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Buyer

Employer
New Chapter
Location
South East
Salary
£30000 - £40000
Closing date
29 Aug 2014

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Business Sector
Food & Drink
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Function
Buying

Job Details

We are currently working with a leading multisite food manufacturer who are currently undergoing a period of strategic growth and subsequently are looking for a number of key appointments across the business, one of these being a Senior Buyer to work within the central Procurement Team. The right candidate will be leading a spend category of circa £30M across ingredients and a range of direct spend.

Ideally you will have extensive experience within a food environment working in a key buying/purchasing function. You will be able to think on your feet negotiate at a high level and develop strategy in-line with the organisations pre-mapped purchasing goals.

Primarily you will be working within ingredients direct spend category but an awareness of other more Direct categories is a key factor to success in this role as packaging and facilities spend can have an effect on your commodities.

Specific food knowledge across ingredients, prepared foods, convenience foods or snack would also be of benefit.

CIPS and degree educated you will have honed your skills in a faced paced commercial environment that is results focused.

Whilst the environment is relatively rigid it is also innovative and open to developing a more refined way of working you can play a key part in the development and will be rewarded and recognised accordingly.

Due to the high volumes of responses to online advertisements, regrettably we are only able to acknowledge successful applications. If you have not been contacted within 2 weeks, on this occasion your application has been unsuccessful. Please visit our website for our full data protection policy..

Company

Find a new opportunity with New Chapter...

New Chapter Consulting is a leading recruiter specialising in the Consumer/FMCG & Retail sectors. We believe in helping people and companies realise their potential and achieve their future ambitions. This important belief, coupled with an underlying commitment to service excellence in everything we do and a values-driven approach, makes us truly unique within the recruitment industry.

With offices in Leeds & London, we meet the needs of our clients and candidates through delivering successful solutions in a supportive and service-oriented way. Underpinned by an industry leading New Chapter promise to candidates, clients and candidates; we put service excellence at the heart of everything we do.

If you are an FMCG professional and would like to move your career on to the next level we should talk. Contact us regarding any of the featured opportunities or call us for a general discussion.

Company info
Website
Telephone
0845 2000 741
Location
Wellington Park House
Thirsk Row
Leeds
LS1 4DP
GB

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