Procurement Specialist

**The Opportunity**

This is an excellent opportunity for a Procurement Specialist to join a dynamic North East team in an exciting, employee-owned organisation.

You will have responsibility for procurement and day to day functions of the RDC (regional distribution centre), managing profitability and generating an excellent customer experience. You will oversee procurement with additional customer service responsibilities.

**The role of Procurement Specialist**:
**Procurement**
- Working with the external sales team to process enquiries for new and existing customers
- Ability to juggle several enquiries simultaneously with the aim to turn quotations around as quickly as possible
- Dealing with a number of suppliers to secure competitive pricing on a wide range of packaging products
- Managing stock levels and reorder points
- Taking initiative to resource existing product
- Generating, developing, and maximising supplier relationships

**Operations**
- A focus on the efficient processing of enquiries coming into the RDC.
- Driving sales internally
- Transaction management and data integrity
- Product quality
- Excellent communication within and between business functions
- Right first time approach

**RDC profitability**
- You must be proactive and drive improvements to process and efficiency
- Strong focus on operational costs and the ability to deliver value for money
- Maximising Kite’s USPs
- Driving Kite’s KPIs, such as margin expectations and inventory management

**Reporting**
- Supplier performance reviews
- Other reports as required

**Key Skills and Essential Experience**:

- Essential requirements for the role:

- Good academic record with a proven history of achieving
- Outstanding planning and organisation skills
- Ability to multi-task and keep calm under pressure
- Have a holistic approach with the ability to focus on specific detail where required
- IT confident, such as being able to learn new systems quickly
- Proficient with Microsoft Office - particularly Excel
- Be outgoing, positive and have excellent communication skills
- Passion to improve the experience of our stakeholders
- A ‘doer’ that completes tasks quickly and to a high standard
- Keen to take responsibility and be accountable
- Be able to operate from a brief; strongly self-motivated; and use initiative
- Natural team player

Must be located within 30-40 minutes of the RDC (travel time in rush-hour)

In return we will offer you the opportunity to work with some of the most experienced and skilled people in our industry. You will be joining an organisation that has grown from zero to a major national player and where the energy and enthusiasm of the team is infectious.

This is a fantastic opportunity to build a career in Kite and join a fast-growing, employee-owned company where you will have the option to become a shareholder in the business. Kite is a circa £140 million company with an entrepreneurial spirit and a philosophy of working hard and achieving results.

**What you’ll get**:

- Competitive salary
- Generous bonus scheme
- Holidays 20 days per year rising to 25, plus statutory holidays
- The option to become a shareholder in the business after 6 months employment
- After 6 months a range of benefits: life insurance, pension and an optional healthcare scheme

**Benefits**:

- Company pension

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

- Bonus scheme

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Gateshead: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Experience**:

- Procurement: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location: One location