Purchasing Manager (12 Month Fixed Term)

Syntegon is a global leader in process and packaging technology. With around 5,800 colleagues in nearly 20 countries, the Syntegon Group works on intelligent and sustainable technologies for the pharmaceutical and food industries. Let's contribute together to ensuring that people worldwide are provided with high-quality medications and safely packaged food.

With our global service organization and our comprehensive service portfolio, we contribute sustainably to the profitable growth of our customers. Together, let's help ensure that people around the world are supplied with high-quality medicines and safely packaged foods.

Summary (of role and how it fits within organisation):

The Purchasing Manager will lead a team of planners and buyers and improving existing supplier base performance whilst developing new suppliers. This is a 12-month fixed term contract.

Key Responsibilities:

• Overall responsibility for more than 6m GBP yearly sourcing volume
• Effectively managing and developing a team of 3 buyers
• Responsibility for improving supplier performance in relation to on time delivery, quality and pricing
• Overseeing the evaluation auditing and sourcing of new suppliers
• Work cross functionally with engineering, project management and manufacturing to foster on time delivery and achieve quality targets
• Manage the supplier complaint / cost recharging process for faulty parts
• Develop and deliver cost saving strategies
• Generation, through early involvement, of material cost estimates for new product developments
• Contributing to the general improvement of the purchasing related material data in the ERP (country of origin, tariff codes, N10A codes…)
• Raising the profile of the purchasing department within the organization

Knowledge and Skills:

• Ability to work collaborative across departments
• Confident and calm under pressure or in conflict
• Willingness to challenge status quo and posses a continuous improvement mindset
• Strong technical background
• Previous purchasing experience in a manufacturing environment, with previous leadership experience being a plus
• Excellent Communication, Negotiation and Influencing skills
• Ability to coach and promote purchasing best practices to the rest of the team
  

Remuneration & Benefits:

• Competitive salary
• 25 days holiday per year plus bank holidays – increasing to 28 after 5 years’ service.
• Christmas shutdown period (deducted from annual leave entitlement)
• Pension Scheme with Aviva; ER contribution is 4% EE minimum contribution is 5%
• Life Assurance 7 x annual salary (Provided by Yu-Life)
• Simply Health Medical Cashback plan – Level 1 company paid, can increase level of cover and add dependents which is deducted from salary.
• Group Income protection
• Cycle to work Scheme (once passed probation)
• Tech Scheme (once passed probation)
• Perkbox – platform enabling discounts for various retailers.
• Bosch/Neff/Siemens; Staff discount for home appliances
• An excellent opportunity to gain experience within a global company.

This list is not exhaustive and serves only to highlight the main emphases of the position. As the position and company develops, the tasks may expand or change accordingly.