Junior Buyer, Food Products, South London
- Employer
- Focus Management Consultants
- Location
- London
- Salary
- £23000 - £25000 per annum + Benefits
- Closing date
- 20 Feb 2019
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- Business Sector
- Food & Drink
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Function
- Buying, Other Job Function
Job Details
An exciting opportunity for an aspiring Junior Buyer to join a hugely successful, speciality, food business.
This is a great opportunity for an aspiring Junior Buyer to join a hugely successful, speciality food business. The business is at the forefront of food innovation with global suppliers and is well respected within the retail, foodservice and food manufacturing sectors.
To meet the ever-increasing demands of their clients, they are now looking for a Junior Buyer to join its established procurement function. They are looking for bright, ambitious graduates, ideally with previous experience of working within a procurement/supply chain function in the food industry.
Reporting into a Category Manager you will be part of a team looking after our non-European supply base. You'll be supporting the buying team in the day to day management of suppliers and projects within the team. From day one you'll have sole responsibility for a group of suppliers and manage the supply base to deliver the expected quality of products and the right price within the right timescales. As such, it will involve significant long-term planning and commitments to raw materials so some experience of working within international buying would be very beneficial.
The business in hugely innovative in terms of food products, so you will work closely with the NPD teams, supporting new launches and working collaboratively with internal stakeholders. You will need to be super enthusiastic, personable and looking for an opportunity to learn fast and develop within the team.
To apply please send your CV through to me today.
REF. HLJ895035 Tel: +44 (0) 1625 560778
Follow Focus Management on Twitter @foodjob
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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