Total 4 Manager level Purchasing / Procurement / Inventory job vacancies in Grimsby, DN31 2BH

About us:
At Dreams, we know your bed is the best place in the whole world. But for the hours between precious sleep, we`d like to make work a special place to be too. We`re the UK`s most loved bed retailer, so it`s important our people feel the love as well.
Together we`ve been making bedtimes better since 1985, with no signs of hitting the snooze button. We`re owned by the world`s largest bedding provider, Tempur Sealy, and sell 14,000 mattresses, bases and headboards every single week. Now that`s a lot of Zzzs.
With over 200 stores nationwide, you`ll lead a team of sleep-savvy Bed Experts in a fun and friendly environment where every dreamer makes a difference. So if you`re bonkers about bed, silly for siestas and keen on your kip, Dreams could be the perfect place for you.
Dreams. Love your job.
In your dream role, you`ll receive:
-Competitive salary: £34,000 on target earnings
-Commission: Our uncapped commission scheme recognises the hard work and dedication of our superstar dreamers, with peak incentives to help you rack up the rewards.
-Discounts: Amazing staff discount on Dreams products, plus hundreds of brands including restaurants, holidays, and shopping.
-Buy-in schemes: You`ll have the opportunity to buy extra holiday, private healthcare, or savings and loans.
-Progression: No matter where your dreams take you, we`ll support your development with the opportunity to progress into different business areas as your experience grows.
-Wellbeing: We partner with the Retail Trust to offer a full wellness hub, including a 24-hour helpline, out of hours GP services and access to counselling.
The job:
Managing our Retail team in Grimsby, you will be responsible for driving team engagement whilst maximising all sales opportunities.
At Dreams, we are passionate about our people, so customers and colleagues are our top priority. Through your exceptional leadership, your team will make sure every customer finds their perfect bed.
Ready to skip the snooze button and get stuck in? Here`s a taste of what you`ll be doing day-to-day...
-Managing and motivating your team to increase sales and ensure the highest level of customer satisfaction.
-Driving a positive environment within your store, ensuring you and your team are regularly involved in business initiatives, sharing best practice and having fun.
-Proactively leading your team to achieve set goals, expectations and targets through effective coaching and training.
-Motivating and inspiring all of our valued dreamers.
-Managing the store rota to ensure we have the right people working at the right times.
-Walking the floor regularly, ensuring store standards are consistently high so every customer has an exceptional experience.
This is the type of person we`re dreaming of:
-Experience: Your previous retail or commercial sales experience will demonstrate your strong track record of store and team management.
-Commercially minded: You will be commercially focused and results-driven, with an aptitude for decision making.
-A proven leader: You will be highly experienced at working to performance targets, and be motivated to achieve results for you and your team.
-Inspirational: Your strong ability to lead will inspire and motivate your team.
-Communicator: Using your excellent communications skills, you`ll be able to build rapport and establish great relationships with customers and colleagues.
-Customer-focused: Every day, you`ll live our mission by putting our customers at the heart of everything you do.

What's involved with this role:

Interim Procurement & Contract Category Manager

Reference no: NE Lincolnshire 5252883

Pay rate: £237.32 per day PAYE

Hours per week: 37 Monday – Friday, normal working hours

This opening assignment is for 6 months

City: GRIMSBY, Lincolnshire

A Procurement & Contract Category Manager is required to work within the Council’s Place and Resources Transformation Unit, providing high quality and cost-effective procurement and contract management support in relation to categories such as facilities management, highways and consultancy. To ensure value for money in procurements by complying with internal Contract Procedure Rules, Financial Regulations, the Procurement Strategy, and other appropriate policies and provide strategic direction and leadership in all matters relating to procurement activity, including assurance and compliance with Public Contract Regulations and any relevant future regulations.

Key responsibilities:

Lead procurement activity for procurements associated with at a minimum facilities management, highways and consultancy activity in North East Lincolnshire. The successful candidate will hold significant experience of delivering procurements which fall under these categories.
Lead on all procurement and contract management matters, including legal and commercial implications of decisions and recommendations.
Provide expert procurement and contract management advice to the service areas.
Develop and maintain excellent working relationships with the service areas, external partners and Transformation Unit and promote the principles of good procurement and contract management practice to ensure that procurements are carried out in accordance with council policies and procedures, including Contract Procedure Rules, Financial Regulations, Health and Safety, Environmental Sustainability, Social Value and any other relevant legislation, regulations and codes of practice including relevant legislation.
Work as part of a Transformation Unit throughout the life of a programme/project to understand the required outcomes and provide specialist advice in relation to the current market, provider engagement, and procurement options.
Support and lead high value, complex and/or transformational procurements in conjunction with the service area lead, Transformation Business Partner, and where required the Strategic Procurement and Contract Management Lead.
Provide advice and support to the service area in relation to the development of procurement specifications, and throughout the life of the procurement, for example, with supplier questions and evaluation of tenders.



NB: Please feel free to apply to us direct via jobs@tclrec.com by quoting the job reference and job title exactly.

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If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension you will be working this role at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than entertaining umbrella pay terms, we do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity.

Due to the number of CVs being sent to us under current market conditions, we cannot, unfortunately, respond to all applications. If, therefore, you have not heard from us within 3 days please make a working assumption that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion. We will, however, be very happy to receive future applications from you for other roles

Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for.


Other “Essential Requirements” – Please check to ensure that your CV addresses the following items:

Qualifications:

Educated to degree level, or equivalent, and/or hold a professional qualification – e.g., full membership by examination of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (MCIPS), or similar.
Continuous professional development.
Contract Management accreditation (IACCM, Government Commercial Function etc) desirable.



Experience:

Experience of working across diverse services within complex organisations including partnership working.
Experience of managing a tender process and/ or contract negotiation.
Contract management experience and monitoring of key performance indicators.
Experience of contract management and/ or supplier engagement.
Purchasing and supply chain experience.
Experience with procurement and contracts administration under EU funded contracts or agreements.
Local Authority financial and budgetary controls and procedures.



Knowledge:

Market knowledge and awareness of intelligence tools and techniques (e.g., market/product segmentation, portfolio analysis, cost modelling etc
Specialist knowledge and understanding of current best procurement practices and technology including competitive tendering, electronic reverse auctions. Knowledge of electronic tendering systems.
Knowledge of the latest purchasing techniques and legislative requirements.
Good working knowledge of client contracts and associated contract mechanisms
Knowledge/experience of managing a portfolio of strategic and large value contracts.



Skills & Abilities:

Able to develop and maintain trusting open and productive relationships with key stakeholders.
Able to break down and effectively communicate complex, systemic problems and ideas, translating them into tangible goals and activities.
See and understand the bigger picture and help others understand wider context and implications around procurement decisions
Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands
Ability to analyse complex facts and situations and develop a range of options
Strategic thinking – ability to anticipate and resolve problems before they arise
Ability to prioritise own work effectively and be able to direct activities of others.
Strong IT skills including Microsoft packages or equivalent (e.g. G Suite).



***Qualification details and any other experience/skills relevant to the job role to help support your application (and help us to help you!) – please give full details within your CV document.

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Job Ref: NE Lincolnshire 5252883


Anticipated Length of Assignment: Unless otherwise stated (we do carry the occasional permanent vacancy) all of our roles are technically temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent.

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For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Location: Grimsby

Hours per Week: 39 hours 
Shift pattern: Full-time - flexible shift patterns across mornings; afternoons; evenings and weekends, which will be discussed further at interview 
Salary: Up to £31,450 per annum, plus generous bonus scheme 

If you love retail, you’re in the right place.  

Are you looking to join a great place to work?  We are recruiting for a Store Manager to join the team! 

Let’s talk about the job: 

No two days are the same here at Savers and the ideal Savers Store Manager would ensure standards are maintained, audit processes are followed, and customer service and sales standards are the best on the high street. The challenge doesn’t stop there – our SMs are aspiring to their teams as they lead the way to success and build connections with the local community.  

Let’s talk about the benefits: 

· Up to 33 days holiday entitlement 
· Enhanced policies such as company sick pay, maternity/parental/adoption leave and pregnancy loss. 
· Wagestream - access to an app that gives you power over your pay and supports financial wellbeing 
· Aviva Digicare Workplace+ - access to free digital healthcare services such as digital GP appointments and mental health consultations 
· Discount deals with over 3,000 retailers, including a discount card with our sister company, Superdrug 
· Employee Assistance Programme with Retail Trust 
· Your career, your way – a clear progression plan, steered by us and driven by you! 

Let’s talk about you: 

· Do you have 2+ years of retail management experience? 
· Do you thrive in a rewarding, fast paced environment?  
· Do you take pride in leading a team to success?

If you can say yes to all those things - whilst keeping people at the heart of everything you do - then this could be the career opportunity you have been searching for! 

Next steps… 

If your application gives us that bargain buzz, you will be contacted to arrange a phone interview within 14 days of application. Good luck!  

Here at Savers, we love inclusivity. If you need any adjustments to support you through your candidate journey, please email us: savers.jobs@uk.aswatson.com