Ref: SYN-56505
Supply Chain Manager
Supply Chain Manager
Location: Clondalkin Dublin
Salary: €70,000 – €80,000 + Bonus
Hours: Monday to Friday (40 hours per week)
Start Date: ASAP
Benefits:
- Annual performance-based bonus.
- 21 days annual leave + Irish bank holidays
- Company pension scheme.
- Life assurance & critical illness cover.
- Employee wellbeing and support programmes.
- Ongoing training, upskilling, and development support.
Syntech Recruitment are supporting a leading engineering and building services organisation in their search for a Supply Chain Manager. This is a senior, strategic position responsible for overseeing purchasing operations, supplier management, inventory control, and ERP/data accuracy across the full supply chain function.
The successful candidate will lead the Purchasing team, drive cost-efficiency, improve system reliability, and ensure that stock availability, procurement accuracy, and inbound cost control meet the needs of a high-performing technical business.
Supply Chain Manager Responsibilities
- Lead the Purchasing team, setting performance standards and driving best practice.
- Manage all procurement activities to ensure timely, cost-effective, compliant purchasing.
- Maintain optimal stock availability while managing stock levels, forecasting, and reducing obsolescence.
- Oversee product range management and agree stocked ranges with business units.
- Develop strong supplier relationships to ensure reliability, performance, and negotiating leverage.
- Manage rebate agreements and supplier-related financial performance.
- Own and improve business systems used for procurement, inventory control, and supply chain visibility.
- Identify inefficiencies and implement workflow, process, and systems improvements.
- Maintain clear oversight of purchasing budgets and cost control measures.
- Ensure product price files are accurate, up-to-date, and aligned with supplier terms.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Sales, Finance, Warehouse Operations, and Senior leadership.
- Produce structured reporting: stock availability, purchasing KPIs, supplier performance, ESG data, and spend analysis.
- Support ERP upgrades, implementations, and digital transformation initiatives within the supply chain environment.
Supply Chain Manager Experience
- Strong analytical mindset with high attention to detail.
- Process-driven approach with experience refining workflows and improving system reliability.
- Leadership capability with clear standards, accountability, and team development experience.
- Excellent communicator with cross-functional collaboration skills.
- Strong commercial awareness, understanding procurement, cost control, and supplier leverage.
- Highly competent in ERP systems, digital tools, and supply chain automation.
- Organised, systematic, and able to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
- Comfortable working with KPIs, performance data, and structured reporting.
- Ethical, transparent, and professional in procurement practices.
- LEAN or Six Sigma experience desirable.
Interested and available to start quickly? Get in touch today to secure your interview spot.
Syntech Recruitment Ltd: We act as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers.
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