Procurement Manager

7 days ago

Diss, Norfolk, United Kingdom CVS Group Plc Full time

Procurement Manager - Support Office

CVS Group Plc is a leading international integrated veterinary services provider, delivering services through four business areas: veterinary practices, diagnostic laboratories, pet crematoria, and e-commerce. Our success is driven by the passion of our people for animals and making pets a priority, which is at the heart of our work every day.

The Group generates revenue of over £m from more than practices across 3 countries, with more than 8, employees across vets, nurses, and other clinical staff, as well as within our support office. We are well-positioned for both organic and acquisitive growth, with significant investment projects underway to enhance our infrastructure and central support for the Group.

This is a hybrid position, where you will be based at our head office in Diss a minimum of 2 days a week.

In this role as Procurement Manager, you will be accountable for driving best procurement practice across the Group, including ownership of the procurement policy and compliance.

You will also be accountable for driving cost out of the indirect supply chain through proactive engagement with the business, supporting purchasing initiatives, and supplier consolidation.

Key Responsibilities and Tasks:

  • Drive best procurement practice across the Group
  • Own and evolve the procurement policy, ensuring it is up to date and fit for purpose
  • Be the procurement point of contact for internal and external audits, demonstrating compliance with procurement guidelines and processes
  • Own the development and roll out of a supplier relationship management policy
  • Own the management and compliance of the supplier code of conduct
  • Be accountable for, and further develop CVS's contract management database
  • Continue with and support the professional development of the Supply Chain Manager
  • Proactively engage with business stakeholders to understand business needs and opportunities
  • Look for and understand saving opportunities through data analysis and proactive engagement with the business
  • Support sourcing initiatives/negotiations across the business
  • Manage the end-to-end procurement process (including SRM) for business-critical contracts in collaboration with key business areas
  • Work closely with the sustainability team to manage supply chain in line with sustainability strategy
  • Deliver competitive advantage through cost savings, lifecycle value generation, demand management

Key Skills Required:

  • Education to degree level or equivalent experience
  • Member of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS)
  • A minimum of 10 years' mid-level experience in procurement across a number of industries
  • A proven track record in managing contracts, risk mitigation, and flexibility within supply chain, including supplier sourcing and leverage to deliver improvement, sustainability, quality, performance, innovation, and cost reduction
  • Experience in managing the end-to-end procurement process and supplier relationship management
  • The ability to manage complex stakeholders and partnership relationships in a fast-moving and changing environment
  • Experience of communicating and presenting highly complex information to internal and external stakeholders
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills with strong attention to detail
  • High-level negotiation skills
  • Must be highly motivated, a self-starter, and organized, able to work as part of a team or independently, be a problem solver, and have a collaborative mindset

In addition to a starting salary of between £50,000 and £60,000 per annum, we offer benefits including:

  • Up to 7 weeks' holiday (with our buy/sell holiday scheme)
  • 1 day extra holiday per year up to 5 years
  • Pension matched up to 6%
  • Access to our industry-leading sharesave scheme
  • Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave
  • Heavily discounted pet healthcare
  • Continued professional development
  • A range of flexible benefits such as GymFlex and Cycle to Work to suit your needs

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