Regional Sourcing Manager (UK Market) Manchester

About the role

**We’re one of Europe’s fastest\-growing digital manufacturing platforms — trusted by thousands of engineers to deliver parts faster, smarter, and with less hassle!**

#### **We’re hiring:** **Regional Sourcing Manager (UK Market)** **— based in Manchester**

Fractory is changing the way manufacturing works, and we’re building out the Partner Network team that makes it all run on the supply side. We need a Sourcing Manager who can talk engineering with the best of them and negotiate like it’s their second language.

**We’re looking for someone who genuinely understands how parts are made, who builds real commercial relationships with manufacturing partners, and who can look at a drawing and instinctively know which partner should run the job.** You’ll own manufacturing partner selection, negotiation, and order execution for our UK business — the person every manufacturing partner in the region speaks to, and the person who gets the right job to the right partner.

The UK market is growing fast — strong order flow, great partners, and a clear commercial model. We’re now consolidating how we work with our manufacturing network into one named regional role. If you’ve sat on either side of a manufacturing quote and know where the money and the mistakes really live, this is your role.

#### **What we are looking for…**

* Are based in the UK — Manchester\-based preferred (our UK hub), and happy to work hybrid with regular visits to manufacturing partners across the UK * Bring a solid technical grounding in mechanical engineering — you can read a drawing, understand tolerances and materials, and spot when a quote doesn’t match the job * Have commercial instincts — you’re comfortable negotiating price, lead time, and terms with suppliers, and you know when to push and when to partner * Love a fast\-moving operational role — lots of decisions, real ownership, clear KPIs, not a lot of hand\-holding * Build long\-term relationships but hold partners accountable — OTEF, response rate, and quality matter, and you’re willing to have the hard conversations * Like structure but move fast, think practically, and don’t overanalyse

##### **️** **Bonus points if you:**

* Have worked at a contract manufacturer, fabrication shop, job shop, or metal/engineering service provider — you know the partner\-side view * Know Fractory’s core processes hands\-on: laser cutting, bending, CNC machining, welding, surface treatment, assembly * Have sat in technical sourcing, project management or project engineering in mechanical engineering or industrial manufacturing * Are familiar with quality management systems (ISO 9001, AS9100\) and supplier auditing * Have worked in a scale\-up, marketplace, or digital manufacturing platform before

##### **What you’ll do:**

You’ll be the single manufacturing partner\-facing point of contact for Fractory’s UK manufacturing network — from understanding customer requirements and designing the ideal manufacturing solutions to selecting the right partner for each order, negotiating the quote, and ensuring it’s delivered on time. You’ll work shoulder\-to\-shoulder with our Project Engineers, Account Managers, and Manufacturing Solutions Engineers to make it all happen.

##### **Your day\-to\-day will include:**

* Picking the right manufacturing partner for every managed RFQ — using partner performance data, capability knowledge, and a clear view of current load and capacity * Running quote\-to\-order with partners: issuing RFQs, chasing and reviewing quotes, negotiating price and lead time, confirming technical fit, placing and booking orders * Owning orders from the partner side through to delivery — tracking progress, escalating when late, coordinating with internal teams on quality and packing * Acting as the manufacturing partner account manager for the UK region: regular check\-ins, quarterly reviews, and on\-site visits to key partners * Driving down RFQ fan\-out ratio — fewer quote requests per order, higher response rate, better\-matched partners * Negotiating ongoing commercial terms with repeat partners: pricing, lead time commitments, capacity, volume arrangements * Passing on real\-world capability signals to the wider team — what’s missing, what’s underperforming, where we need to expand * Closing the loop between internal stakeholders and partners so issues become improvement actions * Keeping internal tools clean and current — Fractory platform, partner records, partner performance dashboards

#### **What you get:**

* Competitive salary * Equity options * 25 days’ holiday \+ bank holidays * Juno flexible benefits platform * MediCash healthcare reimbursement * Pension scheme (3% from Fractory) * Regular team events \& socials * UK office \+ hybrid working (office days: Monday–Wednesday) * Cycle to Work scheme * International team and modern tooling

**A genuinely scoped role with clear KPIs and real ownership, in a function that’s being built around you — not a seat in a rigid org**

#### **Hiring process (quick \& clear):**

* 30‑minute intro call with our recruiter * 45‑minute deep dive video call with Villem Hion (Head of Partner Network) * Technical \& commercial case exercise in our Manchester office * UK office / partner\-visit meet\-up with the Partner Network team and Martin (Co\-Founder/COO) * Final 30‑minute call with leadership

We aim to keep the process smooth and respectful of your time — expect 2–3 weeks from the first chat to the offer.

##### **Ready to apply?**

At Fractory, we prioritise quality, ownership, and courage. If you enjoy solving real\-world problems, getting into the technical details, and making hard commercial decisions that move the business, you’ll feel at home here.