Senior Purchasing Manager:Catering Equipment
Title: Senior Purchasing Manager: Catering Equipment
Location: Buckinghamshire. UK
Language required: Fluent English
Sector : Hospitality (Catering equipment for hotels and restaurants)
Salary : £91,000 Total annual comp pro rata
(comprised of base salary £74,500 + £5750 car allowance +£11,000)
Contract type: Permanent role
WFH: Hybrid role ( 3 days office/2 days home-based)
COMPANY DETAILS :
You will be working for a global purchasing organisation specialising in buying for the catering and hospitality industry. You will focus on market research, category insight and strategic sourcing to drive value and performance from new and existing suppliers.
This is a strategic and a management position. There will be some travel involved to meet manudacturers
Duties
Managing and overseeing a team of Purchasing Managers
- Managing the teams activities and overall performance against agreed targets
- Overseeing purchasing strategy
Work with existing suppliers
- Liaise with established catering equipment suppliers and manage supplier performance and cost savings
- Constantly review supplier performance
- Negotiate, monitor and analyse costs/savings
- You will use excel daily to track all financial, performance and logistical information
- Work with the Logistics Team in order to speed up delivery & installation times
Find new suppliers
- Source new suppliers internationally, benchmark prices, evaluate the product, undertake field testing
- Negotiate new terms with new suppliers
- Setting KPI’s and establish new contracts per product
- Provide clear feedback and attend regular meetings at supplier sites
- Develop positive long-term partnerships with suppliers
Client Relationship/Account Management
- Liaise with clients and get “buy in ” to products, pricing and delivery schedule.
· Produce progress reports that are transparent on costs of equipment. Undertake benchmarking Requirements |
- Previous experience in Purchasing of catering or related equipment
- Experience of leading teams, managing multiple categories
- Experience in purchasing Equipment and Décor products or similar categories
Job Overview
IT & Technology / Logistics, Operations & Engineering
Buckinghamshire
£70000 - £95000 per annum