Procurement Director - Global Promotional Merchandise Company
- Employer
- Cinq Partnership
- Location
- Greater London
- Salary
- 70000.00 - 85000.00 GBP Annual + package
- Closing date
- 4 Mar 2021
View more
- Sector
- Marketing / PR
- Responsibilities
- Sales
- Position/Level
- Director
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Language
- English
You need to sign in or create an account to save a job.
Procurement Director - Global Promotional Merchandise Company
I have partnered with a Global Promotional Merchandise company to find a UK Procurement Director to spearhead the strategy and direction for all of the buying activities across Europe and Asia.
Key purpose of Role
- Responsible for the internal buying function, external sourcing agents, trading companies and direct vendor relationships across Europe and Asia.
- Organize the structuring of the specialist FE product development/sourcing/QA/QC/production-Order Management and logistics functions, to enable growth.
- Contribute significantly to the goal of improving the company's Revenues and Gross Margin within 3 years through better buying, vendor rebates, and improving win ratios on large custom orders.
Key Tasks
- Create and implement processes, tools and objectives
- Optimising resource output by operating and buying effectively from assured supply chains
- Risk management - Enquiry trafficking to determine the most suitable and profitable route to market - EU vs FE
- Strong focus on achieving a tangible sustainable sourcing' model. Operating with minimal approved' FE suppliers to create a mutually beneficial partnership that ensures continued business, consistent quality and co-operation at the most competitive price.
- Collaboration - Run In-house workshops to educate and promote awareness of the benefits and considerations for FE sourcing
- Management of 3rd party service providers - 3PLs and Testing/Inspection companies.
- Trade and Customs compliance - Brexit strategy planning
- Implement CSR/QMS auditing program for all vendors located in categorised high risk' countries (China, India etc). Assurance of credentials of vendors and their products in low risk countries.
- Take a lead on CSR and Sustainability initiatives for, managing project teams for Ecovadis, BPMA certification, and other initiatives
- Support team on completing ISO accreditations where required.
- Support in the expansion of the company in European territories, helping to onboard new acquisitions in the Procurement function, and integrate them into the companies processes.
- Support the New Business team on major tenders with procurement information, and where required, attend pitches to support the Sales Director
- Line management responsibility for Head of Procurement (APAC) and European Supplier Relationship Manager
This is an exciting opportunity for someone to shape the procurement function for an ambitious forward-thinking Global Company.
You need to sign in or create an account to save a job.
Get job alerts
Create a job alert and receive personalised job recommendations straight to your inbox.
Create alert