Purchasing Manager - Indirect Spend

Kane Group are an established, and successful multi-disciplinary building-services solution contractor, with our Head Office based in Banbridge, Northern Ireland.

We're an innovative, forward-thinking company with continued steady growth serving residential, hospitality, education, commercial and healthcare sectors with offices in Northern Ireland, London, Birmingham, Glasgow and the Republic of Ireland.

We are seeking a Purchasing Manager - Indirect Spend based in Banbridge to be part of our growing team.

| KEY RESPONSIBILITIES |

Purchasing Operations Management (Indirect Only)

• Lead and manage all procurement activity across allocated categories, ensuring commercial value, TCO Optimisation, contract compliance, and on time delivery.
• Approve purchase orders and contracts within delegated authority and in line with Procurement policies and governance.
• Ensure all category sourcing meets business requirements, including specifications, SLAs, compliance obligations, and operational deadlines.
• Maintain accurate cost and financial tracking in Evision (ERP system).
• Record and proactively manage all warranties, guarantees, service agreements, and renewals.
• Ensure all indirect suppliers are approved, compliant, and fully onboarded before use.
• Support the improvement of the supply chain database to provide accurate category agreements, pricing, and discounts.

Process & Compliance (Indirect Only)

• Comply with and enforce all Company procurement processes, documentation standards, and compliance requirements.
• Monitor indirect contract renewals, service schedules, KPIs, and supplier performance to minimise operational and financial risk.
• Identify and escalate risks to the Procurement Manager along with proposed solutions to mitigate the same.
• Apply ethical and compliant procurement practices aligned with Company Values and professional standards.
• Maintain complete, accurate, audit‑ready records for all indirect procurement activity.

SLA Management (Indirect Only)

• Actively manage service level agreements (SLAs) across all indirect suppliers, ensuring performance meets agreed service, quality, cost, and response requirements.
• Track and evaluate SLA performance using defined KPIs, highlighting any deviations, risks, or underperformance.
• Engage directly with suppliers to resolve SLA breaches, drive corrective actions, and maintain continuity of service.
• Maintain clear documentation of SLA performance, reviews, actions, and outcomes for audit and reporting purposes.
• Use SLA data trends to inform sourcing decisions, renewals, negotiations, and supplier rationalisation for indirect categories.

Strategic Improvement (Indirect Only)

• Identify and deliver cost savings, efficiencies, and value improvements.
• Conduct market and supplier analysis relevant to indirect spend to support sourcing strategies, negotiations, and supplier rationalisation.
• Prepare and deliver monthly performance reports on spend, including risks, opportunities, supplier performance, and forecasted spend.
• Support long term category planning and development of category roadmaps
• Team and Self Development
• Contribute to management meetings by representing indirect procurement activity and insights.
• Pursue continuous professional development (e.g., CIPS, leadership skills) aligned to future growth.
• Lead, support and develop team members to foster a high performing and collaborative team.

Future Opportunity at Kane

• In line with Kane’s growth plans over the next 5 years this role offers excellent opportunities for long-term career development and progression as the business evolves.

| QUALIFICATION |

Essential

• 5 GCSES Grades A-C, including Maths and English

Desirable

• Third level Education in a business-related discipline.
• CIPS membership/qualifications

| EXPERIENCE & KNOWLEDGE |

Essential

• A minimum of 2 years procurement and / or sourcing experience at a senior level, with demonstrated success in delivering value through strategic sourcing, cost optimisation, and supplier consolidation.
• Strong knowledge of contract management, including negotiation, drafting, renewal cycles, and supplier performance management frameworks
• Strong analytical understanding of business cost drivers, enabling targeted cost reduction initiatives and category strategy development.
• Experience working with procurement systems.

Desirable

• Experience managing key indirect categories such as:

• Fleet (vehicle procurement, leasing, maintenance)
• Insurance (broker management, policy renewals, claims coordination)
• Travel
• Software & Digital (SaaS licensing, renewals, vendor risk assessments)
• Capital Procurement
• Knowledge of commercial and legal considerations relevant to indirect procurement, including contract law fundamentals, service level agreements, and KPI frameworks.
• Experience of managing and developing others to drive high performance and support their professional growth.
• Experience using ERP systems such as Evision or equivalent.

| ABILITIES & SKILLS |
Essential

• Proven ability to work autonomously while delivering timely, high quality outputs that align with budgetary and commercial requirements.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to prioritise tasks and manage workload effectively.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Microsoft Excel.
• Excellent negotiation and communication skills with the ability to influence internal stakeholders and develop strong, effective working relationships across the supply chain.
• Ability to work collaboratively across functions.

| COMPANY BENEFITS |

• Cash Health Plan to include Employee Assistance Programme
• 4 x Salary Death in Service cover
• Auto Enrolment Company Pension scheme (Salary Sacrifice)
• Company Sick Pay Scheme, which is available upon successful completion of probation, and increases with service
• Enhanced maternity & paternity benefits
• Paid professional subscriptions
• Variety of employee discounts
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Branded clothing
• Active Social and Wellbeing Committees
• Annual Health Checks
• Full use of onsite state of the art gym
• Awards for long service
• Additional annual leave based on length of service
• Training and development opportunities.
• Free Onsite parking

Kane is an Equal Opportunities Employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.