Commerical Manager/PA

Your new company
Hays are working with a large manufacturing business in Shrewsbury who are looking for a PA/Commercial Manager who is commercially astute. This is an integral role within the company. This job is working alongside the MD and the Purchasing team, this would be a split role between the two departments.
Your new role
As a PA/Commercial Manager, your role will be to oversee functions including:

• Procurement
• Supply and Stock management activities.
• Purchasing goods for resale to meet customer requirements.
• Liaising and negotiating with suppliers, sourcing products from a global supply base and preparing and evaluating tenders.
• Delivering on cost saving strategies.

Deliver cost savings and process improvements and ensuring that the company's competitive position is maintained and enhanced at all times.

• Manage relationships with existing suppliers and identify new alternative suppliers
• Negotiate most advantageous commercial terms including maximising rebate agreements and early payment discounts to achieve product cost saving target
• Identify best routes of source.
• Competitively source new/special products through supplier relationships or by the Insight team request
• Working with compliance on product rationalisation.
• Providing administrative support on all aspects of the tender process including data gathering, desk-based sourcing, collation of quotations and cost comparison, supplier evaluation and collation of samples.
• PA/EA Duties
• Working with SLT.
• Diary management
• Arranging travel arrangements.

What you'll need to succeed
As an EA/Commercial Manager you will need demonstrate experience in the following:

• Ability to build and maintain effective relationships with staff, stakeholders and suppliers.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to negotiate with suppliers.
• Strong excel and commercial acumen.
  Assertive, resilient and welcomes change.
• A proactive approach with regards to cost saving and efficiency opportunities.
• Ability to communicate with confidence and build respect.
• Executive Assistant experience.
• Computer skills, including Word, Excel, Access and company software programs including SAP Business One
• Ability to manage time, work to schedules and follow procedures.
• • Purchasing and stock control/supply chain experience ideally gained in a fast moving, customer-focused business
  • Education to AS/A Level standard and/or 4 to 5 Grade A-C GCSE's
  • Experience of working in a similar customer focused (preferably distribution) environment managing the inventory for a very large number of product lines.

What you'll get in return

• Free parking
• Your birthday off
• Competitive pay
• Attractive bonus package.

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