Buyer / Graduate Opportunity Procurement - Oldham
Park Cakes is a c£250 million business which supplies cake and desserts to service the own brands of major retailers, there are three sites based in the North West at Heywood, Oldham and Bolton.
Our products include, high end celebration cake products, slab cakes and mainstream desserts, we mostly supply Marks & Spencer's although we also supply other major retailers.
This is a career opportunity for a Graduate/recent graduate to join our Procurement function to learn and grow into the role of a Buyer.
We spend over £100 million across more than 400 ingredients a year and £20 million on packaging so you'll have plenty of scope.
Example Job Role/ Accountabilities
Working in a small team you will be directly responsible to the Procurement Director, within 18 months to 2 years we would expect you to be responsible for your own portfolio of buying ingredients so you must be confident at analysing data and taking the lead in decision making.
We would also expect you to study for professional procurement qualifications (CIPS within 3 to 5 years).
Typically, in your first 12 months you will:
* Learn about our business in order to understand how Procurement interacts and effects our business
* Gain knowledge about the range of ingredients we buy and the factors that affect the quantities we buy and prices within the market
* Research suppliers and track data to supp...