Location: Stockport
Salary: £50,000–£55,000 per annum, dependent on experience
Hours: Monday–Thursday, 7:30am–4:30pm; Friday, 7:30am–3:00pm
Weekly hours: 38.5
Contract: Permanent, full-time
Reporting to: Chief Operating Officer
The Opportunity
An established and growing design-led manufacturing business is looking to appoint an experienced Procurement & Supply Chain Manager.
This is a broad, hands-on position covering purchasing, supplier performance, inventory, imports, inbound logistics and stock managed through a third-party logistics provider.
Reporting directly to the Chief Operating Officer, you will help improve product availability, purchasing costs, stock accuracy and customer delivery.
Key Responsibilities
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Manage purchasing across standard, bespoke and project-specific products.
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Review demand, reorder levels and stock availability.
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Manage inventory held through a third-party logistics provider.
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Process purchase orders and maintain accurate purchasing records.
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Source new products and identify suitable suppliers.
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Obtain and negotiate competitive product prices, freight costs and lead times.
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Monitor supplier pricing, service levels and OTIF performance.
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Coordinate imports, inbound shipments, freight providers and delivery tracking.
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Manage backorders and communicate product availability across the business.
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Maintain accurate product, supplier, pricing and inventory information.
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Produce weekly procurement, stock and supply-chain KPI reports.
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Work closely with operations, project delivery and solution design teams.
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Support product, supplier and supply-chain compliance requirements.
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Identify cost savings, resolve supply issues and drive continuous improvement.
Skills and Experience
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At least three years’ experience within procurement, purchasing or supply chain.
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Experience managing suppliers, purchase orders and stock levels.
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Previous exposure to imports, inbound freight or international suppliers.
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Strong commercial negotiation and supplier-management skills.
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Confident analysing inventory, pricing, lead-time and supplier-performance data.
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Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft 365, particularly Excel.
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Sage 50 experience would be advantageous.
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Highly organised and able to manage competing priorities and deadlines.
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Proactive, collaborative and willing to take ownership of problems; experience within manufacturing, distribution or another product-led business would be beneficial.
Benefits
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Salary of £50,000–£55,000, dependent on experience.
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One day working from home following successful completion of probation.
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20 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays.
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Additional Christmas shutdown.
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Birthday off.
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Free on-site parking.
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Free Friday breakfast and the opportunity to influence a growing procurement and supply-chain function.
Apply
This opportunity would suit an experienced Procurement Manager, Purchasing Manager, Senior Buyer or Procurement & Supply Chain Lead who enjoys combining commercial supplier management with hands-on operational responsibility.
Apply with your current CV for further information and a confidential discussion
Salary description
£48000.00 - £55000.00 per year