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Opportunity to develop an exciting and rewarding career in a leading branded business as their Category Buying Manager – Food & Non-food.
A true leader in the food sector, my client is a multi-site branded business with an excellent reputation for innovation and quality. Critical to the business’ success is all of their food offering and all of the non food items that are used behind the scenes.
They are looking for a Category Buying Manager to manage a range of food categories and with the spend of goods not for resale. Reporting into a Senior Procurement Manager you’ll support with data on insight to support timely and cost competitive procurement of materials in line with designated specifications and organisation priorities.
This role will ensure alignment and the necessary procurement processes, discipline, and governance on regional/local spend items are adhered to so to achieve significant savings.
You will have a degree level qualification ideally in business management or a technical area. You will need to have previous experience as a Buyer or Procurement Manager within a food/retail or foodservice environment. The ability to understand technical issues associated within purchasing and supply is essential and you will need to be hugely commercial. Excellent communication skills with the ability to liaise with other departments, suppliers and franchisees is key as is the ability to work in a team environment in order to achieve revenue, profit and growth targets.
To apply please send your details through to me today.
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