Procurement Lead

Description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Procurement Lead to join a leading manufacturing business based in Camberley, offering a salary of up to 55,000.

The Procurement Lead will take ownership of designated commodities, managing and developing supplier relationships to ensure consistent performance across Cost, Quality and Delivery. The role will play a key part in driving supplier performance, supporting business objectives, and ensuring the effective delivery of procurement strategies.

Key Responsibilities:

Supplier Selection & Sourcing: Identify and select new suppliers in line with commodity strategies, ensuring appropriate capability, capacity and commercial alignment.Commercial Negotiation & Contracting: Manage RFQs, pricing and lead–time requests, negotiate commercial terms, and award new supplier contracts in line with New Product Introduction (NPI) requirements.Supplier & Part Validation: Coordinate the verification and validation of new supplier parts to ensure compliance with technical, quality and business requirements.Supply & Production Support: Support Material Planning and Production teams with recurring purchasing, supplier coordination, planning parameters, and resolution of supply or lead–time issues.Supplier Performance & Improvement: Monitor supplier performance, coordinate resolution of quality issues, manage escalation processes, and develop improvement plans to address identified gaps.Compliance, Cost & Governance: Ensure suppliers meet ISO 9001 and applicable standards, maintain appropriate oversight, support technical/commercial queries, and ensure accurate part costing in line with Finance requirements.Initial focus: Electronic, Electrical and associated connected commodities.

Skills & Experience Required:

Commodity & Industry Experience: Experience managing Electronic, Electrical and connected commodities within a regulated environment.Engineering & Supplier Management: Ability to understand engineering requirements and effectively flow them down to suppliers, ensuring requirements are clearly understood and delivered.Supplier Assessment & Development: Experience auditing and assessing supplier performance, identifying gaps, and coaching suppliers to develop and implement improvement plans.Commercial & Negotiation Skills: Strong negotiation skills with the ability to develop effective commercial outcomes with suppliers.Analytical & IT Skills: Strong analytical capability with good proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, to analyse data and support decision–making.Communication & Mobility: Excellent communication skills, with the ability to simplify complex issues into clear, actionable summaries. Willingness to travel approximately 20% domestically and 10% within Europe, with a full clean driving licence.Salary:

Up to 55,000

1 day a week working from home post probation

This position would suit someone who has worked in a manufacturing environment in a role such as, Senior Buyer, Purchasing Specialist, Commodity Manager, Category Manager, Procurement Manager, Sourcing Manager, Purchasing Manager or Procurement Specialist.

Ad ID: 5419052317