Purchasing Manager - Battery Cell Raw Materials – 37855

Pay Rate: up to £40.29/hr Ltd (PAYE option available)

Division: Purchasing

Contract Position based at: Warwick University

Position Description:

Purchasing Manager - Battery Cell Raw Materials

Essential Skills, Knowledge and Experience:

• Experience of direct material purchasing strategy (minimum 5 years) of significant spend and complexity, ideally within automotive or similar. Alternatively equivalent experience in chemical and/or metals industry will be considered
• Experience of managing team of strategic buyers (min 2 years)
• Excellent analytical and presentation skills
• Results driven, has tenacity, drive and perseverance, leading the team to deliver strategic plans in a complex, highly demanding environment.
• Ability to combine a short term, pragmatic focus with longer term planning, to lead and create high quality Purchasing strategies
• An individual who is resilient, energetic and enthusiastic, able to deliver results under pressure, whilst responding constructively to challenging new ideas and inputs
• Able to challenge existing thinking in a positive way whilst building credibility and trust through experience and personal style
• An excellent communicator who can communicate complex ideas to key stakeholders to influence cross functional alignment
• An effective team leader, who actively develops and supports team members
• Drives compliance to standard policies and procedures

Experience Preferred:

• Experience of working in a global, multi-cultural environment
• Experience of leading a team in a matrix organisation structure
• Experience of battery technical content and battery industry would be highly advantageous
• Experience of metal commodity markets would be advantageous

Education Required:

Degree qualified or equivalent experience

Additional Information

** THIS POSITION IS CONFIRMED INSIDE IR35 **

For further information, please send your interest and CV to – ellie.ebbage@jonlee.co.uk

Your CV will be forwarded to Jonathan Lee Recruitment, a leading engineering and manufacturing recruitment consultancy established in 1978. The services advertised by Jonathan Lee Contracts are those of an Employment Business.