Senior Buyer - Red Meat

Nomad Foods; Horsell; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Nomad Foods is seeking a Senior Buyer for Protein to optimize procurement strategies and supplier relationships in a dynamic team environment. The successful candidate will focus on sustainable sourcing, cost-saving targets, and deliver commercial value. Join us to make a meaningful impact in our procurement team.

Qualifications

• Experience in category procurement is essential.
• Experience within FMCG or retail buying preferred.
• Strong communication skills for stakeholder interactions.

Responsibilities

• Supports execution of procurement strategy for the protein segment.
• Maximizes end-to-end value creation by optimizing the supplier base.
• Leads the process to identify and select appropriate suppliers.

Skills

Stakeholder Management

Negotiation

Market Intelligence

Cost-saving Strategies

Education

CIPS qualification

Job description

Overview

We have an excellent opportunity available for you to grow your career and make a difference at Nomad Foods! Joining us as a Senior Buyer for Protein working alongside a talented team in a complex category.

Responsibilities

About the role…

The role supports the execution of the procurement strategy for the segment by ensuring business requirements are met through procuring goods and services in a sustainable and ethical way, whilst optimising costs, maintaining quality standards and mitigating supply chain risks.

Delivers Commercial Value

• Maximises end to end value creation by optimising the supplier base, leveraging our scale, harmonising specifications for goods/services and standardising payment and other contractual terms with suppliers
• Continuously strives to identify ways to unlock value, working collaboratively with suppliers to identify what both parties can do to sustainably reduce costs
• Uses market intelligence to forecast both price and market trends, leveraging this knowledge in negotiations with suppliers to deliver value

Sources goods & services in a sustainable and ethical way

• Minimises the environmental impact of our supply chain by working with the Sustainability Team to define the sustainable and ethical sourcing action plan for the segment and taking ownership of its delivery

Owns Supplier Performance*

• Leads the process to identify and select appropriate and compliant suppliers for their segment
• Owns the management of supplier relationships, tailoring the approach by segment, subsegment or product as required

Delivers project outcomes on time and in full

• Ensures successful delivery of plans to rationalise co-packers and insource production by owning the execution of procurement actions for their segment and proactively collaborating with other teams

Qualifications

A strong buyer with experience across either direct or indirect categories. Striving to deliver on cost-saving targets whilst maintaining high standards of performance and supplier relationships. You’ll be commercially driven and have strong communication skills for both internal and external stakeholders.

• Category procurement experience is essential.
• Experience within FMCG or Retail buying preferred.
• Strong stakeholder management skills and proactive in communication.
• CIPS qualification beneficial.
• Proven record of delivering cost savings and improve commercial value.