Ref: 23402 Job Title: Japanese speaking Buyer The Skills You'll Need: procurement, food buyer, import, Japanese Your New Salary: £35-40K depends on experience 2 days office (likely increase to 3 days), 2-3 days work from home Permanent Start: ASAP Japanese speaking Buyer - What You'll be Doing: * To liaise with Sales Departments to obtain sales forecast and customer feedback, in order to manage demand, plan and place the orders to avoid any shortage and overstock. * To liaise with manufacturers and check the shipping/delivery schedule of incoming containers/deliveries. * To get the best quotation and terms from suppliers if required to find new items. * To manage and develop supplier relationships, ensuring that all suppliers are developed to achieve target levels of business. * To liaise closely with the Technical Department to ensure that all new products, ingredients and manufacturers conform to current legal requirements and food safety standards. * To liaise with suppliers to collect accurate and up to date item data for storing in SAP system, in accordance with the Purchase department procedures. Japanese speaking Buyer - The Skills You'll Need to Succeed: * Business-level Japanese language proficiency is essential (JLPT N1-2) as the target suppliers are primarily Japanese food manufacturers and food trading companies and involve import operations from Japan * Pr...