Purchasing Programme Manager in Guildford, Surrey

The primary purpose is to ensure the commodity teams deliver on time, to the right quality at the right cost all materials within the responsibility of the commodity. This is to be done through strategic supplier selection, supplier resourcing, cost down, total cost optimisation and supplier development through quality and delivery improvements. The secondary purpose is to motivate and develop direct reports to achieve best practice in terms of programme management whilst influencing the wider business in support of Company Key Goals.

This position will report directly to the Direct Purchasing Manager and will have a number of direct reports. Crucial to the success of this role is the development and implementation of Purchasing Programme deliverables that effectively use the resources available and form part of the overall department and company strategies. You will also be responsible for setting SMART objects to your team with quarterly reviews as well as providing weekly reports and KPI's.

Scope of role

The role covers the management of the purchasing programme management team to deliver best practice results for programme management. It will entail managing cross functional teams from purchasing, engineering, quality, finance and PMO to deliver programme deliverables.

Knowledge, Skills and experience