Supply Chain Manager

Job Title: Supply Chain Manager

Location: Atherton, Manchester, M46

Salary: £45,000 – £50,000

Job Type: Permanent, Full Time

The Company

Ascot Services provides market leading solutions across a number of disciplines that includes; facilities management, construction services, engineering services, planned preventative maintenance and environmental solutions, all with 24/7 dedicated client support.

The Position:

You will review our Supply Chain Management procedures, working in collaboration with centralised teams, to plan, develop and implement a robust performance-based Supply Chain service delivery model. You will apply a lean way of procuring services and components to enable successful delivery of our contractual obligations. You will be the gatekeeper and owner of commercial matters and take accountability for communicating and negotiating on behalf of Ascot Services.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage the supply chain procurement process ensuring effective procurement controls are in place and aligned with the company’s policies and procedures.
• Create and implement internal governance procedures for supply chain management and onboarding to ensure operational delivery requirements are fully understood and managed in accordance with the company’s policies and procedures.
• Identify, manage, reduce, and drive out unnecessary costs and inefficient activities across supply chain delivery.
• Working with the Operations Director and the Management Accountant, ensure supply chain expenditure is effectively managed and controlled in strict accordance with the contract obligations and achieve savings where possible.
• Working with the Management Accountant develop robust commercial reporting on supply chain delivery, high lighting risks, issue and opportunities from a commercial or delivery perspective.
• Ensure all services and facilities are available within the contract specifications to the most cost effective and efficient manner.
• Working with the Compliance Manager, develop technology driven process which lowers the manual intervention requirements of the Commercial function.
• Ensure that the company commercial position is protected using in depth understanding and experience of contractual, commercial, insurance and legal processes.

Requirements:

• Ideally degree qualified in Business Management or equivalent experience as a Supply Chain/Commercial Manager within the Facilities Management industry
• RICS / CIMA / ACCA Professional Membership would be highly desirable
• Exceptional communication, stakeholder, client and contractor management skills with the ability to articulate clearly and influence decisions
• Experience refining data from dashboards to prepare and draft accurate and relevant reports for a variety of audiences
• Excellent mathematical skills and the ability to solution complex financial agreements
• Commercial acumen and strong negotiation skills with proven experience negotiating performance led contracts
• Proven collaborator, able to build strong partnerships with internal and external stakeholders
• Excellent analytical, problem solving and decision-making skills
• Energetic, resilient, passionate, self-starter
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills
• Strong commercial acumen – understanding of contractual, financial, risks factors
• Excellent IT skills, including a working knowledge of presentation software packages, preferably Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

The Candidate:

• Expert at what you do with relevant industry experience and in-depth knowledge of the market
• Outstanding collaboration to deliver on key business objectives
• Integrity – honest, open, ethical, and fair so our people trust us to adhere to our word
• Empathy – Understand and engage with team members when there are signs of stress or issues arising from workload
• Delivery of outstanding results in a safe, compliant and ethical way
• Leader of people with excellent managerial and motivational skills
• Teamwork – build strong teams that have a shared goal and rally around the mission and vision of the organisation
• Problem solving – continual improvement through innovation
• Emotional intelligence – aware of, control, and expresses emotions in a positive constructive way
• Ability to manage complexity at pace
• Strong relationship skills

Benefits:

• Attractive benefits package
• 24 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• NEST Pension

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Candidates with the experience or relevant job titles of; Supply Chain Manager, Distribution Manager, Senior Supply Chain Officer, Demand Planner, Supply Chain Planner, Supply Chain Coordinator, Buying Project Manager, Purchasing Manager, Logistics Manager, Inventory Manager, Property Maintenance, Facilities Manager, Facilities Coordinator, Building Services Works Assistant, Facilities Officer, Property Services Manager, Buying Project Manager, Purchasing Manager, Procurement Manager, Head of Procurement, Senior Procurement Advisor, Purchaser, Assistant Procurement Officer, Buying Executive, Buying Manager, will all be considered for this role.