It's an exciting time at AUK Hygiene — we're growing, again!
We're recruiting for a brand new Purchasing and Supply Chain Manager role, based at our Newton Abbot site.
Do you have a flair for purchasing and supply chain, and enjoy both the commercial and hands-on side, building supplier relationships, negotiating pricing, and keeping stock moving?
This is a new role for the business, so it's a genuine opportunity to shape it your way.
Click the link below to apply with your CV, or if you'd like to chat about the role first, get in touch, we'd love to hear from you.
https://hr.breathehr.com/v/purchasing-and-supply-chain-manager-48592
Responsibilities
- Own demand and supply planning across AUK Group product range, adjusting purchasing activity in line with customer and seasonal demand changes.
- Raise, track, and manage purchase orders through Orderwise, ensuring the system is kept accurate and up to date at all times.
- Maintain strong commercial awareness of pricing across the supplier base; identify, question, and negotiate price increases before they are accepted.
- Proactively engage with suppliers, to obtain beneficial re-negotiated terms.
- Build and manage supplier relationships, negotiating pricing and terms to protect AUK's margins and service levels.
- Onboard new suppliers, including setting up account and system arrangements and agreeing commercial terms. This will include occasional onsite visits to our suppliers.
- Challenge and investigate anything in pricing, stock levels, or order data that doesn't look correct before it becomes a wider issue.
- Work with the Sales Director and Managing Director to support new customer onboarding, adjusting demand plans as customer requirements change.
- Delegate operational and administrative purchasing tasks to third-party support as needed, ensuring quality and accuracy of their output without formal line management responsibility.
- Escalate to the Managing Director only where a decision carries genuine commercial risk or falls outside the role's authority — day-to-day supplier and pricing matters are expected to be resolved independently.
What we offer
AUK is a genuinely great place to work. You will report to the Managing Director with the opportunity to have a significant commercial impact on the bottom line.
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Hybrid working policy
- Company bonus
- Private medical insurance
- Discounted products
Pay: From £45,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Free parking
- On-site parking
- Private dental insurance
- Private medical insurance
Work Location: In person
