Purchasing & Stores Manager
hace 2 días
Barnsley
Purchasing & Stores Manager Location: BarnsleyAnnual Salary: £70,000 A Fantastic Opportunity to Lead a High-Performing Supply Chain Function An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Purchasing & Stores Manager to join a major UK manufacturer at their fabrication and production facility in Barnsley. This role is pivotal in supporting global supply chain operations and ensuring a world-class approach to purchasing, materials flow, and internal logistics. This is a key leadership position offering the chance to shape a global supply base, influence strategic purchasing decisions, and drive continuous improvement across purchasing, stores and stock control. About the Role This position is responsible for both Purchasing Management and Stores & Internal Logistics, ensuring seamless end-to-end material flow, supplier performance, and stock optimisation. Purchasing Leadership You will lead the purchasing function on site, ensuring a stable, ethical, and high-performing supplier base. Key areas include: • Developing, managing and coaching a dedicated purchasing team, • Driving supplier development and world-class logistics performance, • Implementing secure, efficient purchasing strategies aligned with business needs, • Managing cost control, contract negotiations and strategic sourcing activities Stores & Internal Logistics You will oversee all internal materials movement, stock control and logistics operations, ensuring processes support production demands. Responsibilities include: • Aligning stocking policies with planning, scheduling and safety stock requirements, • Coaching and developing the stock control team, • Delivering continuous improvement using IT systems, data automation and logistics optimisation, • Ensuring accuracy in inventory, PI counts and annual stock takes Key Responsibilities • Managing a supplier portfolio exceeding £10M spend, • Negotiating robust, commercially secure supply contracts, • Developing structured global supply bases with dual-source capability, • Implementing KPIs, scorecards and supplier performance monitoring, • Conducting supplier audits, tenders and strategic partner development, • Supporting NPI projects and production launches, • Ensuring effective purchasing planning and MRP parameter management, • Achieving cost reductions through engineering, sourcing and logistics initiatives, • Leading logistics strategy aligned to purchasing and global supply chain needs, • Managing stock accuracy, slow-moving/obsolete inventory and discrepancy investigations, • Maintaining ISO 9001/14001/18001 compliance, • Creating and maintaining process documentation and training materials Experience & Qualifications Essential • 5+ years in senior purchasing, commodity management or supply chain, • Background in steel, fabrications, and machined components, • Experience in single-piece-flow production environments, • Strong MRP knowledge and Microsoft Office skills, • Proven experience in internal logistics & inventory management, • Strong negotiation skills and experience with contract management, • Willingness to travel globally for supplier support, • Experience with lean, supplier auditing and PPAP/QPAP processes Desirable • CIPS qualification (or working towards), • Experience with open-book costing and PPV, • Exposure to automotive supply chain standards Benefits 25 holidays rising to 30, bonus, 5% pension, life insurance, health cover, staff discounts, Cycle to Work scheme, referral bonuses, discounted gym memberships.