Purchasing Manager - Indirect Procurement

The Opportunity

This role offers the chance to take full ownership of indirect procurement across multiple sites, covering a broad range of goods and services essential to business operations. You'll play a key part in shaping procurement strategy, strengthening supplier partnerships, and ensuring cost-effective, reliable service delivery.

Working closely with internal teams and a dedicated Indirect Purchasing Controller, you'll drive improvements that enhance efficiency, control spend, and support long-term business performance

Why Join

• Inclusive and collaborative working environment
• Clear opportunities for career growth and development
• A role with real scope to shape procurement strategy and impact business performance
• Autonomy to introduce new ideas and drive meaningful change

What You'll Be Doing

• Lead indirect procurement activity across all sites, ensuring continuity and value
• Develop and implement category strategies across a diverse spend base
• Manage and support the Indirect Purchasing Controller, building capability and performance
• Analyse spend data to identify savings and efficiency opportunities
• Negotiate and manage supplier contracts to deliver commercial advantage
• Strengthen supplier performance through effective KPI management
• Challenge spend and introduce smarter, more cost-effective solutions
• Partner with stakeholders to embed procurement early in decision-making
• Drive consistency through improved processes and best practice approaches

What We're Looking For

• Strong background in indirect procurement or category management
• Commercially focused with proven negotiation experience
• Confident influencing stakeholders across multiple functions
• Data-driven with the ability to turn insight into action
• Experience developing suppliers and managing performance
• Leadership or mentoring experience preferred
• Proactive, resilient, and solutions-focused

Benefits

• 25 days holiday, increasing to 28 with service
• Company car or car allowance (your choice)
• Pension scheme
• Medicash plan
• Inclusive and supportive working environment
• Genuine opportunities to progress your career
• Join a forward-thinking, highly successful organisation

Shortlisting has begun

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