Purchasing Manager

The CompanyOur client is a privately owned UK engineering-led SME supplying critical infrastructure solutions into highly regulated environments. The business has a long heritage, a loyal and experienced workforce and an established blue-chip customer base operating upon a global scale.The company is now entering a new phase of growth and complexity, driven by significantly larger, more demanding projects with heightened expectations around governance, cost control, resilience and ESG compliance - as such they are seeking to appoint a Purchasing Manager to facilitate their growth strategy and changing direction.The client will support a hybrid working model of c2-3 days working on site, remainder remote working.The OpportunityThe Purchasing Manager role is a newly created critical hire.Historically, procurement has been decentralised. As projects scale, risk and customer scrutiny increases, the business now needs an experienced Procurement professional to design, implement and own a fit-for-purpose procurement and supply chain framework.Reporting directly into Senior Management, the Purchasing Manager will:Take ownership of end-to-end procurement and supply chain activity, leading a small teamReview current processes, systems and supplier agreements, identifying gaps and risksIntroduce structured supplier selection, contract- and performance managementStrengthen governance, ESG and compliance controls across the supply baseCollaborate closely with warehousing, logistics and ..... full job details .....