Packaging Buyer - Strategic Sourcing & Supplier Relations

Avara Foods; Brackley; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

£35,000 per annum

31 days holiday

Secure contract with long term career

6% pension contribution

Staff canteen

Staff shop / staff sales

Cycle to work scheme

Gym membership

Salaried Advance Finance

Salary Sacrifice Car Scheme

Employee Benefit Scheme (GP, mental健康,

Job summary

Avara Foods is seeking a Packaging Buyer to join the Procurement Team at Brackley. You will identify and procure packaging for retail and food service, driving category optimisation and delivering against goals.

With at least 2 years in procurement and packaging, you will negotiate with suppliers, manage contracts, monitor lead times and ensure compliant supply. A CIPS qualification is desirable; strong analytical, commercial and cross-functional collaboration skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years’ procurement experience, ideally in packaging.
• Ideally working towards CIPS qualification.
• Good analytical skills.
• Ability to recognise future and market trends.
• Knowledge of packaging raw material/commodity markets (although not essential).
• Contract management and supplier experience.
• Good commercial awareness.
• Communication skills.
• Ability to interface with cross functional team and levels in the business.
• Confidence and presentation skills.
• Ability to make decisions under pressure.
• Negotiation skills.
• Tendering skills.
• Risk management experience desired.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain ongoing relationships with preferred suppliers.
• Negotiating prices, agree terms and conditions and where required set up contracts and supply agreements.
• Perform spend, contract and market analysis for packaging category for communication to the wider business.
• Work closely with all sites with management of lead times and minimum order quantities to ensure continuity of supply to site at minimal wastage.
• Source new packaging and suppliers where required ensuring compliance with legislation and standards, including but not limited to Retailer, ethical and environmental.
• Work closely with NPD and technical to ensure supplier approval and product integrity.
• Must have a good understanding of raw material markets through the supply chain of the packaging procured and how they will impact the business.
• Results orientated with the ability to plan and deliver against targets and project deadlines.

Skills

Procurement experience

Packaging background

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Negotiation skills

Tendering skills

Contract management

Risk management

Decision making under pressure

Presentation skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

CIPS qualification

Job description

Avara Foods is seeking a Packaging Buyer to join the Procurement Team at Brackley. You will identify and procure packaging for retail and food service, driving category optimisation and delivering against goals.

With at least 2 years in procurement and packaging, you will negotiate with suppliers, manage contracts, monitor lead times and ensure compliant supply. A CIPS qualification is desirable; strong analytical, commercial and cross-functional collaboration skills are essential.