Purchasing/Supply Chain Manager

*Company Overview:*

Ingenia Group is international manufacturer of plastic cards and accessories, facilitating the identification, access control, transportation, membership and incentivisation of millions of people globally every day.
A family owned business since 1976, Ingenia has experienced 40% year on year growth and therefore is looking forward to welcoming this candidate to the management of the purchasing function. We have 83 group staff, across 4 locations globally across the UK, EU and US, with UK manufacturing operations in both Bristol and Liverpool.

*Role Overview:*
The ideal candidate will be a good cultural fit aligned to company values, (Customer Obsessed, Agile, Relentless) and have relevant experience in a Purchasing Manager role in a £20m\+ size private sector business. They should feel comfortable in developing then managing purchasing systems and processes to control manufacturing raw materials on a just in time basis, as well as stock products. The candidate needs a curious and relentless approach to diversifying risk across supply chain with new supplier on boarding and focus on price and lead time reduction. The purchasing manager will head up a new product development, where new product development opportunities will be brought for research, planning and execution to successfully bring the new product or process to fruition.

Key Responsibilities:

• Constantly be improving and managing current stock product purchasing process with purchasing assistant


• Constantly be improving and managing current manufacturing raw materials purchasing process utilizing a just in time approach to minimise stock holding


• Creating a process for and managing new product/process/machine ideas, researching, defining, executing by working with suppliers and internal production to bring to fruition.


• Managing supplier performance proactively, with scoring mechanisms, visits, and reporting on supplier OTIF on a individual supplier level


• Potential for developing into a wider Operational management responsibility over time


• Be developing new supplier relationships and detailing strengths and pricing from new suppliers to feed into sales team


• Supplier audit program and monthly scoring to drive improvement

• Willingness to learn and adapt quickly to new challenges


• Self\-motivated with the ability to research and figure out solutions independently


• Team player who can collaborate effectively closely with sales process (Sales and Purchasing are closely linked in Ingenia)


• Attention to detail and pride in producing clean, well\-structured work


• Good communicator — able to ask clear questions and share ideas


• Ability to summarise information succinctly for management review in excel (Excel proficiency for data analysis and reporting)


• Problem\-solving mindset with a logical and curious approach


• Passion for technology and building systems that make a difference

• High growth business and environment to progress in with strong progression opportunity


• Bonus scheme equating to 5% additional to salary


• Modern office and facilities


• Regular company events


• Cycle to work scheme


• 33 days holiday


• On\-site free gym


• Company Pension Contribution

Pay: From £40,000\.00 per year

Application question(s):

• Do you have CIPS qualification?


• What was the total purchasing value of your last private sector purchasing manager role?

• Purchasing Manager (in private sector business): 5 years (preferred)

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