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Head of Buying

Employer
Lime Talent
Location
England, London
Salary
£70000 - £75000 per annum + BENEFITS
Closing date
27 Jun 2017

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

Job Details



A fantastic opportunity to join an ever-growing innovative food business in a Head of Buying role.

The ideal role for an experienced Buying Manager or Head of Buying wanting to take the next step in their career. Our client is based in West London and looking for an ambitious, goal driven candidate ready to lead an energetic and talented team of buyers.

As Head of Buying you will be responsible for:
  • Developing a strategic category plan for the core product area.
  • Negotiating the best commercial terms with suppliers on a regular basis.
  • Develop market leading initiatives and react to competitor activity quickly and comprehensively to maintain and grow the company's market position.
  • Lead supplier selection ensuring you are working with the best in class suppliers.
  • Implement cost reduction initiatives to beat KPI targets.


The ideal candidate will be:
  • Be degree educated (or equivalent).
  • Experienced Buying Manager/ Head of Buying (experience in managing a team of Food buyers).
  • Excellent communication skills.
  • Creative in approach to finding solutions.


This is a rare opportunity to join an innovative food businesses in a senior leadership role.

This will suit someone who is passionate about food and loves bringing new food trends to market with a highly commercial approach.

Lime Talent is a recruitment agency specialising in the consumer goods industry. To view a broader selection of our current vacancies go to www.limetalentgroup.com or call us on 0207 042 3800.

The Lime Talent team always review and process job applications swiftly. However due to the high volume of CVs that we receive online, we regrettably are not always able to respond to every applicant individually. If you've not heard from us within 5 working days, unfortunately on this occasion your application has not been successful.

Lime Talent Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

Company

We are Lime Talent, a recruitment agency specialising in the consumer goods industry. With over 25 years’ combined experience of recruiting within the FMCG, consumer goods & services sectors, we like to think we know our stuff! We are here to make finding your next job or your next superstar employee an easy and pleasurable experience.

We are an honest and straight talking bunch with a can-do attitude. We aren’t going to say the usual thing that recruiters say, like “we want to partner with you”, as whilst that may be nice, what we really want to do, is to deliver you real results in the shortest amount of time possible. Once we have provided you with the high level of service that you can expect from us, we are confident that strong relationships will follow.

 Areas that we recruit:

• Sales

• Marketing

• Category Management and Insights

• Purchasing and Buying

• Supply Chain

Contact us today to discuss your next career move or to find out how we can help you find the best talent for your business.

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Telephone
020 7042 3800

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