Procurement Manager

Leading a team of 7 employees, (3 Buyers, 1 Operational Buyer, and 3 Warehouse staff), you’ll ensure high performance, collaboration, and efficiency across procurement and warehouse operations. You’ll play a key role in supplier strategy, systems implementation, and shaping a resilient, efficient and cost-effective supply chain.

• Identify opportunities for innovation, value creation, and cost savings.
• Set clear objectives, priorities, and professional development plans for all team members.
• Lead supplier performance reviews and implement improvement initiatives where required.
• Using market intelligence to create budgets and influence category strategies
• Build and maintain strong supplier relationships to meet quality, cost, delivery, and sustainability goals.
• Drive category management strategies that align with business objectives and deliver long-term value.
• Ensure compliance with internal and external procurement policies.
• Manage end-to-end sourcing activities across direct categories including solar and heat pumps.
• Lead and develop a team, fostering collaboration, accountability, and high performance.
• Act as a key lead in the implementation and use of SAP as an MRP system, ensuring smooth integration and ongoing adoption.
• Monitor market trends and provide insights to inform decisions and maintain a competitive edge.
• Working with internal stakeholders to establish the product portfolio, leading supplier selection, tendering, and contract negotiation to secure best-in-class commercial and service outcomes.
• Lead supplier performance reviews and implement improvement initiatives.
• Establish and maintain strong supplier relationships, ensuring quality, cost, delivery, and sustainability goals are met.
• Ensuring compliance to internal and external policies.
• Support strategic projects to improve efficiency, cost control, resilience, and risk management across procurement and stock management.

You’ll bring proven experience in building strong stakeholder relationships and communication skills to influence at every level. With hands-on knowledge of stock control and warehouse management, you’ll thrive in a fast-paced environment where attention to detail and meeting deadlines are key to success.

We’re looking for a collaborative and driven Procurement Manager, who is an innovative thinker that thrives when identifying opportunities to add value, cut costs, and drive improvement.

This is a hybrid role with travel to Chippenham, Maidstone, Lincoln, Ringwood and Dorchester

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced and strategic Direct Procurement Manager to lead our Services Procurement and Stock Control functions. This is a pivotal role where you’ll oversee the full procurement cycle, manage stock operations, and drive value creation across the business.

• Demonstrable success in leading and developing high-performing teams.
• Experience of sustainable and ethical sourcing
• Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS) membership or relevant postgraduate qualification
• Knowledge of working with SAP and/or MRP systems.
• Strong background in sourcing, supplier negotiations, and contract management.
• Proven experience in procurement, supply chain or category management.
• Hands-on experience with stock control and warehouse operations.
• Strong commercial acumen, analytical ability, and project management skills.

📖 £500 annual development allowance: to spend on your chosen development area, whether that’s in your current role, or future roles.

🌞 Holiday: 25 days annual leave, a day off for your birthday, additional days leave for long service, plus bank holidays. You’ll also have the option to buy additional leave, allowing for a better work-life balance.

🎁 15% annual bonus: company-wide bonus scheme designed to reward collective teamwork and delivery of results across the whole business.

🚆 £500 travel allowance - an annual allowance paid monthly alongside your salary to support with travelling to work costs.

🏡 £500 work from home allowance - an annual allowance paid monthly alongside your salary to support with working from home costs.

💸 Ethical Pension with Aviva: Good Energy offers an ethical pension plan provided by Aviva, with employer-matched contributions up to 7.5% of your base salary.