Food Buyer

Greggs; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Greggs as a Food Buyer where you'll negotiate terms for food ingredients and build supplier relationships. Located in Newcastle upon Tyne, this role emphasizes ethical sourcing and fosters a collaborative team environment. Enjoy benefits like a management bonus, profit share, and a comprehensive support program, all aimed at enhancing your career while maintaining a work-life balance. Come be part of a company that values community and employee wellbeing.

Benefits

25 days annual leave

Management Bonus Scheme

Profit share

Private Medical Insurance

Pension scheme

Colleague discount

Qualifications

• Proactive and results-driven.
• Strong planning, prioritising, and organisation skills.
• Experience in procurement and supplier management.

Responsibilities

• Negotiate commercial and contractual terms for food ingredients.
• Manage and resolve supplier issues.
• Support Development activities in sourcing ingredients.

Skills

Negotiate

Analytical skills

Problem-solving

Teamwork

Attention to detail

Excel/IT skills

Job description

Greggs Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom

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Base pay range

We have a fantastic opportunity to join the Procurement team at Greggs.

We can offer you:

• 25 days (5 weeks) annual leave, pro-rated, increasing with service (in addition to bank holidays), plus 1 additional floating day
• Management Bonus Scheme which is worth up to 10% of your salary
• Profit share: We want everyone to share in the success of the business, so we distribute 10% of our profits to all our employees who have at least 6-month service, or more, each year
• Private Medical Insurance which is free for you and subsidised for your dependants
• Permanent Health Insurance which is a replacement income scheme
• You will automatically join our Greggs pension scheme which is a fantastic way to save for your retirement and allows you to benefit from employer contributions and tax advantages
• Defined contribution management pension scheme
• Death in service benefit which provides a lump-sum payment equal to 4 times your year’s salary
• Colleague discount, up to 50% off our own-produced products
• Share save schemes that let you buy discounted Greggs shares, by saving a set amount of money over a fixed time, to have an even bigger share of our profits
• Career progression and learning and development
• Employee Assistance Programme; A free, confidential helpline, offering advice and support with financial, relationship, work-related and wellbeing issues, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Including a mobile app providing a range of wellness content on physical, mental, social, and financial wellbeing
• Perks and savings, such as digital gift card discounts, online cashback, in-store and online coupons and lifestyle offers
• Cycle to Work scheme
• A company who cares about our communities; the environment and being a better business! Click here to read about The Greggs Pledge
• Colleague Networks – internal groups where colleagues and their allies can share their own experiences, offer feedback on the way we do things at Greggs, and provide support to one another

About the role

• This is a full-time role, however flexibility in this will be considered
• We know that having a work-life balance is important, so we offer our colleagues as much flexibility as possible in line with the needs of their role
• The base location for this role is Greggs House Ideally, you’ll live within one hour travel of this area

What you'll do

• Negotiate commercial and contractual terms for food ingredients.
• Conduct key research, monitoring, and evaluation to ensure value for money is achieved.
• Develop key relationships with suppliers to ensure Greggs requirements are clearly communicated and achieved.
• Manage and resolve day-to-day issues with suppliers with speed and professionalism.
• Support the Purchasing Managers in sourcing ingredients and packaging for Development activities.
• Ensure all procurement activities align with Greggs' ethical Policies and continuous improvement goals.
• Communicate effectively with both suppliers and internal stakeholders.
• Support the delivery of Pledge initiatives and the development of resilient supply chains.
• Contribute to the identification and implementation of cost-saving initiatives.
• Support stock management and operational issue resolution.

About you

You will fit right into this role if you:

• Proactive and results driven with strong attention to detail
• Passionate about ethical sourcing and continuous improvement
• Are a strong team player, able to build good working relationships at all levels
• Have experience of, and the ability to multi-task and work with multiple priorities calmly and at pace
• Strong planning, prioritising and organisation skills
• Can multi-task and work with multiple priorities at pace, delivering results within tight timescales
• Have advanced Excel/IT skills to support with analysis and the ability to work with large data sets
• Have strong analytical and problem-solving skills with experience of analysing information and issues to identify current and potential problems and develop and implement workable solutions
• Able to engage and work collaboratively with other teams to make improvements to processes and influence stakeholders at all levels
• Enjoy being part of a hard-working team, sharing the same end goal, and celebrating results together

About Greggs

Here at Greggs, we love what we do, and we have fun! What makes Greggs so special is our culture – the way we are, the way we behave and the way we support each other. We're hard-working, but above all else we're family; and it doesn't matter who you are, where you're from or what your favourite bake is, we’d love you to join us! We want everyone to feel welcome at Greggs and our colleagues to be able to be themselves at work, whatever their background, preferences, or views.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Purchasing

• Industries

  Food and Beverage Services

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