Procurement - Supplier Management/Junior Buyer
Bolton, United Kingdom
Negotiated and managed key contracts with suppliers, including benchmarking existing suppliers and tendering for new. Identified areas for process improvements across the business in relation to the procurement process and implemented changes accordingly. Key achievements:Whilst managing the purchasing and purchase to pay process of recycled fibre, I identified and implemented areas for improvement throughout the existing process and increased efficiencies within the order… Show more Negotiated and managed key contracts with suppliers, including benchmarking existing suppliers and tendering for new. Identified areas for process improvements across the business in relation to the procurement process and implemented changes accordingly. Key achievements:Whilst managing the purchasing and purchase to pay process of recycled fibre, I identified and implemented areas for improvement throughout the existing process and increased efficiencies within the order creation, query resolution and invoice payment time by 30% on an annual spend of £17,000,000Created and implemented new contractor/consultant process to fully comply with H&S legislation and reduce turnaround time. This included the design and build of a cloud based internal database to record, manage and report on every aspect of contractor assessment. Introduced new SLA's in agreement with H&S team and reduced average turnaround from 7 days to within 3.Negotiated 24% reduction on existing courier rates (60% overall reduction on standard rates) for all UK sites from annual spend of £240k+Led the label tender across all manufacturing sites, reducing annual spend by 30% Migrated billing and account management of telecommunications online to reduce invoice processing time and enable full monitoring of all lines in accordance with company policy.Helped design and implement new Vendor Creation Management system for all vendors across Europe, integrating into SAP.Identified potential reductions for contractor and consultant spend of £500,000 - £1,000,000. Company sale prevented implementing necessary changes to achieve any cost reduction. Show less