Procurement and Supplier Development Lead
| Posting date: | 11 December 2025 |
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| Salary: | £50,000 to £60,000 per year |
| Additional salary information: | great benefits inc half day Fridays! |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 10 January 2026 |
| Location: | Stockport, Greater Manchester, SK4 5DY |
| Company: | Hays Specialist Recruitment |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 4755049_1765474174 |
Summary
Your new company
A leading manufacturing and engineering company with an excellent reputation within their field is seeking an experienced Procurement & Supply Chain expert to join their growing team in Stockport. Due to a significant increase in workbook orders, this is a brand-new role and a great opportunity to join the business through an exciting period of sustained growth.
Your new role
As Procurement and Supplier Development Lead, your main role will be to improve the Company's supply chain resilience and capabilities. Through strategic supplier relationship management, you will work closely with suppliers to ensure that they have sufficient capability and materials to fulfil customer orders with minimal delay, whilst mitigating risk. In this role, you will work with internal stakeholders such as Senior Buyers and Commodity Managers to gain a detailed understanding of their material requirements in order to meet customer demand. You will be responsible for the development of supply chain readiness and supplier engagement to ensure sustainable growth within the supply base which ultimately will ensure that the company has enough materials and supply chain resilience to meet production capacity.
This will entail conducting detailed supplier evaluations and risk assessments which will define procurement strategies across the wider sourcing team with a view to ensuring a secure and stable supply chain.
What you'll need to succeed
- A strong Procurement & Supply Chain background gained within an engineering / manufacturing enviornment
- Proven experience in a similar role where you have had to ensure a robust and secure supply chain through effective management of suppliers
- Commercially aware
- Strong understanding of working within a production environment - e.g. machine operating hours and capabilities, the impact of downtime etc
- Good data analysis skills
- Excellent communication skills with stakeholders of all levels of seniority
What you'll get in return
- A starting salary between £50-60K depending on experience
- Enhanced pension contribution of 7%
- Half-day Fridays!
- 25 days leave + bank holidays
- Free on-site parking
- Life assurance scheme
- Wellbeing initiatives including free fruit delivered to the office
- On site EV charging points
What you need to do now
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