Buyer

Focus Management Consultants; Lancashire; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A food industry leader in Lancashire is seeking an experienced Buyer to join a rapidly growing team. This role involves developing sourcing plans, implementing procurement strategies, and ensuring cost-effective purchasing while maintaining supplier relationships. Ideal candidates will have over 2 years of experience in food or FMCG manufacturing and a good understanding of sourcing strategies. This position offers a competitive salary and the opportunity for professional growth within a reputable company.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Benefits

Qualifications

• 2+ years of buying experience in food or FMCG manufacturing.
• Experience managing own category with strong supplier communication skills.
• Good understanding of sourcing strategies.

Responsibilities

• Develop sourcing and category plans to deliver cost savings.
• Implement and deliver procurement strategies across key spend areas.
• Look for opportunities to leverage costs while ensuring supply continuity.

Skills

Sourcing strategies

Supplier communication

Cost savings

Process improvement

Job description

Buyer

Competitive Salary + Benefits

Lancashire

As Buyer reporting to the Procurement Manager, you’ll be joining a fast-paced, successful food manufacturing business that is experiencing rapid growth and exciting changes.

This role offers you the opportunity to work in a business that has long-standing partnerships with suppliers, is hugely innovative in terms of its product offering and has invested heavily to facilitate the future growth of the business.

This role will suit an experienced Junior Buyer or Senior Buyer from the food industry who is looking to develop themselves and grow within a business that has strong values and a great reputation in the market.

Day to day, you’ll develop sourcing and category plans to deliver cost savings, innovation, process and product improvement. You’ll be responsible for implementing and delivering procurement strategies across key spend areas within direct and / or indirect categories to ensure that cost-effective purchasing is achieved. You’ll also be looking for opportunities to leverage costs across the business whilst ensuring a continuous supply of raw materials and the delivery of procurement projects.

Ideally, you’ll have 2 + years’ buying experience in food or FMCG manufacturing. You’ll have owned and managed your own category and have a good knowledge of sourcing strategies and supplier communication across categories.

Click apply to send over your CV or get in touch with myself (Hannah) for details.