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Head of Procurement & Supply Chain

West Stratton
5 months ago
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Procurement Heads’ Industrial practice is delighted to be retained by Stelling Properties to recruit a Head of Procurement and Supply Chain.
  
Full Job Description
  
Procurement Heads’ Industrial practice is delighted to be retained by Stelling Properties to recruit a Head of Procurement and Supply Chain.
  
Stelling are an award-winning family-run construction manufacturing business in the heart of Hampshire and are one of the UK’s leading Modular development and construction companies.
  
They take an innovative, flexible and collaborative approach, working as a trusted partner to contractors, developers and property asset management companies in the design, build and maintenance of modular construction projects.

This is an exciting opportunity to develop strong procurement foundations for manufacturing and construction as the business enters into a rapid growth period and are currently at phase two of their largest ever project. You will be reporting to the Managing Director and will manage eight direct reports.
  
The Head of Procurement will need to:-

Create, and deliver an organisational procurement strategy
Ensure a high degree of ethical and best value for money is achieved across all spend activities and drive value across the business.
Understand a project based working environment
Ensure that Procurement decisions are driven by a full understanding of production requirements and review of the established Bill of Materials in conversation with the Production teams.
Manage the data integrity within the MRP system and drive the creation of a clear Master schedule.
Be responsible for managing the warehousing and logistics functions. Skills and Experience

You will need to have significant experience of procurement and sourcing strategies and managing material in excess of £15m.
Previous leadership experience of managing your own team, and experience of working in a diverse matrix management environment.
MRP systems experience.
A strong background in managing logistics, material storage and warehousing Salary and Benefits

£(phone number removed) per annum
£5,000 car allowance
Eligibility to join the annual discretionary company bonus scheme
4% employer pension contribution
Family healthcare cover
Life Assurance
Company Sick Pay
25 days holiday + bank holidays
Employee discount
Gym membership
On-site parking

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