Purchasing and Product Manager – Network Connectivity Products

Job Title: Purchasing and Product Manager
Location: Bournemouth
Salary: Competitive, depending on experience
Contract: Full-time, permanent
Working Pattern: Hybrid

About the Role

We are looking for a commercially focused Purchasing and Product Manager to manage the sourcing, purchasing, and development of our network connectivity product range. This critical role within the business involves all elements of product management and purchasing including supplier negotiation and relationship management, inventory planning and optimisation, product reporting and analysis, industry and product regulatory compliance. We envisage you will allocate 90% of your time to product management.

You will partner with suppliers, strategic customers, and cross-functional teams to optimise inventory performance, ensuring a resilient and efficient supply chain that supports business growth, meets evolving customer demand, enhances profitability, and delivers consistent product availability.

Key Responsibilities

 

• Manage all purchasing and product management activity for the business. Source products from our authorised suppliers whilst seeking opportunities 
  elsewhere
• Negotiate pricing, lead times, terms, and availability.
• Monitor stock levels, sales trends, customer demand, supplier availability, market 
  shortages, allocation status, obsolescence and lifecycle status to inform purchasing 
  decisions
• Review and introduce product ranges to support customer demand and commercial growth.
• Work collaboratively with sales, operations, warehouse, finance, quality, and 
  marketing colleagues
• Manage supplier relationships, including price reviews, performance monitoring, lead time management, contract terms, service levels, and issue resolution.
• Analyse product performance, pricing, margins, stock movement, competitor activity, and market trends to support commercial decision-making.
• Manage comprehensive datasets for the entire product range, facilitating global 
  digital proliferation of our product data. This includes product descriptions, technical specifications, datasheets, images, videos and compliance.
• Involved in sales price list creation.
• Resolve supplier, delivery, pricing, quality, specification, documentation, and 
  compliance queries in a timely and professional manner.
• Ensure purchasing and product management activities comply with the company's 
  ISO 9001 Quality Management System and support continuous improvement 
  initiatives. This includes Supplier performance reviews

Required Skills and Experience

• Previous experience in purchasing, procurement, product management, or a related 
  commercial role.
• Experience using ERP, stock control, purchasing, or product information systems is  essential
• Strong Excel skills are essential
• Strong analytical ability
• Experience of stock control, pricing, margins, minimum order quantities, lead times, 
  supplier performance, and product profitability.
• Awareness of component lifecycle management, obsolescence risk, allocation, 
  counterfeit risk, supplier quality, and compliance requirements.
• High attention to detail when managing technical product information, part numbers, datasheets, supplier references, pricing, and compliance records
• Commercial awareness
• Confident communication skills and the ability to work with both technical and non-technical colleagues.
• Strong negotiation, supplier management, communication, and commercial decision-making skills.
• CIPS qualification or similar would be advantageous.
• Experience within network connectivity, electronic components, or a related technical sector is highly desirable
  

Personal Attributes

• Commercially aware and proactive in identifying opportunities to improve purchasing performance and product profitability.
• Organised, accurate, and able to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced 
• environment.
• Confident communicator with the ability to build effective relationships with suppliers and internal stakeholders.
• Analytical and detail-focused, with strong problem-solving skills.
• Adaptable and responsive to changing supply conditions, urgent customer 
• requirements, and market availability.
• Professional, reliable, and able to work independently as well as part of a team.

 Key Performance Indicators

• Product availability, stock accuracy, and order fulfilment performance.
• Supplier performance, including lead times, quality, documentation accuracy, service levels, and on-time delivery.
• Achievement of margin targets, purchasing savings, and cost avoidance.
• Value of excess, obsolete, slow-moving, or at-risk stock.
• Accuracy of part numbers, product information, supplier records, pricing, and 
  compliance data.
• Successful introduction and ongoing management of network connectivity product 
  ranges