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Barclay Meade
Gloucester
Gloucestershire
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Commodity Manager - 23643_223500102
Gloucestershire
Our client, a prominent player in the aerospace industry, is seeking a dedicated Commodity Manager to join their team. This permanent position offers a unique opportunity to manage and coordinate purchases for various commodities, ensuring alignment with business objectives and customer needs.
Key Responsibilities:
- Drafting, acquiring validation, and deploying targeted purchasing policies for multiple commodities
- Ensuring the attainment of objectives in terms of gains and expected service levels
- Coordinating actions with concerned buyers of other companies when mandated
- Leading communication about purchasing policies under your responsibility
- Acting as an approver, expert, and key contact for your commodity
- Fostering and maintaining a UK-wide network within your commodity
Additional Responsibilities:
- Collaborating within the Purchasing Team to support business strategy
- Defining purchasing strategies for assigned categories
- Implementing the Supplier Tendering and Selection process
- Negotiating and drawing up contracts with selected suppliers
- Managing supplier relationships, including validating chosen solutions, steering improvement plans, consolidating assessments, and ensuring compliance with obligations and standards
- Maintaining up-to-date purchase data and proactively dealing with disputes
- Supporting the development of customer needs and promoting best practices with suppliers
- Complying with procurement budgets and purchase processes
Job Requirements:
- Understanding of purchasing methodologies and processes
- Proficiency in written and spoken English
- Strong numerical skills
- Highly organised with a structured approach and able to work on your own initiative
- Focused, task-oriented, and resilient to complete tasks in full
- Good communication, listening, and negotiation abilities
- Knowledge of the technical environment within the aerospace industry
- Knowledge of Industrial and Purchasing policies and legal knowledge (contracts)
- Familiarity with Lean-Sigma tools
- Previous experience within a purchasing team using purchasing information systems
- CIPS qualifications at Level 4+ (or willingness to complete)
- Educated to Degree Level, preferably in a business field (or equivalent)
Desirable Skills:
- Project Management qualification and experience
- Previous Customer Service Training qualification
Travel Specificity:
Substantial travel across UK sites and potential supplier sites may be required on an ad hoc basis.
Benefits:
- Opportunity to work within the dynamic aerospace sector
- Hybrid working potential
- Supportive and collaborative work environment
- Professional development and training opportunities
- Comprehensive employee benefits package
If you are an experienced Commodity Manager looking for a challenging and rewarding role within the aerospace industry, we would love to hear from you. Apply now to join our client's dynamic team.
Salary: £41,000 to £50,000 Annual +
Hours Per Week: Full Time
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