Head of Procurement

Commercial lines, personal lines and specialty programs are run as separate business units. Founded as a farmers' mutual in 1958, the company is now one of the larger mutual insurers in Ireland.

The role:

The previous person in this role moved to another team. Marbleworth Insurance runs purchasing in SAP. You will place POs, negotiate pricing and keep suppliers on schedule. You can work from home anywhere in Ireland. We have no office requirement. Normal working hours, Monday to Friday.

Responsibilities:

• Coordinate returns and supplier corrective actions with quality.
• Follow purchasing policy and approval limits.
• Review supplier price increase requests against commodity indexes.
• Identify cost savings and report them monthly.
• Maintain supplier records, price agreements and contracts.

Minimum qualifications:

• 10+ years of purchasing or procurement experience.
• Working knowledge of contracts, Incoterms and payment terms.
• Occasional travel to supplier sites.
• Strong negotiation skills, with examples of savings you delivered.
• Comfortable pushing suppliers on dates and price.
• Advanced Excel for bid comparisons and spend analysis.

Preferred qualifications:

• Spend analytics in Power BI.
• Import and customs knowledge.
• Spanish or Mandarin for supplier communication.
• Coupa or SAP Ariba experience.

What you get:

• Health insurance for you and your family.
• Company pension scheme.
• 25 days annual leave.

Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Marbleworth Insurance.