and presentation skills to positively influence outcomes.

* Experience of working with lean methodologies highly advantage.

* Experience of SAP very beneficial.

HEAD OF SUPPLY CHAIN PLANNING, DISTRIBUTION & PROCUREMENT

"SI &OP specialist with excellent leadership and people development experience required to take on high profile supply chain and distribution transformation role for FMCG market leader."

C£70-75000 Benefits

Midlands

Our client is a market leading designer and distributor of internationally sourced and manufactured FMCG household products.

The Role:

It is now seeking a dynamic, inspirational leader and supply chain expert to head up the transformation of its supply chain planning, distribution, and procurement functions. The successful candidate will be a degree educated Sales, Inventory and Operations Planning specialist with an in depth understanding of warehousing and distribution complemented with experience of international sourcing, procurement, and supplier development.

To succeed in this transformational leadership role, you must already possess a demonstrable track record of successfully establishing and implementing integrated supply chain business and demand planning processes. This will include specifying functionality for and implementing ERP and forecasting systems.

As Head of Supply Chain Planning, Distribution and Procurement you will be a proactive and strategic thinker, very proficient at reporting and presenting business and capital investment cases at plc board level.

You will be an excellent cross functional team player, engaging and collaborating with key stakeholders within commercial, product development and finance to ensure accurate forecasts and plans and an agile, responsive supply chain function.

Operationally you will be happy to lead your team to get into the detail to drive supply chain optimisation and improvement. You will define and implement KPI's and controls to monitor analyse, report, and continuously improve supply chain performance.

You will also possess a detailed understanding of KPIs and cost to serve models critical to high levels of productivity within warehousing and distribution to ensure cost effective and efficient next day OTIF customer service to UK national customers across a variety of channels.

As Head of Supply Chain Planning, Distribution & Procurement you will be a visionary manager, leader, mentor, and coach. Your experience to date will demonstrate your strong capability in motivating, inspiring, developing and upskilling individuals, and teams, setting stretch targets, succession planning and creating a best-in-class supply chain function.

You will manage teams across inbound freight, supply chain analysis, supply chain planning and forecasting, warehousing, distribution development and procurement.

Accordingly, you will oversee the outbound logistics operation including third party carrier, haulier and sea freight partner selection and negotiation.

You will also define and create a procurement function which aligns to the wider organisation including supply chain and product development.

The focus will be on ensuring optimum supply performance. In this respect you will work closely with international procurement/sourcing colleagues, engineering and manufacturing on collaborative supplier development, innovation, and cost reduction projects.

The Successful Candidate:

* The ideal candidate will be university degree educated with professional supply chain qualifications such as APICS or equivalent.

* First and foremost a supply chain expert experienced in S & OP, demand and supply planning, warehousing and third-party logistics and freight management within a FMCG environment.

* Your procurement experience will complement your core strategic and operational supply chain expertise.

* Solid experience of defining and implementing supply chain strategy.

* Already operating at Senior Supply Chain, Head of Supply Chain, Supply Chain Controller level within a market leading FMCG organisation.

* Experience of demand planning within volatile, uncertain, and ambiguous contexts where initially all the data may not be available and efficient, connected processes may not exist.

* Experience of delivering supply chain customer service excellence and OTIF within a fast-moving next day service environment to retail, online and wholesale channels.

* Resilience and energy to lead a team through challenging situations, maintaining morale and motivation whilst driving improvements and operational performance.

* Able to demonstrate real examples of taking ownership of change and improvement projects from concept to delivery. Ability to reflect and continuously improve.

* Excellent commercial awareness of the total supply chain including order management and key account customer relationships.

* Data driven and critical thinker.

* Ability to multitask. Very organised and excellent time manager.

* Pragmatic, comfortable in the detail, results focused to get the job done.

* Strong communication and presentation skills to positively influence outcomes.

* Experience of working with lean methodologies highly advantage.

* Experience of SAP very beneficial.

SOURCING, PROCUREMENT & SUPPLIER DEVELOPMENT MANAGER - FAR EAST & INDIA SUPPLY CHAIN

C£35000 (Dependent on Experience) + Benefits 

Carlisle, Cumbria

Our client is a specialist division of a market leading group and plc, specialising in interior and exterior hardware, fixtures, and fittings.  This is a newly created role reporting to the Product Development function, to take responsibility for strategic sourcing and supplier development of product sourced and manufactured in the Far East and India.
This role would suit a graduate calibre, potentially CIPS qualified, sourcing, procurement, and supplier development specialist with a track record of working with Far East/China, India and other low-cost source countries for parts and products.  The Sourcing, Procurement and Supplier Development Manager will develop and implement procurement strategies, working closely with colleagues in China and India in relation to supplier capabilities and performance, quality control and supply chain into the UK.  Experience of category and range planning and development and procurement analysis would be highly advantageous.  A strong appreciation of metal commodity and trading price negotiation and contracts will be critical to success.

The Role:
•    Effective analysis of current supply chain and successful implementation of procurement strategy and policies.
•    Full supplier performance management reporting into senior executives to include the set up and monitoring of performance metrics and liaising with China and India Sourcing offices and suppliers to ensure performance criteria is met.
•    Build and develop credible relationships with suppliers and in some cases develop a supply partnership.
•    Key contact in HQ for supplier issues including management of defective or unacceptable goods or services with NPD Team. Assist with investigation on product issues and communicate to supply chain accordingly.
•    Manage trading & price negotiation for products with current and potential new suppliers.
•    Manage tenders / RFQ’s with supply chain, which may include current suppliers or sourcing new suppliers in new territories.
•    Organise supplier onboarding activity to include supplier set up, arrange audits, support first manufacture product checks, and manage through any issues with relevant stakeholders including Sourcing offices in China/India and Product Development colleagues.
•    Commit to a productivity plan (cost savings) whilst maintaining the expected product quality levels associated with the product brand/position.
•    Manager OTIF performance of suppliers working in partnership with planning and suppliers to ensure targets are met.
•    Quality resolution with Suppliers and negotiation for Credits.
•    Negotiations to mitigate delays working with planning.
•    Negotiate MOQ levels (in partnership with planning)
•    Work towards total supplier compliance supporting China and India sourcing offices in supplier improvements where identified through the audit process.
•    Comprehensively develop and implement purchasing strategies in conjunction with the Head of Product & Procurement 
•    Work in partnership with Product Development Engineer where design input / application engineering is required focusing on Value Analysis and Value Engineering (VAVE)
•    Organise and Communicate the purchasing element of Customer Special Orders
•    Closely liaise with Accounts to ensure accurate and timely payment of invoices, as necessary for the business with the supplier.
•    Ensure the highest standards of health and safety, ethics and sustainability throughout the supply chain.

The Ideal Candidate:
•    University degree educated/graduate calibre.  Part or Ful CIPS qualification would be highly advantageous although not a prerequisite.
•    Experience of sourcing, procurement and supplier development from the Far East/China and India.
•    Specifically, sourcing metal and mechanically engineered parts and products for the consumer market within a fast-moving route to market such as retail, wholesale and distributor channels.
•    Highly numerate and analytical with a track record of commodity trading and price negotiation and contract development.
•    Strong awareness of category, range and brand development and positioning.
•    Energetic, resilient, and flexible to undertake business travel to Far East and India to source, procure and develop supplier partnerships.
•    Capable and experienced to set up our clients sourcing, procurement, and supplier development function in the UK HO, ensuring that all processes, contractual frameworks, dashboards, and systems are implemented and aligned to support total cost and supplier management.
•    Experience in cross functional working within a matrix organisation including supporting new product development and launch within a value engineering environment.
•    Fluent in business English.  Fluency in Chinese would be highly advantageous but not a prerequisite.

In return our client offers a very competitive salary and the opportunity to play a key role in establishing the sourcing & procurement function further enhancing our client’s market leading position as a supplier of high quality products.

To apply without delay, please email your CV quoting reference LX 642943 to applications@martinveasey.com  Telephone 01905 381 320 www.martinveasey.com

SOURCING, PROCUREMENT & SUPPLIER DEVELOPMENT MANAGER - FAR EAST & INDIA SUPPLY CHAIN

C£35000 (Dependent on Experience) + Benefits 

Carlisle, Cumbria

Our client is a specialist division of a market leading group and plc, specialising in interior and exterior hardware, fixtures, and fittings.  This is a newly created role reporting to the Product Development function, to take responsibility for strategic sourcing and supplier development of product sourced and manufactured in the Far East and India.
This role would suit a graduate calibre, potentially CIPS qualified, sourcing, procurement, and supplier development specialist with a track record of working with Far East/China, India and other low-cost source countries for parts and products.  The Sourcing, Procurement and Supplier Development Manager will develop and implement procurement strategies, working closely with colleagues in China and India in relation to supplier capabilities and performance, quality control and supply chain into the UK.  Experience of category and range planning and development and procurement analysis would be highly advantageous.  A strong appreciation of metal commodity and trading price negotiation and contracts will be critical to success.

The Role:
•    Effective analysis of current supply chain and successful implementation of procurement strategy and policies.
•    Full supplier performance management reporting into senior executives to include the set up and monitoring of performance metrics and liaising with China and India Sourcing offices and suppliers to ensure performance criteria is met.
•    Build and develop credible relationships with suppliers and in some cases develop a supply partnership.
•    Key contact in HQ for supplier issues including management of defective or unacceptable goods or services with NPD Team. Assist with investigation on product issues and communicate to supply chain accordingly.
•    Manage trading & price negotiation for products  with current and potential new suppliers.
•    Manage tenders / RFQ’s with supply chain, which may include current suppliers or sourcing new suppliers in new territories.
•    Organise supplier onboarding activity to include supplier set up, arrange audits, support first manufacture product checks, and manage through any issues with relevant stakeholders including Sourcing offices in China/India and Product Development colleagues.
•    Commit to a productivity plan (cost savings) whilst maintaining the expected product quality levels associated with the product brand/position.
•    Manager OTIF performance of suppliers working in partnership with planning and suppliers to ensure targets are met.
•    Quality resolution with Suppliers and negotiation for Credits.
•    Negotiations to mitigate delays working with planning.
•    Negotiate MOQ levels (in partnership with planning)
•    Work towards total supplier compliance supporting China and India sourcing offices in supplier improvements where identified through the audit process.
•    Comprehensively develop and implement purchasing strategies in conjunction with the Head of Product & Procurement 
•    Work in partnership with Product Development Engineer where design input / application engineering is required focusing on Value Analysis and Value Engineering (VAVE)
•    Organise and Communicate the purchasing element of Customer Special Orders
•    Closely liaise with Accounts to ensure accurate and timely payment of invoices, as necessary for the business with the supplier.
•    Ensure the highest standards of health and safety, ethics and sustainability throughout the supply chain.

The Ideal Candidate:
•    University degree educated/graduate calibre.  Part or Ful CIPS qualification would be highly advantageous although not a prerequisite.
•    Experience of sourcing, procurement and supplier development from the Far East/China and India.
•    Specifically, sourcing metal and mechanically engineered parts and products for the consumer market within a fast-moving route to market such as retail, wholesale and distributor channels.
•    Highly numerate and analytical with a track record of commodity trading and price negotiation and contract development.
•    Strong awareness of category, range and brand development and positioning.
•    Energetic, resilient, and flexible to undertake business travel to Far East and India to source, procure and develop supplier partnerships.
•    Capable and experienced to set up our clients sourcing, procurement, and supplier development function in the UK HO, ensuring that all processes, contractual frameworks, dashboards, and systems are implemented and aligned to support total cost and supplier management.
•    Experience in cross functional working within a matrix organisation including supporting new product development and launch within a value engineering environment.
•    Fluent in business English.  Fluency in Chinese would be highly advantageous but not a prerequisite.

In return our client offers a very competitive salary and the opportunity to play a key role in establishing the sourcing & procurement function further enhancing our client’s market leading position as a supplier of high quality products.

To apply without delay, please email your CV quoting reference LX 642943 to applications@martinveasey.com  Telephone 01905 381 320 www.martinveasey.com

SOURCING, PROCUREMENT & SUPPLIER DEVELOPMENT MANAGER - FAR EAST & INDIA SUPPLY CHAIN

C£35000 (Dependent on Experience) + Benefits 

Carlisle, Cumbria

Our client is a specialist division of a market leading group and plc, specialising in interior and exterior hardware, fixtures, and fittings.  This is a newly created role reporting to the Product Development function, to take responsibility for strategic sourcing and supplier development of product sourced and manufactured in the Far East and India.
This role would suit a graduate calibre, potentially CIPS qualified, sourcing, procurement, and supplier development specialist with a track record of working with Far East/China, India and other low-cost source countries for parts and products.  The Sourcing, Procurement and Supplier Development Manager will develop and implement procurement strategies, working closely with colleagues in China and India in relation to supplier capabilities and performance, quality control and supply chain into the UK.  Experience of category and range planning and development and procurement analysis would be highly advantageous.  A strong appreciation of metal commodity and trading price negotiation and contracts will be critical to success.

The Role:
•    Effective analysis of current supply chain and successful implementation of procurement strategy and policies.
•    Full supplier performance management reporting into senior executives to include the set up and monitoring of performance metrics and liaising with China and India Sourcing offices and suppliers to ensure performance criteria is met.
•    Build and develop credible relationships with suppliers and in some cases develop a supply partnership.
•    Key contact in HQ for supplier issues including management of defective or unacceptable goods or services with NPD Team. Assist with investigation on product issues and communicate to supply chain accordingly.
•    Manage trading & price negotiation for products with current and potential new suppliers.
•    Manage tenders / RFQ’s with supply chain, which may include current suppliers or sourcing new suppliers in new territories.
•    Organise supplier onboarding activity to include supplier set up, arrange audits, support first manufacture product checks, and manage through any issues with relevant stakeholders including Sourcing offices in China/India and Product Development colleagues.
•    Commit to a productivity plan (cost savings) whilst maintaining the expected product quality levels associated with the product brand/position.
•    Manager OTIF performance of suppliers working in partnership with planning and suppliers to ensure targets are met.
•    Quality resolution with Suppliers and negotiation for Credits.
•    Negotiations to mitigate delays working with planning.
•    Negotiate MOQ levels (in partnership with planning)
•    Work towards total supplier compliance supporting China and India sourcing offices in supplier improvements where identified through the audit process.
•    Comprehensively develop and implement purchasing strategies in conjunction with the Head of Product & Procurement 
•    Work in partnership with Product Development Engineer where design input / application engineering is required focusing on Value Analysis and Value Engineering (VAVE)
•    Organise and Communicate the purchasing element of Customer Special Orders
•    Closely liaise with Accounts to ensure accurate and timely payment of invoices, as necessary for the business with the supplier.
•    Ensure the highest standards of health and safety, ethics and sustainability throughout the supply chain.

The Ideal Candidate:
•    University degree educated/graduate calibre.  Part or Ful CIPS qualification would be highly advantageous although not a prerequisite.
•    Experience of sourcing, procurement and supplier development from the Far East/China and India.
•    Specifically, sourcing metal and mechanically engineered parts and products for the consumer market within a fast-moving route to market such as retail, wholesale and distributor channels.
•    Highly numerate and analytical with a track record of commodity trading and price negotiation and contract development.
•    Strong awareness of category, range and brand development and positioning.
•    Energetic, resilient, and flexible to undertake business travel to Far East and India to source, procure and develop supplier partnerships.
•    Capable and experienced to set up our clients sourcing, procurement, and supplier development function in the UK HO, ensuring that all processes, contractual frameworks, dashboards, and systems are implemented and aligned to support total cost and supplier management.
•    Experience in cross functional working within a matrix organisation including supporting new product development and launch within a value engineering environment.
•    Fluent in business English.  Fluency in Chinese would be highly advantageous but not a prerequisite.

In return our client offers a very competitive salary and the opportunity to play a key role in establishing the sourcing & procurement function further enhancing our client’s market leading position as a supplier of high quality products.

To apply without delay, please email your CV quoting reference LX 642943 to applications@martinveasey.com  Telephone 01905 381 320 www.martinveasey.com