About the Role
<p><b>Purchasing and Operations Lead</b></p>
<p><b>Location:</b> Ringwood, Hampshire </p>
<p><b>Salary:</b> £35,000 – £40,000 per annum</p>
<p><b>Hours:</b> 37.5 hours per week </p>
<p><b>The Role</b></p>
<p>Are you a driven Purchasing and Operations Lead who can take ownership of end to end operational excellence? Managing purchasing, inbound receiving, warehousing, stock control, logistics, and returns. You’ll ensure internal and external customers receive a high quality, well managed service, continuously improving processes while keeping operations efficient, compliant, and properly resourced. Leading a small team, the role is office-based with a small clean warehouse opposite.</p>
<p><b>Skills and Experience:</b></p>
<ul>
<li>At least 2 years’ experience in a similar operation and purchasing role.</li>
<li>Strong experience managing full stock lifecycle.</li>
<li>Proven background in purchasing, supplier relationship management, and supplier negotiation.</li>
<li>Excellent interpersonal skills, problem solving, and knowledge sharing.</li>
<li>Excellent time management and ability to manage multiple priorities.</li>
<li>Confident communicator.</li>
<li>Desirable: CIPS qualification or similar.</li>
</ul>
<p><b>The Package:</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Company Profit Share (first £3,600 is tax free). </li>
<li>22 days annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing with your length of service. </li>
<li>Birthday as additional paid leave. </li>
<li>Additional paid leave (dependent on company performance). </li>
<li>Private Medical Insurance, including dental. </li>
<li>Ongoing training and support. </li>
<li>Company sick pay policy. </li>
<li>Pension Scheme. </li>
<li>Hybrid Working </li>
<li>Progression opportunities. </li>
<li>Fresh fruit, the occasional pizza and a posh coffee machine! </li>
</ul>
<p><b>Our Client – Trusted Technology Partnership</b></p>
<p>Trusted Technology Partnership has been a specialist IT Infrastructure and Support Services provider for over 25 years. </p>
<p>They are an Employee Ownership Trust, on a growth trajectory. They are proud winners of Best Place to Work award and overall winner of the Ringwood Business Awards 2024. </p>
<p>Their core services include support desk, on-site engineering, project management and delivery, storage and logistics, software development and technical consultancy. </p>
<p>They encourage progression within Trusted Technology Partnership, offering opportunities in other teams and departments. </p>
<p>Join their friendly company, where a great team and a positive culture await you.</p>