Stores and Purchasing Manager

Job information Stores and Purchasing Manager from the Company Lothian Buses, this latest Stores and Purchasing Manager job vacancy is located in the city Edinburgh EH. This latest job opening is open to job seekers who have the latest education / graduate . Job Vacancies in this Customer field have been opened and published up to the specified time.

Job Description :

Stores and Purchasing Manager

We are looking for a Stores and Purchasing Manager who will be actively involved in obtaining the goods and services Lothian needs to support our daily activities throughout our busy Engineering department.

What you will be doing:

• Undertake the procurement process for quotes for goods and services to protect the organisation from risk, ensure compliance and add value commercially.
• Provide support and manage the wider depot stores team ensuring garages are managed effectively.
• Evaluate requirements and specifications to ensure the most appropriate information is available to achieve the organisation’s objectives.
• Provide reports and statistics to the Engineering Senior Management team for use in internal and external reporting, including trend analysis and KPIs.
• Inputs data and coding to the financial systems to ensure accuracy and ease of retrieval for procurement reporting purposes.
• Ensures accurate records of activities are kept providing a compliant audit trail, highlighting anomalies and reporting non-conformances.
• Provides day to day advice to internal customers/staff to ensure understanding and compliance with all requirements of the department’s needs.
• Provide cover as required to reconcile and resolve incorrect invoices against the contracts/purchase orders placed, resolving internal and external issues to allow payment by Finance.
• Lead on the Procurement and Supply Chain managing, maintaining and updating the stores system to ensure appropriate use, currency of the system, effective storage, accurate retrieval and ensuring the user understanding.
• Responsible for collating, validating and analysing spreadsheet data as directed by the senior leadership team.
• Highlight trends regarding, parts usage, staff and contractor performance.
• Perform stock level audits to ensure that depots have minimal variance between recorded and stored stock.
• Manage stock levels and usage to ensure obsolete stock is keep to a minimum and parts required are at the required levels to keep vehicle downtime to as low as possible.
• Identify if and where processes are not working as they should and advise on changes to be made.
• Cover Depot Managerial roles as and when required.
• Ensure health & safety regulations and safe working practices are adhered to.

What we need from you:

• You must possess a full UK driving licence.
• Relevant experience with stores and procurement
• Experience of managing a team
• Have a positive attitude to lead by example.
• You must have excellent communication skills.
• The ability to multitask and prioritise your workload.
• Be a confident decision maker.
• Have excellent time management skills.
• Good IT skills
• A practical, flexible and innovative approach to work.
• The ability to work under pressure.

What we can offer you:

• Annual Salary of Circa £52,000 DOE
• FREE travel across our bus and tram network
• 90% discounted travel for someone in your household
• FREE on-site parking
• Access to a range of benefits including discounts in 100s of retailers and an Employee Assistance Programme

If you think you fit the bill, then we’d love to hear from you!

To apply, please send your CV and cover letter, the closing date for this vacancy is Friday 26th July .