Associate Director Of Procurement

Associate Director of Procurement

Location: Craigavon

Hours: 35 hours per week Monday-Friday

Salary: Competitive

Business Unit: Sciences

Open To: Internal & External Applicants

Ref No.: HRJOB10229

The Role

Almac Sciences is seeking an Associate Director of Procurement to join our team. The successful candidate will play a crucial role in supporting the Director of Supply Chain in the development and implementation of procurement and supply chain processes and procedures. This role is vital in ensuring that all materials required by Almac Sciences are procured to the correct specification, quality, price, and within acceptable timeframes to meet customer and manufacturing timelines. The Associate Director will be responsible for ensuring that Almac Sciences receives the best performance from suppliers in terms of on-time delivery, price, quality, and service. They will lead negotiation activities on high-value raw materials and CAPEX projects, manage the procurement function in line with corporate objectives, and provide support to the business on all areas of spend.

This role may provide opportunities to travel from time to time according to business needs and would involve management across multiple sites.

Please see attached job description for further details.

Key Requirements

Applicants must have eligibility to work in the UK OR possess a valid work permit that will allow you to take up full time, permanent employment in the UK

Essential Criteria

· Honours Degree in a Life Science, Engineering or Business Management related discipline OR Attainment of MCIPS (or equivalent)

· Significant previous experience within a Purchasing environment

· Previous experience within a regulated environment

· Previous experience of negotiating contracts, services and associated cost for high value contracts

· Previous experience within a supplier facing role

Please see attached job description for a list of essential and desirable criteria.

Apply Now

Apply online and tailor your CV to outline how you meet the role criteria. Please upload your CV in PDF format where possible.

Closing Date

We will no longer be accepting applications after 5pm on Sunday 24 November 2024

RECRUITMENT AGENCIES PLEASE NOTE: Almac will only accept applications from agencies/business partners that have been invited to work on this role by our Talent Acquisition team. Speculative candidate CV’s received or submitted directly to Hiring Managers will be considered unsolicited and no fee will be payable. Thank you for your cooperation.