Purchasing Manager, West Yorkshire
- Employer
- Focus Management Consultants
- Location
- West Yorkshire
- Salary
- Basic salary & package negotiable dependent on exp.
- Closing date
- 31 May 2017
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- Business Sector
- Food & Drink
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Function
- Buying, Other Job Function
Job Details
This is a great opportunity for a high calibre, strategic purchasing professional to join a thriving, growing food manufacturing business.
My client is a leading food manufacturing business with a strong heritage a solid track record of growth. I'm looking for an ambitious Purchasing Manager with progressive experience within a food manufacturing environment and a strong background in strategic sourcing, planning, NPD procurement, stakeholder management and supplier development. You will need a category management approach to sourcing and have real hands-on experience with very strong supplier development and stakeholder management skills.
You'll be responsible for improving costs, service, quality and delivering innovation. The role with encompass sourcing and negotiating a varied range of ingredients and packaging, ensuring innovation and cost value to all areas of procurement.
You'll work very closely with Technical, Commercial, Product Development and Supply Chain teams. It's a fast-paced environment and you'll need to have outstanding negotiations skills and excellent communication skills. Strong commercial acumen is essential and we're looking for someone who is a real self-starter with strong project management skills.
To apply please send your details through to me today.
REF. HLJ893715 By Focus Management
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Focus Management Consultants Ltd, Tel: +44 (0) 1625 560778
Company
Founded in 1990, Focus delivers excellent recruitment solutions in the changing world of the food and drink industry. We are proud of our talented team of knowledgeable recruitment specialists covering all functions and sectors offering a bespoke service for our clients.
We provide Permanent and Interim recruitment solutions across Manufacturing, Retail, Foodservice, Food Technology, Product Development, Procurement, Supply Chain, Engineering, HR, Sales & Marketing from Graduate to Board Level.
We’ve worked across the globe, recruiting for start-ups through to large international organisations. We have helped and made a real difference to a vast array of clients working collaboratively as they recruit the very best talent to support their strategies.
Our guiding principles and culture are built on 3 pillars:
- An employee-owned business where we all thrive A business with a culture of pride, trust, kindness and wanting to be the BEST
- An environment that embraces lifestyle goals offering balance, fun and an engaging place to work
- Telephone
- 01625 560778
- Location
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Exchange House
Albert Road
Bollington
Cheshire
SK10 5HS
United Kingdom
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