Regional Category Manager

­­­Location: Manchester

Salary: Competitive

A manufacturing business that helps process, hybrid, and discrete manufacturers to maximise their production is hiring a Regional Category Manager.

Summary of Role

• Leading supply chain initiatives to achieve key goals including strategic material cost reduction, long-term commodity sourcing strategies, and driving continuous improvement.
• Creating a specialist ‘go-to’ point for Castings, Forgings, and Fasteners
• Working closely with key stakeholders

 Responsible For:

• 3 Strategic Sourcing Specialists 

Job Responsibilities:

• Leading and motivating a team of Strategic Sourcing Specialists to support the local operations team
• Working collaboratively with key stakeholders to support the delivery of business strategy and goals.
• Strategic management of the commodity budget, creating a supplier capability matrix for castings, forgings, and fasteners. Assessing and mitigating suppliers’ risks.
• Developing and delivering category strategies to achieve annual targets for; supplier on-time delivery performance; supply chain lead-time; material cost savings; payment terms; supplier consolidation using Grow/Maintain/Exit strategy
• Increasing cost reductions with proactive and effective procurement strategies
• Improving material availability to meet customer expectations.
• Supplier development and relationship management
• Driving and owning the supplier selection process
• Standardising reporting, processes, and project management using systems and tools available
• Creating and driving the future strategy and vision to optimize the supply chain for castings, forgings, and fasteners
• Supporting the delivery of annual supply chain key initiatives from the strategic plan
• Managing and sharing best practices with local, European, and Global teams

Required Qualifications and Experience:

• Degree qualified ideally within an engineering or technical field
• Solid track record within Supply Chain and procurement, ideally in a global
• multinational business.
• Can-do approach and able to work collaboratively across a range of local, European and global stakeholders.
• Knowledge and experience in castings, forgings, and fabrications. An advantage would be machined parts, fasteners, rubber, and springs
• Technical understanding of purchased parts.
• Knowledge of MRP (preferred SAP and/or Oracle)
• Ability to work collaboratively and successfully within a matrix organization
• Fluent level in English; other language skills are an advantage
• Advanced MS Office – Excel, Powerpoint, Word, etc.
• Ability to undertake some international travel

Important Working Relationships:

• European Supply Chain Team
• General Manager
• Materials Manager
• Finance Director
• Suppliers
• Sub-Contractors

Core Competencies:

• Drives Results
• Manages Complexity
• Communications Effectively
• Plans And Aligns
• Collaborates
• Customer Focus

Click apply or speak to Tom Barnes for the full details at tom.barnes@kensingtonconsulting.co.uk