Senior Buyer, Food Manufacturing, Colchester
- Employer
- Focus Management Consultants
- Location
- Suffolk
- Salary
- £37000 - £45000 per annum + (Depenent on Exp.) Plus Bonus and Benefits
- Closing date
- 12 Mar 2018
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- Business Sector
- Food & Drink
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Function
- Buying, Other Job Function
Job Details
A great opportunity to join a hugely successful food manufacturing business.
I'm looking for a talented Senior Buyer to join a leading food business. It provides a portfolio of high quality foods on a daily basis to demanding customer specifications and supply chain requirements. It's a busy site and you will have line management responsibility for an Assistant Buyer. Working closely with technical, planning and operations teams you'll ensure that the right ingredients and packaging are all in place, enabling products to be manufactured to the right spec, right price and on time.
Managing a key supply base across a variety of ingredients and packaging you'll be responsible for all site purchasing activities and will also have group wide responsibility for a number of key categories. You'll negotiate contract terms and prices to ensure maximum commercial benefits are achieved for the business.
I'm looking for someone with a strong procurement background gained from an FMCG or food business. You'll need to have a logical approach when working under pressure and excellent numerical and interpersonal skills. Ideally CIPS qualified you'll also have a high standard of Excel skills.
If you're a driven Buyer with a flexible approach looking for the next step up please send your CV through to me today.
REF. HLJ894443 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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