Purchasing Manager

Purchasing Manager
Bradford
A Procurement Manager / Purchasing Manager is required for an engineering business that does extensive work with China and India in Bradford. The Procurement Manager / Purchasing Manager will be reporting directly into the Managing Director and will be responsible for the effective management of the Procurement function for a multi-site engineering and manufacturing business with an annual spend of £6m, they will ensure the best value for all purchased products and services is maintained and to generate annual cost savings.
Procurement Manager / Purchasing Manager Duties
Report to the MD and playing a key part of the senior leadership team, as well as having a hands-on strategic and operational approach.
Overall responsibility for the delivery of all procurement activities within the business.
Undertake purchasing function as necessary to maintain supply of items required to fulfil business needs.
Manage the UK based Purchasing & Procurement team
currently 3 direct reports across 3 sites.
Supports the profitability of the company by reducing cost spends within agreed KPIs
Continually assess and improve levels of product quality through our various supply chains.
Monitor stock levels of procured items to ensure key safety stocks are maintained.
Implement a vendor assessment programme...