Location Flexible
We are looking for an NPD (New Product Development Buyer) to source safe, commercially competitive and great tasting food in line with procurement strategies to provide food innovation solutions for the business. To do this, you will manage a small lead buying portfolio for Greencore.
Responsibilities
* Lead the effective and accurate NPD sourcing on new raw materials in line with business requirements, contributing ideas and information, and ensuring timely delivery of requirements to the Product Development teams.
* In depth supplier knowledge of sourcing area and avoidance of margin creep through product churn.
* Ensure products are sourced in alignment with Greencore Purchasing Excellence, procurement strategy and objectives; and the process is compliant with the internal functional processes.
* Represent NPD buying and or lead specific projects that contribute to our strategic innovation agenda, identifying suppliers and sourcing ingredients in line with the strategy.
* Act as the conduit between the innovation category teams and the lead buyers for your sourcing areas to ensure future innovation strategy is aligned with consumer, customer and business needs.
* Manage a portfolio of Lead Buying areas within the function, ensuring compliance to systems and processes, monitoring and managing risks relating to material availability and input cost inflation.
* Maintenance of a pipeline library of innovation or great products for the sourcing area that is easily accessible to customer teams.
What we're looking for
* Degree calibre or equivalent.
* Food knowledge and passion.
* Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office systems.
* Cross functional stakeholder management experience. These may be trained or developed. These do not all need to be in place at recruitment.
What you'll get in return
* Competitive salary and job-related benefits.
* 25 days holiday.
* Competitive matched pension contributions.
* Company share save scheme.
* Greencore Qualifications.
* Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform.
* Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform.
Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career.
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