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Head of Buying - Food

Employer
Lime Talent
Location
England, London, City of London
Salary
£50000 - £55000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Closing date
14 Mar 2019

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

Job Details

This is a great opportunity for a Head of Buying to join a leading business in the food sector. Our client is a highly innovative food business looking for a real foodie to head up their buying team.

Head of Buying Responsibilities:

  • Inspire and motivate the buying team, setting ambitious performance targets and coaching on areas of development.
  • Responsibility for sourcing high quality ingredients, ensuring availability through the effective management of the supplier base.
  • Ensuring regular review meetings with suppliers take place
  • Managing the supply base to highlight any potential risks and taking effective action.
  • Constantly review supply chain searching for efficiencies and cost savings.
  • Develop market leading initiatives and react to competitor activity quickly and comprehensively to maintain and grow the company's market position.
  • Negotiate the best commercial terms with suppliers on a regular basis.

To be a successful Head of Buying you must have:

 

  • Buying experience in a team leadership role, ideally in a food/FMCG environment
  • Pasion for food with excellent knowledge of current and future food trends.
  • Previous experience of leading and managing a team
  • Able to demonstrate solid examples of managing complex contract negotiations
  • Evidence of the ability to set, measure and lead KPIs

This is a rare opportunity to join one of the most innovative food businesses in the UK 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.

By making an application to Lime Talent you confirm that you have read and agree to our privacy policy which can be found at https://www.limetalentgroup.com/privacy-and-data-policies

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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