We are looking for an experienced Procurement Category Manager or Senior Category Buyer to join this growing procurement team on the outskirts of London. 

Within your role as Category Manager, you’ll have responsibility for ensuring that all aspects of the procurement cycle are planned and managed to meet the programme delivery timelines. 

About you

• Experience managing end-to-end procurement across a broad range of indirect categories (e.g. Professional Services, HR, Marketing, Estates, FM) and you’ll have a commitment to Continuing Professional Development and Procurement Best Practice. 
• A strong track record of successfully developing meaningful stakeholder engagement at all levels and across different business areas to implement and embed new ways of working.
• You'll be familiar with competitive negotiation, and you’ll have excellent communication skills combined with the ability to work closely with your peers in delivering concurrent projects to tight deadlines. 
• Previous experience in working in a regulated environment is desirable but not essential. 

The organisation operates a hybrid working model offering a minimum of 2 days working from home and a maximum of 3 days in the office per week and the opportunity to join a very professional and friendly public sector team where personal growth is actively encouraged.  

Please apply now for more details. 

Langley Search & Selection Ltd is a diverse, minority-owned business and we are passionate about promoting diversity and equality. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, disability status or gender and particularly welcome applicants from underrepresented backgrounds.

For further information please apply or call +44 (0) 333 366 0839 quoting the job reference.

Supply Chain Analyst required to join our client, a global company, on a permanent basis. Fully remote role with offices in multiple UK locations. Salary in the region of £30 - 40K with benefits including a bonus.

The Supply Chain Analyst joins the Thames Valley Based Centre of Excellence Function, within the Inventory Team to support global Supply Chain, Logistics and Procurement projects. Within this complex role you will provide Inventory support to multiple countries for a large portfolio of SKUs.

Responsible for managing Inbound Inventory and maximising On Time In Full (OTIF) the Supply Chain Analyst will ensure supplier performance by: Managing exceptions, supplier scorecards and PO’s for business critical customer orders.

What you will do:

• Working in a highly cross function manner you will interact with Suppliers, Demand Planners, Procurement, Operations, Logistics, Sales and Marketing. Utilising your strong supply chain knowledge, advanced IT systems usage and general business acumen to drive the supply chain performance and success of the overall business. 
• Identify, solve and reduce supply chain issues using data mining
• Prepare Power BI supply chain reports for the board of directors
• Support multiple, global supply chain projects across the end to end function
• Reduce manual low / non value added forecasting by automating data scrapes and exception reporting
• Analyse Logistics performance, identify ways to improve OTIF performance and increase CS ratings
• Support business units to solve stock issues, implement new inventory management processes and procedures
• Drive automation through CI and workstream planning
• Generally seek to reduce outdated, manual ways of working and help to modernise the overall supply chain

Who we are looking for:

• Strong Supply Chain Knowledge and Advanced Excel and IT skills are essential
• Ideally suited to jobseekers with industry Specific Supply Chain, Logistics or Purchasing Degrees
• Qualifications such as APICs or CIPS is advantageous
• Demonstrable understanding of: Demand Planning, Logistics, Imports, Stock, Inventory etc.
• Highly IT literate: Advanced Excel, Power BI, ERP systems etc
• Excellent analytical skills: Big Data, Mining of Data Pools
• Able to take historical data and turn it into supply chain presentations
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• You MUST be able to work and remain in the UK on an indefinite /long term basis with no restrictions
• Be currently residing in the UK, overseas applicants will not be considered

What’s on offer:

A generous benefits package including bonus

Full remote / Hybrid work policy. Offices in London, Thames Valley, Derby