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Estimating & Procurement Manager

Job in Aylesford, Kent County, ME20, England, UK
Listing for: OFFSET PRINT & PACKAGING LIMITED
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-03-10
Job specializations:
  • Business
    Operations Manager, Business Management
Job Description & How to Apply Below
  • Prepare details, accurate job estimates for printed packaging products based on customer specifications, materials, machine capabilities, and labour requirements.
  • Ensure estimates are accurate and aligned with company strategy and market benchmarks.
  • Liaise with sales, customer service and production teams to support client quote requests.
  • Develop and maintain pricing models, factoring in production time, materials, machine usage, waste, and other variable costs.
  • Oversee all purchasing activities for raw materials, outsourced services, production supplies
  • Negotiate with suppliers to ensure best value in terms of cost, quality, and service levels.
  • Monitor supplier performance, pricing trends, and material availability across the UK and European network.
  • Develop and implement procurement strategies that align with company goals.
  • Set development objectives for colleagues within your team and monitor performance
  • Identify any individual training requirements within the Technical team and advise the Operations Director accordingly
  • Produce weekly/monthly reports on production costs, estimate accuracy, material consumption, and production & procurement KPIs.
  • Present cost performance data and strategic purchasing insights to senior management
  • Work closely with production and technical teams to ensure feasibility and efficiency of proposed specifications
  • Keep up to date of emerging materials, sustainable packaging options, and industry
  • Comply with all certification requirement
Skills and Attributes:
  • Previous experience of working within a commercial field, ideally purchasing and estimating
  • Experience working within packaging sector desirable
  • Commercial Acumen:
    Able to balance customer needs with margin and cost considerations.
  • Excellent interpersonal, leadership and organisational skills
  • Confident and enthusiastic, with a desire to continuously learn and develop yourself and others through mentoring and training
  • Willingness and ability to communicate company directives to the team in positive, concise and effective manner
  • IT literate and fully conversant with Microsoft Office suite
  • Experience of supplier negotiation, or a willingness to learn appropriate techniques and practices for day-to-day supplier interaction
  • Proactive character of high integrity, accountability and flexibility
Benefits for the Estimating and Procurement Manager include:
  • Competitive Salary DOE
  • Company Workplace Pension up to 3%
  • Long Service Award, additional annual leave starting from 5 years’ service
  • Death in Service
  • Salary Benefits Program including :
    Car Salary Sacrifice/ Cycle to Work/ Employee Discounts
  • Recruitment Referral Program
  • Annual Company Social Events :
    Summer & Christmas
Working Hours:
  • Monday–Friday, 37.5hrs per week. Some flexibility regarding start/finish times, minimum 7.5hrs per day excluding lunch time.
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