Supply Chain Manager

December 4, 2017 | Comments Off on Supply Chain Manager

Job Title: Supply Chain Manager
Location: West Yorkshire
Salary: Highly Competitive plus benefits



We are working with multi-award-winning company, with a genuine dedication to creating innovative, sustainable buildings, and a commitment to its people, investing in regular coaching and development. We seek people who really do think differently, in tune with a desire to operate at "sporting excellence", taking responsibility for your work. We have seen this culture for ourselves and can appreciate it will not suit everyone. There are no egos here; it's your character that counts.

They have developed their own housing system, established a factory to construct their buildings in, they operate a technology and energy business to allow connected controls and community energy systems, they operate their own construction teams, carry out sales and lettings directly and have technical and design functions as part of their team.

Their most important endeavour is in building a team of outstanding, courageous, passionate, ambitious and talented people. They invest a lot of time and effort into their company culture and robustly defend it by ensuring that only the very best join the team and that they recognise and nurture all of their team with coaching and personal development. They are a modern employer who operate a flexible working policy where it is expected that individuals meets or exceed their objectives, but they aren't prescriptive about times or days worked as long as the results are being achieved.

About the Role:

  • The role of the Supply Chain Manager will be to coordinate and control the movement of goods, materials and information from suppliers through to the final customer, to deliver a high performing sustainable supply chain.
  • You will be responsible in leading the procurement, implementation and development of group sourcing arrangements for key building materials and plant equipment.


Responsibilities (overview):

  • Supply Chain Strategy
  • Sales & Operations Planning
  • Supplier Development & Relationship Management
  • Purchasing


More about you:

  • We are looking for a naturally self-motivated individual who is proven in their field and who has a professional attitude and approach to work.
  • You'll be positive, and precise and able to work as part of a small team, with excellent negotiation, networking skills and communication skills.
  • You will have an ability to work confidently and build relationships.


Required Experience and Qualifications

  • Ideally you will have procurement experience within the construction materials sector.
  • Knowledge of best practice supply chain management/category management tools.
  • Have or be working towards a professional procurement qualification (MCIPS).
  • Ability to competently operate MS Office (Word & Excel).


Key Skills: Construction, Engineering, Buyer, Supply Chain, Procurement, Offsite, Timber