Category Buyer
High Wycombe HP11 2EE
Hybrid working - 3 days office based
IPC International, the purchasing and supply chain organisation for Subway Franchisees in Europe, has an excellent opportunity for a Category Buyer to join our Equipment & Services team responsible for small wares & consumables categories.
The role
Responsible for the full cycle category management including supplier management, negotiating contracts, tenders and spend analysis. Category is circa 4million spend.
The successful candidate will require strong communication, project and stakeholder management skills.
This is a fantastic opportunity for a Procurement Buyer looking to further their career with their own category management.
Accountable for
Delivering key projects against a defined category plan
Meeting or exceeding KPIs on cost and risk management, ensuring key risks are understood, and documented and suitable mitigation plans are in place
Working with supply chain, CSR, operations and commercialisation to ensure key strategic projects are delivered
What is important to us
Our culture and values are at the heart of everything we do and are an important part of our hiring process.
Our three values are:
We are empowered - we have the freedom to make a difference together.
We collaborate - we trust and depend on each other. We contribute. We succeed together.
We deliver on our commitments - we deliver on our commitments together, individually, today and tomorrow.
Our ground rules:
Be courageous in being vulnerable
Be open minded and curious. Open to others perspectives
Say what we mean
Be ourselves. Bring our opinions and thoughts
Speak up. Get our itches scratched. Surface concerns
Provide support, understanding and empathy if we slip down the ladder
Watch for subgroups within our group
Nurture ourselves and other
How we support our employees
Joining a new company can be daunting; we support everyone who has chosen IPC EMEA to develop their career, with:
A structured onboarding programme.
Time with the senior leadership team, as well as your colleagues and our Culture Champions.
Training programmes to develop your skills and ways of working, focusing on feedback and management of work.
Flexible working between the hours 8am - 6.30pm. We appreciate the juggle of life and home can be challenging and provide opportunities to flex your start and leave times.
Excellent benefits package including enhanced pension contribution, healthcare, 25 days holiday, salary sacrifice schemes. Plus, we also provide breakfast and lunch items in the office!
On-site parking
A chance to volunteer at our nominated charities. In addition, you will get one volunteer day a year to work with your chosen charity.
Recognition award schemes and a Summer and Winter event each year
We actively support diversity, equity and inclusion and make sure that our employees are valued and treated with dignity and respect. We encourage everyone in our business to reach their potential.
About us
IPC International, created by bringing together two strong teams, IPC EMEA and IPC Asia Pacific, is a go-to and trusted supply chain partner, with over 20 years proven experience supporting Subway Franchisees and rapidly scaling store growth across complex markets.
With international coverage through our vast supplier and distributor base, and an unmatched portfolio of services, we support the end-to-end supply chain. All of this is powered by great people, execution and technology.
https://www.ipcinternational.com/
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