Purchasing Manager – Processes and Policy

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About the job

Purchasing Manager – Processes and Policy

Office location Bar Hill, Cambridgeshire. Alternatively remote working available across Domino locations in Europe and India – See more info below.

About the role

Domino has embarked on an ambitious plan of above market top and bottom-line growth, building on its core strength of Coding & Marking with the aim of becoming a market leader in Digital Printing Solutions and delivery of Advanced Services.

We have a position available within our Purchase Leadership team, with responsibility for functional improvements and increasing effectiveness as part of the journey to a credible centre of excellence and measurable maturity. This exciting new role will ensure Global Purchasing is adopting and implementing leading practices, while using the opportunity of a new ERP system to develop its ability to meet evolving customer and Global supply chain demands. You’ll be the person who achieves this with the support of a network of Global Process Owners/Local Process Owners.

You’ll be part of a global purchasing team, conducting gap analysis of the status of the group against maturity models and developing documented best practices, systems, policies and training materials. To ensure successful adoption, you’ll gain commitment of our shared ambition and upskill local process owners in CoE principles, roles and accountabilities.

About you

This role would suit a highly driven and experienced Supply Chain or Engineering professional with both a practical understanding and experience of implementing Centres of Excellence tools, processes and KPIs.

To be successful in this role, you need to be able to present and influence at all levels and navigate complex multifunctional organisation. You will know what ‘great’ looks like and be able to motivate and lead international, matrix teams through the implementation of an excellence framework globally. Experience of managing complex changes within multi-functional organisation would benefit you in this role and we’ll be keen for you to contribute beyond your own function.

There will be a degree of travel with this role therefore we’re looking for candidates who have easy access to travel links, based within one our European or India Domino locations, more details here; https://www.domino-printing.com/en-gb/careers/locations

What you can expect

As a talented individual working at Domino you can expect a competitive salary and a generous benefits package, including 25 days basic holiday (with the opportunity to buy and sell), a discretionary bonus, life insurance, medical insurance and access to the Green Car Scheme to name a few! We recognise that flexible homeworking can be beneficial and at Domino we want people to feel able to own the way they work. For many of us this, this might be coming into the office most days, just a couple of times a week, or perhaps fortnightly. What’s important is that we enable you get the best from us and for us to get the best from you, whether that’s from your home office or on site, as long as we continue to collaborate and enable great outcomes for our customers. We are a highly successful company, we’re large enough to offer career development opportunities yet small enough for your contribution to be readily recognised and rewarded. Our culture is built on our core values, Collaboration, Listening, Expertise, Ambition and Responsibility. We think Domino is a great place to work and if you join us, you’ll find yourself part of organisation which really cares about their people, as well as offering challenging and rewarding careers.

About Us

Domino Printing Sciences provides industrial printing expertise and reliable solutions to help the world’s manufacturers be sustainable and cut waste, while attracting, informing, and protecting consumers. Global manufacturers across the food and beverage, life sciences, personal care, agrochemical, and industrial sectors trust Domino to support them with innovative coding, marking, and digital printing solutions. Our products help ensure the success of manufacturers’ products by allowing them to create differentiated packaging, protect against counterfeiting, and ensure governmental and regulatory compliance. From best before dates on eggs, to serialised identifying codes on medicines, to batch codes on electronic components, to competition codes in confectionery, Domino helps to enable product safety, improved supply chain management and brand protection.

Positions may be at an advanced stage of the recruitment process and can close at any time.