Procurement Manager - Oxford, United Kingdom - Oxford Nanopore Technologies

Oxford Nanopore Technologies
Oxford Nanopore Technologies
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Oxford, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Oxford Nanopore Technologies is headquartered at the Oxford Science Park outside Oxford, UK, with satellite offices and a commercial presence in many global locations across the US, APAC and Europe.


Oxford Nanopore's sequencing platform is the only technology that offers real-time analysis, in fully scalable formats from pocket to population scale, that can analyse native DNA or RNA and sequence any length of fragment to achieve short to ultra-longread lengths.

Our goal is to enable the analysis of any living thing, by anyone, anywhere

We are looking for a highly motivated individual to join the Supply Chain team as a Procurement Manager. This exciting and challenging role is responsible for managing the procurement process including supplier and contracts management.

The Details...


Other responsibilities include:

  • Bid/Tender and RFI/RFQ evaluation and validation
  • Negotiate contracts and pricing on a total cost basis
  • Monitor commodity trends and availability
  • Develop and implement strategies for procuring products and/or services to business requirements
  • Identify, research, audit and approve potential new suppliers
  • Build, improve and manage relationships with suppliers
  • Develop, improve and maintain supplier performance and metrics
  • Monitor, reduce/mitigate and manage risks and exceptions
  • Develop, improve and maintain the Procurement ERP module and database reporting
  • Develop, improve and maintain the Procurement process and supporting documentation
  • Develop, improve and maintain a supplier compliance framework in line with business policies and regulatory requirements
What We're Looking For...
You'll have excellent interpersonal and organisational skills as well as being a great problem solver and negotiator. You'll be self-motivated and highly experienced in purchasing within a fast-paced and agile environment.

We'll expect you to be educated toBSc in Business Management or Supply Chain Management / CIPS certified with solid experience in manufacturing chemicals/mechanical parts/electronics environment.


In addition, you'll be skilled in analysing data and easily able to translate and communicate it in multiple formats as well as having a working knowledge of BOM's, manufacturing processes and operations.

You'll be experienced in Contract Management andnegotiating and used to delivering savings from the supply base to the business.


You're able to influence others, have proven people skills and consider your communication skills to be one of your key strengths.

You have the ability to form and maintain good relationships internally and externally and you enjoy working collaborativelywith peers.


You have commercial and financial acumen and fully understand the impact of failure in terms of business cost, production schedule and customer order fulfilment.


If you believe you match our criteria and are looking to make an impact in a fast-changing environment, we'd love to hear from you.

We offer outstanding benefits to include an attractive bonus, generous pension contributions, private healthcare and an excellent starting salary.

Based within beautiful, landscaped surroundings with tree-lined walks, water features and a lake, all of whichmake for a wonderful working environment.

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