Impulse Recruitment are currently recruiting for a Purchasing Manager for a large company based in Monaghan
The Purchasing Manager will be responsible for developing and executing purchasing strategies, tracking metrics, negotiating deals, and managing vendors. collaborate with stakeholders, forecast market trends, and ensure clear requirements documentation.
The role involves analysing costs, mitigating risks, and determining optimal delivery quantities and timings.
The ideal candidate will have worked within a large food company as a Purchasing Manager
responsibilities include:
- Developing, leading and executing purchasing strategies
- Tracking and reporting key functional metrics to reduce expenses and improve effectiveness
- Crafting negotiation strategies and closing deals with optimal terms
- Develop, lead and execute purchasing strategies
- Track and report key functional metrics to reduce expenses and improve effectiveness
- Craft negotiation strategies and close deals with optimal terms
- Partner with stakeholders to ensure clear requirements documentation.
- Forecast price and market trends to identify changes of balance in buyer-supplier power
- Perform cost and scenario analysis, and benchmarking
- Assess, manage and mitigate risks
- Seek and partner with reliable vendors and suppliers
- Determine quantity and timing of deliveries
- Monitor and forecast upcoming levels of demand Proven working experience as Purchasing Manager, Agent or Officer
- Familiarity with sourcing and vendor management
- Interest in market dynamics along with business sense
- A knack for negotiation and networking
- Working experience of vendor management software
- Ability to gather and analyse data and to work with figures
- Solid judgement along with decision making skills
- Strong leadership capabilities
- BS degree in supply chain management, logistics or business administration