Purchasing Manager

Job Purpose

A role where no day is the same, you will be working as part of a progressive procurement team with buying responsibility for assigned categories and managing procurement activities supporting projects across the procurement function.

Job Description

This role brings a unique opportunity to gain experience across the breadth of the Procurement function at Parkdean Resorts and is ideal for someone who is looking to grow their expertise in procurement.

• You will have:
  
  
  
  • Accountability for specific projects and categories
  
  
  • Direct reporting line into the Head of Procurement for Accommodation & Central
  
  
  • Dotted line reporting into other Senior Managers for specific projects
  
  
  • Assigned categories including Facilities Management, Retail, Professional Services.
  
  
  
  

• Responsibilities:
  
  
  
  • Liaise with suppliers to negotiate and secure best value for money across categories.
  
  
  • Build effective internal stakeholder relationships and supplier relationships.
  
  
  • Work with stakeholders to define the scope of work and conduct tenders.
  
  
  • Managing procurement deliverables for specific projects to be defined including:
    
    
    
    • implementing new supplier accreditations
    
    
    • conduct supplier due diligence checks
    
    
    • support the simplification of the purchase-2-pay process
    
    
    • establish sustainability opportunities
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


• Key Skills :
  
  
  
  • Ability to engage and build relationships with key suppliers and stakeholders
  
  
  • Commercially minded with good negotiation skills
  
  
  • A good sense of urgency and adaptability under pressure
  
  
  • Project management of deliverables, escalation and resolution of barriers to success
  
  
  • Be self-motivated with the ability to work independently
  
  
  • Driven to learn with a sense of curiosity and positive attitude
  
  
  • Organised and pragmatic
  
  
  • Experience of the Leisure & Hospitality sector would be beneficial
  
  
  
  


• Health & Safety
  
  
  
  • You have a duty to safeguard your own health and safety and that of your colleagues, customers and visitors. You also have a duty to co-operate with Management to enable it to comply with its health and safety duties