Based at our client's Nottingham head office, you will report into the Head of Supply Chain.

You will be responsible for leading all areas of procurement and logistic/inventory control within the business. This includes full ownership and accountability across product management, sourcing, purchasing products and movements of both domestic & worldwide shipments whilst managing our network of partners to ensure best value and customer satisfaction. Managing a team to ensure stock is replenished, kept accurate and delivered to SLA in-line with business KPIs is a primary function of the role. The successful candidate will be working in partnership with internal and external stakeholders delivering a high-quality service in a professional and efficient manner.

Supply Chain:
• Lead and manage a team of Supply Planners to facilitate best value stock procurement and maintain lean inventory levels using Morse (our bespoke ERP system) planning software and relevant sourcing tools.
• Lead and manage a team of Logistic/Inventory Controllers to ensure the integrity of Agilitas and Customer owned stock is maintained during movement/s of both domestic and worldwide shipments using Morse planning software and relevant partner tools.
• Manage reactive workflow through the department from sales to contracts.
• Negotiating commercial and best value terms and agreements at all levels with vendors, partners and service providers. Support contract and framework agreement drafting where appropriate.
• Partner/Supplier assessment, management and reviews, establishing relationships with a global supply chain to ensure best value and compliance to expected standards whilst promoting strong ethical and co-operative values.
• Maintain of all types of export documentation including Commercial Invoices, EUR1’s, ATR’s, Certificates of Origin, Dangerous Goods Certificates, Known Consignor Certificates, Letters of Credit.
• Approval of purchase orders in accordance with company terms and conditions.
• To continuously explore and implement any In Country opportunities in the EU network to reduce purchasing spends, along with lead time reduction.

Reporting:
• Provide and report on KPI’s for the team and department (purchasing effectiveness, reduced stock valuation, Partner OTIF, Logistic Spends etc.)
• Act on Excess and Obsolete (E&O) stock reports to provide strategies for future minimization and suggest tactical solutions for excess clearance back in to supply chain.
• Other business analysis reporting related to procurement and inventory management as required