Buyer

Buyer
Kent - FMCG / Food
Salary circa £40,000 pa + Benefits

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

Salary circa £40,000 pa depending on experience. Ref 3554