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Salary circa £40,000 pa + Benefits (Permanent role)
A rapidly growing Food manufacturer operating from a modern purpose-built Production facility. As part of their growth strategy, they are now seeking a Buyer to join the business and become a key member of the team.
The Role
The Buyer will hold a range of responsibilities, focusing on negotiation, business cost, quality, and execution of the Procurement strategy. Duties of the role will include:
* Responsibility for purchasing all raw materials, packaging, engineering parts, consumables.
* Play a lead role in Procurement projects such as Supplier reviews and possibly rationalization of the supplier base.
* Build strong relationships and understanding with suppliers through visits and supplier meetings.
* Work with Operations to Investigate delivery issues, shortages, and price discrepancies.
* Implement purchasing strategies and drive commercial value across all suppliers.
* Use advanced negotiation skills to gain competitive advantage and assured supply of raw materials.
* Extract information from the system to compile reports, such as YOY supplier performance, cost price movements, commodity price tracking etc.
* Work cross functionally with NPD, Marketing, Technical and Operations.
* Coordinate and direct the activities of a Purchasing Assistant.
The Person
* Of graduate calibre, possibly MCIPS qualified, working towards or willing to.
* Ideally with Purchasing experience gained from within the Food & Drink or FMCG Manufacturing sector.
* Experience gained within a Purchasing role with responsibility for a spend budget.
* Can provide evidence of their commercial awareness.
* Demonstrable track record of strong negotiation and implementation of Purchasing plans.
* IT skills (Excel, Word and PowerPoint).
* Able to work at pace with excellent Time Management and demonstrating a calm approach under pressure.
* Attention to detail with a right first-time approach.
* Able to prioritise a number of different requests from internal and external contacts.
Hours: Monday to Friday Days
Seniority level
* Seniority level
Entry level
Employment type
* Employment type
Full-time
Job function
* Job function
Purchasing and Supply Chain
* Industries
Staffing and Recruiting
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