Purchasing Manager

Cloister Resourcing Ltd; Horsham; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job description

As the Purchasing Manager, working in partnership with delivery teams, you will lead the management of the relationship across key strategic partners involved in the delivery of our capital build programme, applying best practice Supplier Relationship Management tools and techniques to ensure the business and supply chain goals, vision, and values are aligned to maximise relationship value. This is a great opening that offers the real opportunity to work within an organisation committed to delivering best in breed practice.

In this role, you will play an instrumental part in evolving current ways of working and methods to ensure that improvements on how relationship value is mined drive a step change in Supply Chain performance.

You will be:

1. Working in partnership with internal stakeholders and supply chain partners to ensure best practice on an operational, relationship, and strategic level.
2. Acting as an escalation point in the event of concerns, ensuring coordination of resolving parties, effective communication to stakeholders, and post-incident reviews.
3. Driving agreement and oversight of relationship improvement plans to maximize relationship value, ensuring actions are followed through to completion in a timely manner.
4. Conducting supply chain business reviews and providing transparency on stakeholder satisfaction, supply chain performance, financial management, and contract compliance.
5. Supporting and aligning with stakeholders to drive a 360 relationship strategy and create mutually agreed Relationship Plans reflecting long and short-term objectives, governance structure, and other relevant vendor relationship aspects.

You will be an excellent communicator, highly influential, and able to manage expectations of senior stakeholders. With strong commercial acumen and a problem-solving analytical mindset, you will be confident in creating presence while driving outcomes with overall stakeholders and suppliers.

If you're looking for a career opportunity with long-term development, apply today.