Estimating & Procurement Manager

• Prepare details, accurate job estimates for printed packaging products based on customer specifications, materials, machine capabilities, and labour requirements.
• Ensure estimates are accurate and aligned with company strategy and market benchmarks.
• Liaise with sales, customer service and production teams to support client quote requests.
• Develop and maintain pricing models, factoring in production time, materials, machine usage, waste, and other variable costs.
• Oversee all purchasing activities for raw materials, outsourced services, production supplies
• Negotiate with suppliers to ensure best value in terms of cost, quality, and service levels.
• Monitor supplier performance, pricing trends, and material availability across the UK and European network.
• Develop and implement procurement strategies that align with company goals.
• Set development objectives for colleagues within your team and monitor performance
• Identify any individual training requirements within the Technical team and advise the Operations Director accordingly
• Produce weekly/monthly reports on production costs, estimate accuracy, material consumption, and production & procurement KPIs.
• Present cost performance data and strategic purchasing insights to senior management
• Work closely with production and technical teams to ensure feasibility and efficiency of proposed specifications
• Keep up to date of emerging materials, sustainable packaging options, and industry
• Comply with all certification requirement

Skills and Attributes:

• Previous experience of working within a commercial field, ideally purchasing and estimating
• Experience working within packaging sector desirable
• Commercial Acumen: Able to balance customer needs with margin and cost considerations.
• Excellent interpersonal, leadership and organisational skills
• Confident and enthusiastic, with a desire to continuously learn and develop yourself and others through mentoring and training
• Willingness and ability to communicate company directives to the team in positive, concise and effective manner
• IT literate and fully conversant with Microsoft Office suite
• Experience of supplier negotiation, or a willingness to learn appropriate techniques and practices for day-to-day supplier interaction
• Proactive character of high integrity, accountability and flexibility

Benefits for the Estimating and Procurement Manager include:

• Competitive Salary DOE
• Company Workplace Pension up to 3%
• Long Service Award, additional annual leave starting from 5 years’ service
• Death in Service
• Salary Benefits Program including : Car Salary Sacrifice/ Cycle to Work/ Employee Discounts
• Recruitment Referral Program
• Annual Company Social Events : Summer & Christmas

Working Hours:

• Monday–Friday, 37.5hrs per week. Some flexibility regarding start/finish times, minimum 7.5hrs per day excluding lunch time.

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