Purchasing Manager

**Purchasing Manager**

**Location**:Billingshurst, West Sussex, RH14 9EZ
**Salary**:Circa £45,000, DOE plus bonus
**Contract: Office based role -**Full Time, Permanent

BPH Attachments Ltd are a fast-growing and pro-active, multi-million-pound family business. We are one of the UK's most respected suppliers of high-quality hydraulic excavator attachments for sale or hire, serving customers across a wide range of industry.

We have a new exciting opportunity for an experienced **Purchasing Manager**to join our busy team.

Purchasing Manager**:

- The Role**:
**Responsibilities and duties**:

- Procurement and Purchasing for Plant Hire and BPH Attachments
- Manage a team of 2 existing purchasing staff
- Management of the day-to-day activities that secure the supply of direct materials to support the business
- Building and maintaining good relationships with new and existing suppliers
- Stock Control - Consumables, Parts and Attachments
- Stock forecasting and monthly stock takes
- Goods in & Despatch
- Logistics - Carriers and 3rd Party Transport arrangements
- Liaising with suppliers to ensure deliveries arrive on time
- Import / Export arrangements
- Lead change management for the purchasing team, supporting new product introductions
- Development, implementation, and maintenance of best practices and procedures in all areas

Purchasing Manager**:

- Key Competencies**:

- CIPS Level 5 qualified
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Good Negotiation skills and proven experience of cost saving
- Experience of HM Customs and import/export requirements
- Excellent customer service skills
- Working technical knowledge of attachments industry, a bonus
- Excellent working knowledge of MS Office, Excel, stock control and CRM systems
- Accuracy and attention to detail
- Good administrative and organisational skills
- Team player

**Note**: We are not currently offering sponsorship or relocation assistance for this role so you must already possess the right to live and work in the UK in order to be considered.

If you feel that you have the skills and experience required for this role and would like to join an established family business, why not **click 'apply’ today?** We would love to hear from you

No agencies please.