Buyer

JR United Kingdom; Swanley; On-site; GBP 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food manufacturer is seeking a Buyer to join their team in Swanley. This permanent role involves negotiating with suppliers, managing procurement strategies, and ensuring the quality and cost-effectiveness of materials. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in purchasing within the Food & Drink sector and demonstrate excellent negotiation skills.

Qualifications

• Experience in Purchasing, ideally in Food & Drink or FMCG.
• Demonstrable track record of strong negotiation.
• Ability to work at pace and manage multiple requests.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for purchasing all raw materials and packaging.
• Lead Procurement projects and supplier reviews.
• Implement purchasing strategies to drive commercial value.

Skills

Negotiation

Commercial Awareness

Time Management

Attention to Detail

Education

Graduate calibre

MCIPS qualified or working towards

Tools

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

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Salary circa £40,000 pa + Benefits (Permanent role)

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