Procurement Manager

Procurement Manager
Location: Greatham, Teesside
Client: Tioxide

Recruitment Partner: Wolviston Management Services

Lead strategic procurement and supplier performance at a major manufacturing site
  
Tioxide is recruiting for a Procurement Manager to join the Finance organisation at Greatham.
  
This is a key commercial leadership role with two main areas of focus: leading commercial sourcing activity for major raw materials, and providing overall leadership for site purchasing activity, the purchasing team and ERP transactional processes.
  
You will bring procurement expertise, market knowledge and strong negotiation capability to help secure timely supply, deliver cost reduction and avoidance, improve value for money and support cash flow. You will also play an important role in supplier relationship management, sustainable procurement and purchasing team leadership.
  
What you’ll be doing
You will:

• Develop sourcing strategies for allocated categories using market knowledge, supplier insight, benchmarks and total cost of ownership.
• Source new suppliers and materials, identify suitable partners and support implementation with site teams.
• Lead tenders, negotiations, price agreements and contract implementation.
• Work with legal colleagues on contract reviews when required.
• Lead and support site purchasing activity across categories and ERP transactional processes.
• Manage supplier relationships and report supplier performance against agreed service levels, including safety, quality, cost and service.
• Ensure suppliers have improvement plans and contribute to strategic performance improvements.
• Incorporate sustainable procurement principles into supplier management and vendor performance.
• Lead the sustainable procurement agenda for vendor assessment, performance and follow-up against Greatham standards.
• Ensure purchasing activity complies with company policies, procedures, EHS standards, relevant regulations and defined controls.
• Support investigation and resolution of non-conformances, including risk assessments and emergency response testing where required.
• Lead, motivate and support the purchasing team, including performance, wellbeing, coverage and annual appraisals.
• Promote a positive, values-led culture focused on compliance, collaboration, commercial performance and continuous improvement.

  
Candidate requirements
We welcome applications from people who have:

• Strong experience in purchasing, procurement, commercial, supply chain or a related function.
• Experience leading negotiations, sourcing activity or supplier relationship management.
• The ability to understand market dynamics, supplier performance, risk and total cost of ownership.
• Experience developing sourcing strategies, managing contracts or implementing supplier agreements.
• Strong communication and influencing skills, with the ability to work effectively across site teams, suppliers and senior stakeholders.
• A results-driven approach, with the ability to deliver value, cost reduction, cost avoidance and service improvement.
• Confidence working in an international or complex organisational environment.
• Experience leading, supporting or developing a purchasing or commercial team would be beneficial.
• Raw material chemicals category knowledge would be welcomed.
• A commitment to safe working, inclusion, compliance, sustainability and values-led behaviours.

  
We know people gain skills in different ways. You do not need to meet every point above to apply. If this role interests you and you believe you could make a positive contribution, we would welcome your application.
  
Why join Tioxide?
Join Tioxide in a visible procurement leadership role where your commercial judgement, supplier insight and negotiation skills will directly support site performance. You will help secure critical supply, strengthen supplier relationships, improve value and support sustainable procurement across a major Teesside manufacturing site.
  
Diversity and inclusion
Tioxide is committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels respected, valued and able to contribute. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, identities and experiences, including people from groups currently under-represented in procurement, supply chain, commercial, finance and manufacturing leadership roles.
  
Tioxide and Wolviston Management Services are happy to discuss reasonable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process.