Total 5 Purchasing / Procurement / Inventory job vacancies in B37 7YN

The role involves reporting to the Category Manager or Business Partner and supporting category strategy development, execution, and sourcing activities within agreed categories of supply. Responsibilities include gathering spend, volume, and service needs data in preparation for eRFx/eAuctions, maintaining regular contact with key stakeholders and Procurement Business Partners to promote category strategy, understanding business needs, and driving compliance. The role also involves maintaining KPIs and metrics to measure the performance of annual savings and supplier performance within the category. Although there are no direct reports, the role requires working in teams and occasionally taking the lead on relevant subject matter items. Additionally, the role includes tracking market data and industry analytics to provide the team with future trends and aid risk management strategies, as well as collecting, collating, and analyzing supplier performance data to support the Supplier Management Framework process (MFA).

Main duties include managing the project pipeline and reporting/forecasting within the Provalido savings tracker, monitoring the contract renewal pipeline, and supporting the Category Manager in the creation, extension, or cessation of Master Framework Agreements. The role also supports the implementation of the new Coupa P2P process, tracking performance metrics and exception reporting, preparing and executing eRFx/eAuctions, evaluating, selecting, negotiating, and contracting with suppliers. Additionally, the role involves supporting Accounts Payable with payable issues when escalated to the central procurement team, facilitating remedial discussions between AP, Business Unit Operations, and Key Suppliers, updating and maintaining SMF Scorecards, and tracking Supplier Corrective Actions. The role supports risk management by tracking supplier performance, financial stability, and compliance to Alcumus, proactively identifying and delivering cost savings, cost reductions, and volume-based discount opportunities in accordance with group supply chain and procurement targets. It also supports ethical and sustainable sourcing initiatives, modern slavery VCSE and ESG requirements, managing and maintaining feedback on progress from the supply base, managing and reporting on category and sourcing KPIs, ensuring performance and practices are in line with all Supply Chain Policies, Procedures, and Systems, and working in partnership with the wider Procurement department members.

The expected outcomes include achieving the best value for money on category spend, meeting annualized and in-year benefits, savings targets, and continuous improvement opportunities. The role requires demonstrating the application of a full category management approach delivering quantifiable value to the bottom line, interfacing with internal stakeholders to understand and influence business needs and demand, and working in partnership with stakeholders to ensure optimal supply chain performance. It also involves robust management of key supplier relationships within the category with a culture of continuous improvement, demonstrating that Mitie is a customer of choice who works in partnership with key suppliers to unlock new joint value and improve performance.

The person specification includes being educated to degree level or having equivalent professional experience/qualifications, relevant experience of working with the category of supply, excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills, commercial procurement experience, experience in a fast-paced complex environment with a diverse range of stakeholders and customers, experience in working in a multi-site environment, demonstrable category

management and negotiating skills, and competence with Microsoft Office tools and P2P systems. It is desirable to be MCIPS qualified.

Health and safety responsibilities include following Group and company policies and procedures at all times, reporting any apparent deficiencies in systems of work or equipment provided that may result in failure of service delivery or risk to health and safety or the environment, using all work equipment and personal PPE properly and in accordance with training received, and reporting any issues or training needs to your Line Manager and/or via your divisional incident reporting system.

Information security responsibilities include ensuring compliance with Mitie's information security procedures in all activities, proactively identifying and reporting security risks to your manager, and reporting actual and suspected security incidents.

VAN drivers with element of picking packing(warehouse operative) needend in Birmingham

VAN driving experience required!

Company is a leading distributor of light and commercial vehicle parts to the automotive aftermarket, serving over 35,000 repairers across the UK & Ireland

Working hours:

Monday- Friday- 08:30- 17:30 (flexibility required)

Pay rate: £11.70 per hour

Temp to perm!

Full UK Driving Licence required

Some heavy lifting involved- maximum weight 25 kg

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Acorns Children’s Hospice Trust are now looking for a Designate Store Manager to cover shops in the Birmingham & Black Country area, until a permanent store is established. You'll lead a team of volunteers, achieve set targets and to maintain standards. You’ll work 37.5 hours per week, including some weekend working.

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About the Role

Acorns Children's Hospice are a children's charity, offering specialist palliative nursing care and support for local children and their families. We have a network of charity shops across the West Midlands and Gloucestershire, which help to provide the funding that we need to provide this care and are planning to open another in the Birmingham area.

As Community Shop Manager Designate, you will:

Termporarily run shops within the Birmingham and Black Country, when Shop Managers are away, making decisions about stock, setting levels of pricing and leading a team of volunteers
Prepare for the opening of a new superstore in BIrmingham. Our superstores feature pre-loved clothing, books, furniture and much more!
Click here to see inside one of our Acorns shops

About You

Retail experience and experience of working towards targets
Experience of leading and motivating a team
IT skills
Happy to work weekends
Enjoy a role that involves significant levels of manual handling
Ability to travel independently to cover shops in the area
We want our Shop Managers to firmly embed their shop into the fabric of the local community by being proactive in assessing opportunities within the community for the shop to get involved in, so ideally you’ll be based in the local area.

What We Offer

£25,838 per annum
37.5 hours per week
Employee discounts from leading retailers
Employee gym discount scheme
Bike-to-Work scheme
Generous contribution to group personal pension plan
Acorns group life assurance scheme
You need to be eligible to work in the UK to be considered for this role. We are committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and therefore any successful candidate will be subject to a DBS check and will be asked to provide two satisfactory references.

As a UNICEF Gold Rights Respecting organisation we are committed to ensuring that the United Nations Convention for the Rights of the Child is embedded into both culture and practice within the organisation. As an employee you will be a Duty Bearer for Children’s Rights and support all children to be Rights Holders.

If you have any questions, please contact us at recruitment@acorns.org.uk

Find out about our culture, career development, benefits and more here: Why Work for Acorns?

An exciting opportunity for a Category Buyer- Plant and Opex to join the Procurement team here at Colas Ltd. To work closely with the wider procurement & supply chain team under the management of the category manger to support the development and implementation of effective procurement Category strategies and solutions aligned to company objectives on the production suppliers and material categories.

Package Description

As well as a highly competitive salary, Colas offers some great benefits with this role, including:
• A generous pension contribution
• Life assurance cover (x4 basic salary)
• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays (with the option to buy/sell more)
• Flexible working policy
• Opportunity to study towards a professional qualification fully funded
• Ongoing training and personal/professional development
• Discounts on car leasing, holidays, cinema tickets, restaurants and much more through our online employee benefits portal

Main Responsibilities

As a Category Buyer you will create and maintain excellent supplier relationships to enhance and support the day to day delivery of the Colas business activities. You will work with the Senior Procurement team to develop companywide procurement strategies. You will be involved in the identification, selection and management of Category managed supply chain. You will carry out quotation analysis, evaluation and make recommendation for selection of suppliers to key stakeholders. You will be required to report on category savings and be accountable for performance of supply chain in areas of responsibility. You will promote innovative ways to add value and reduce costs within the team.  You will work with the Procurement & supply chain team to prepare analysis of financial spend data and support deep dive reviews into a spend category areas. In this role you will produce, implement & follow and maximise the use of catalogues & group framework agreement on Coupa. You will be in charge Colas ltd catalogues administration on Coupa via Coupa Console. You will identify, propose, and report carbon reduction initiatives through the procurement activity and with the supply chain. To produce, review & maintain Procurement & Supply chain reporting (Power BI) on use of the Coupa catalogues for internal and external stakeholders including but not limited to spend extraction from Coupa, Lisa & Jade and from the supply chain management tools. You will have the ability to work within the Colas business engaging key stakeholders at all levels.

The Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate will have a degree within Engineering, Business or similar a degree. You will have a Member of the Chartered Institute or Procurement and Supply (MCIPS) qualification or be willing to work towards one. A minimum 2-3 years experience within Category Management/Procurement from within the construction/highways industry is desirable, not essential. Having experience in areas of direct purchase & hire such at Heavy plant, small plant & tools, Opex & spare parts, capex. is essential. We are looking for someone who has the right attitude towards the role.​

In this role, good analytical skills is essential. You will be organised, proactive and willing to learn. Having excellent IT skills in Microsoft Office suite, particularly Excel and PowerBi is essential. A full UK driving license is required for this role.

About The Company

Colas Ltd are a UK subsidiary of the global Colas Group, which operates in over 50 countries worldwide and employs over 55,000 people including over 1500 in the UK across multiple sites. We are specialists in highways construction and have been involved in large scale UK and international construction projects within the highways, airfields and marine sectors as well as offering highways maintenance services and manufacturing our own innovative surfacing products. We hold a ‘Gold Investor in People’ award for continuously developing and rewarding our employees, offering excellent career potential.

Colas is fully committed to promoting equality and diversity and maintaining a culture of fairness, transparency and respect for all employees, clients, communities, suppliers, contractors and other stakeholders. Colas aims to be inclusive, meet diverse needs and promote awareness and ownership in the workplace and the communities in which we serve.

Colas values the strength and differences that a diverse workforce brings to the organisation and believes that by harnessing these differences, we will foster a productive environment where equity and mutual respect are intrinsic, where talents are being fully utilised and organisational goals are met.

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Work with and develop a team who love what they do and help drive a growing business in your local community. Manage all aspects of your store in a fast-paced environment to make sure all our customers have an amazing experience with us.



Enjoy a culture that encourages its colleagues, Embraces diversity and supports its local communities. Plus, 25% discount on jewellery and watches.



JOB SPECIFICS

Job Title: Store Manager
Job Type: Full Time 37.5 hours
Salary: £27550. - £35,750.00 Per Annum *
Location: Chelmsley Wood


* Quarterly performance-related bonus (up to £4k per annum).

ABOUT US – MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE

Pawnbroking may not be at the top of everyone’s list for their next career move. But, perceptions can be deceiving and there’s a lot more to us than meets the eye.


We’ve been around for a long time (over 125 years) and have built a reputation as a community based financial services provider. In fact, we are the largest pawnbroker in the UK. We’re also a major high street retailer with a presence in over 270 high streets and are growing our e-commerce and social commerce focus.


We offer exciting challenges and the ability to build your career in a supportive environment that encourages growth and embraces diverse thinking.

ABOUT YOU

You will:

Have managed and developed a team.
Have excellent relationship building skills and experience in a customer- facing role.
Enjoy working in a busy environment.
Be flexible – Saturday working will be required.

If you are multilingual this is an added bonus but not a requirement.

WHAT WE PROMISE YOU

We promise to invest in you, to help you advance your career and be part of a team that makes difference to the communities we work in. Everyone who joins us benefits from:

The opportunity to earn a quarterly performance-related bonus (up to £4k
per annum).
30 days holiday (Including bank holidays and increasing with length of service) and the flexibility to buy and sell days.
Up to 25% discount on our amazing range of new and pre-loved jewellery and watches.
Pension and life assurance.
A training package designed for you and mentoring to make sure you continue to progress in your career.
An annual loan for your parking permit or season ticket to help your commute to work.
The option to take part in our cycle to work scheme.
The chance to be involved in our charity partnership with Fareshare UK.

WE CELEBRATE YOU!

We believe it’s the uniqueness of our people which sets us apart. We celebrate that our teams are made up of colleagues from all cultures, backgrounds and walks of life. We welcome diverse experiences. We have an open mind to everything we do and value people who think differently and embrace change.