Purchasing and Finance Manager

• £50,000/yr
• London
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Position: Purchasing and Finance Manager

Location: London, England

Package: £50,000/yr

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Finance professional to join an established food business. Our client is looking for someone who has a mix of financial/accounting experience as well as purchasing/supply chain experience, ideally from a food background.

Finance and Purchasing Manager Responsibilities:

• Maintain comprehensive financial records, overseeing day-to-day commercial documentation and bookkeeping protocols.
• Generate Monthly Management Accounts following prescribed Profit and Loss (P&L) and Balance Sheet formats.
• Take ownership of budget and forecast models for internal and external review.
• Effectively manage cashflow by ensuring timely collection of debtor book and overseeing creditor ledger payments.
• Handle insurance coverage and costs.
• Manage foreign currency exposure.
• Oversee order processing and invoice production.
• Establish and maintain demand planning systems to control raw material purchases and production output.
• Provide costings for both in-house and externally sourced products.
• Negotiate and collaborate with suppliers.
• Maintain accuracy in stock record keeping, rotation, and picking disciplines to minimize stock losses.
• Liaise with outsourced support to uphold Health and Safety best practices and maintain record-keeping disciplines.
• Support machinery and facility quality through the implementation of preventative maintenance schedules and practices.
• Optimize inbound transport and customer delivery schedules to reduce costs and enhance efficiency and customer service.
• Oversee payroll and contribute to the development and maintenance of HR policies, handbooks, job descriptions, and appraisal and bonus structures.
• Ensure commercial contractual legal security throughout the business.
• Collaborate with outsourced support to establish and maintain a secure and recoverable IT hardware infrastructure.
• Evaluate and implement software solutions that enhance customer service and productivity, ensuring ongoing effectiveness.
• Develop and maintain a KPI infrastructure for performance and cost control.
• Provide sales analysis and associated systems to support business development.
• Deliver ad-hoc reports, analyses, performance data, and record-keeping as needed.

Qualifications and Skills:

• Proficient in bookkeeping, including Bill of Materials (BoM) assembly and sales invoicing
• Experience in delivering Monthly Management Accounts and KPI dashboards.
• Capability to produce Financial Forecasts (P&L, B/S & Cashflows).
• Expertise in purchasing disciplines, ideally including demand planning and batch cost modelling.
• Strong understanding of inventory software systems and manufacturing processes.
• Exposure to broader HR and IT responsibilities
• Analytical acumen