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Purchasing Manager
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Lead Our Clients Supply Chain. Drive Commercial Success.
A GBP 40 : A GBP 45k pa
24 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays
Monday to Thursday 8am to 5pm / Friday 8am to 4pm
Doncaster
Are you an experienced Purchasing Manager with a passion for building strong supplier relationships, negotiating the best deals, and ensuring products arrive on time and at the right price? If you're commercially minded, thrive in a fast-paced environment, and enjoy making a real impact on business performance, we'd love to hear from you.
We're looking for a proactive and strategic Purchasing Manager for our Doncaster-based client to lead their procurement function across the Group. This is a pivotal role where you'll be responsible for developing purchasing strategies, managing supplier relationships, optimising stock levels, and protecting company margins while ensuring they remain competitive in the marketplace.
What You'll Be Doing
As the Purchasing Manager, you'll take ownership of the end-to-end purchasing function, ensuring our client's supply chain operates efficiently and effectively. Your responsibilities will include:
- Developing and implementing purchasing strategies that support business growth and operational objectives.
- Building, managing, and negotiating with suppliers to achieve the best value, quality, and service.
- Managing day-to-day purchasing activities, ensuring products are ordered accurately and delivered on time.
- Monitoring inventory levels, analysing trends, and forecasting purchasing requirements.
- Maintaining accurate supplier pricing and ensuring healthy product margins.
- Working closely with Sales and other departments to communicate lead times, pricing, and stock availability.
- Identifying and managing supply chain risks to minimise disruption.
- Overseeing supplier returns and resolving product quality issues efficiently.
- Acting as the Company's Import and Export Champion, ensuring compliance with all relevant legislation and regulations.
- Supporting and developing the purchasing team while ensuring workloads and deadlines are effectively managed.
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What We're Looking For
We're looking for someone who combines strong commercial awareness with excellent organisational and leadership skills.
You'll Ideally Have
- 3-5 years experience in a Purchasing or Procurement Management role.
- A proven track record of supplier negotiation and relationship management.
- Strong commercial and financial awareness with the ability to make profitable purchasing decisions.
- Excellent analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills.
- Experience using procurement systems, Sage, and Microsoft Office.
- The ability to prioritise workloads and perform well under pressure in a busy environment.
- Knowledge of import/export processes and supply chain compliance would be highly advantageous.
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Why Join Our Client?
This is an exciting opportunity to take ownership of a key business function where your decisions will directly influence profitability, operational efficiency, and customer satisfaction.
In return, you'll join a supportive and collaborative team where your expertise is valued, your ideas are welcomed, and you'll have the opportunity to make a genuine difference.
If you're ready to take the next step in your purchasing career and want to play a key role in a growing business, we'd love to hear from you.
Apply today and help shape the future of our supply chain.
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