# Purchasing Manager

We are seeking a highly motivatedPurchasing Manager for our client based inColchester. You will be responsible for working with suppliers to drive a positive outcome to consistently improve their EBITDA. This includes procurement of products at competitive rates, ensuring consistent supply of components, Maintaining and building strong working relationships with existing and new suppliers and negotiating competitive terms. The purchasing manager will drive consistency and efficiency in purchasing processes and systems, whilst collaborating with operations and engineering to support production planning and efficient stock control Responsibilities: Own and manage the end to end procurement process, maintaining procurement policy and standards Raise and manage all purchase orders, ensuring orders are placed accurately, on time, and in line with demand Manage supplier selection, onboarding and approval, ensuring SLA’s are in place with top suppliers Manage supplier performance, conducting annual reviews and resolving supplier issues by tracking performance against SLA standards. Manage and monitor cost prices, identifying opportunities for cost saving to increase GP, and mitigating p

- **Id**: 405759
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/universalbusinessteam-purchasing-manager>
- **Role**: Operations
- **Role family**: Operations
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Colchester, United Kingdom
- **Countries**: GB
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-06-03T00:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-06-03
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-11T13:35:46Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 161
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 2649
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Business Development, Coaching & Mentoring, Management Consulting

## Company

- **Id**: 4549
- **Name**: Universal Business Team
- **Domain**: universalbusinessteam.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/universalbusinessteam>
- **Size band**: 501-1000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workable

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 87
- **Open postings**: 70
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.529
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 52
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 50000
- **Currency**: GBP
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 66879

## Trust

- **Level**: stale
- **Repost count**: 0
- **Flags**: stale
- **Days open**: 161

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United Kingdom** — Iso: GB; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-06T01:20:09Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 8
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.271
- **P room**: 0.28
- **Age days**: 161
- **Expected fill days**: 52
- **Reasons**: conf:1, stale_co, win:tail, crowd:
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 66879
- **Is top pay**: no

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