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Buyer - Raw Materials

Employer
Vitae Selection Ltd.
Location
Yorkshire and the Humber
Salary
Circa £40,000 + Bonus + Incentives
Closing date
17 Feb 2015

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Business Sector
Non Food & Drink
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Function
Buying, Supply Chain & Logistics

Job Details

Buyer: Raw Materials

Purchasing / Procurement

FMCG: Trade Supplier

Based: Yorkshire

Basic Salary Circa: £40,000 + Bonus + Incentives

My client is a highly successful, growing business, ranking in The Sunday Times 25 Best Big Companies to Work for List in 2014, aiming to double its £1bn annual turnover.

An excellent opportunity has arisen to manage the current Raw Materials portfolio, suppliers and commercial relationships. Reporting into the Purchasing Manager (Raw Materials and Indirect) you will be sourcing new products and suppliers, ensuring the continuous supply of raw materials to meet the needs of the trade business.

The Role:

  • Project Manage cross functional projects to deliver all NPD / Resourcing/ Sourcing / process improvement projects to appropriate timescales, ensuring all projects meet the needs of the business.
  • Operational accountability for product development and introduction within the Category.
  • To manage the commercial relationship between supply organisation and the international supply base.
  • Develop commercial options for supply – agree requirements, manage tenders and benchmarking exercises, analyse and evaluate results and generate supply options for sign off.
  • New supplier identification – research, identify and recommend.
  • NPD / introductions – negotiate commercial aspects and ensure product availability to meet the needs of the business.
  • Understand end to end supply for product category (supplier demonstrated capacity, raw material availability).
  • Understanding the external conditions and influences that may impact future availability and cost.
  • Manage the cost base – continually seek efficiencies, whilst maintaining customer requirements for quality and service.
  • Operational responsibility for NPI and NPD within the Category.
  • Project Management of cross-functional activities, formally / informally to deliver all projects effectively and on time.
  • Responsible for managing a purchasing portfolio of £5m to £30m (depending on number of suppliers, SKU’s, profit impact).
  • Tendering and benchmarking category.
  • Delivering cost reduction against agreed targets – P&L impact.
  • Identifying new supply options with international suppliers.
  • Negotiate effective commercial terms with input from Purchasing Manager.
  • Attend visits at supplier’s premises.
  • Ensure NPD’s meet availability, quality needs and commercial requirements.

 

 

The Requirements:

  • Minimum 3 years Purchasing experience in a large FMCG organisation.
  • Educated to degree level.
  • MCIPS qualified.
  • Excellent negotiation and analytical skills.
  • A confident and effective communicator.

 

Please apply, with an up to date CV and your current package details to; leon@vitaeselection.com

Company

The Vitae team truly understands the ferocity of today’s trading climate and the need to find and secure the very best talent embodied through an extensive network and a true commitment to the sectors.
Our combined recruitment experience within the Consumer practice gives a robust proposition to any client within our markets looking to make a serious investment in talent.

Vitae’s approach is a combination of both Search and Selection services. We have a thorough understanding of HR policy and procedure and regularly work as a preferred supplier to selected clients. Our team has worked on high profile single search mandates for senior permanent moves as well as high quality Interim hires together with multiple hire projects requiring well-co-ordinated advertising campaigns to deliver large scale teams. Our candidates benefit greatly from our insight into different business cultures together with our proactive model in finding and matching candidates to jobs. Our professionalism and delivery within these sectors in backed up by overwhelmingly positive feedback from both our clients and candidates.


Vitae work with a range of clients including large Global Food Brand’s, Plc.’s, Major Own label producers, Corporations, Owner Managed Firms and Private Equity backed businesses.


Core Markets


• Food & Drinks- Branded & Own Label
• Consumer Goods – Non- Food, White & Brown goods, Sporting Goods
• Ingredients – Flavour systems, Food Ingredients
• Retail- Grocery, General merchandise
• Packaging- Corrugated, Cartons, Closures, Plastics, Film, GNFR, Flexible and Injection Molding

Company info
Telephone
0113 394 4950
Location
21 York Place
Leeds
LS1 2EX
GB

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