Procurement In Birmingham Jobs

Portfolio Procurement has been engaged by our leading West Midlands based client to recruit for an IT Procurement Manager. Responsibilities: * Implements procurement procedures in keeping with the Procurement strategy and Procurement Policy and processes including the delivery of these. * Lead the procurement process for IT related spend. * Supports development of appropriate IT procurement strategies that support value for money objectives e.g. supplier consolidation. * Facilitates development of relationships with existing and potential IT suppliers through strategic supplier relationship management. * Ensure IT suppliers continue to deliver best value by actively benchmarking against identified and approved comparators; and negotiating any contract changes * Prepare and deliver senior level presentations/reports to support any procurement strategy, price changes and products Requirements: * IT Category Management & Category Strategy Development * Demonstrable experience in running tenders and leading complex IT procurement competitions. * Demonstrable experience in leading commercial negotiations within a highly regulated Procurement environment under the guidelines of PCR * Supplier relationship management experience * Ideally qualified to at least Level 4 CIPS with a desire to achieve MCIPS 48357DHR1INDPRO

Portfolio Procurement has been engaged to recruit an experienced Demand & Supply Planner for a leading FMCG client. This role is fully remote role and comes with great benefits including Bonus, Good Pension, Healthcare and much more. The Role: * Manage demand forecasts based on trends, seasonality, and promotions * Lead collaborative planning, forecasting, and replenishment meetings * Achieve forecast accuracy, inventory, service level, and customer in-stock % targets. * Communicate material shortages and delays to appropriate customer contacts. * Manage inventory levels by SKU and DC * Manage schedules * Attend S&OP meetings Experience/Skills * Advanced Microsoft Excel skills (e.g., pivot tables, sum-ifs, conditional formatting, lookups). * Strong problem-solving skill. * Excellent written and oral communication skills; able to present ideas in an easy-to-understand engaging manner. * Able to work in a team environment. * Understanding of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Material Requirements Planning (MRP) systems. * Degree/APICS (desirable) 48408JE2R1INDPRO