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Senior Buyer

Employer
Advocate Group
Location
Lancashire
Salary
Competitive Basic + Package
Closing date
1 May 2021

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

Job Details

Are you an Procurement Professional looking to inherit a pivotal direct spend for highly successful consumer product business with multiple recognisable household brands? 

This exciting Household Goods Business, who take pride in delivering multiple product ranges both in the UK and internationally, have created a Senior Buyer, to focus on both their packaging and raw materials spend.

This role will take responsibility for key purchasing categories, primarily being focussed on packaging for the business across a global supply base. Key to the success of the position will be the ability to taking increasing autonomy of significant spends for the business, and driving procurement strategies to identify new suppliers, develop cost-reduction initiatives and mitigate risk from a supply perspective.

Key responsibilities will be:

  • Develop, gain agreement to, manage and implement category sourcing strategies
  • Investigate and monitor supply market trends and evaluate / select appropriate suppliers who can support the business needs
  • Formally assess new suppliers against pre-defined risk assessment criteria.
  • Plan and execute data collection focussed on understanding supplier costs, capabilities and commitments
  • Evaluate objective vendor performance and take action to develop, improve or remove suppliers
  • Support the NPD process as required, taking responsibility for costing sheet compilation and management.  This will include the identification of relevant suppliers and products that offer the best solution for product development and the customer
  • Develop proposals for review with Production Management, R&D and Quality functions, regarding supplier approvals / specification changes which will reduce risk or cost or add value

 

About you:

•          Proven track record in raw material purchasing, ideally within an FMCG business

•          CIPS qualified or working towards CIPS qualification

•          Sourcing packaging would be beneficial

•          Excellent negotiation skills

•          Team player

•          Able to work on own initiative

•          Tenacious

•          Persuasive 

If you are looking to work with some great brands, in an autonomous role to further your procurement career then hit the “apply button!”

Company

We are a leading recruitment partner to the FMCG and consumer product sectors. Brand advocate representation, with a focus on inclusive hiring, is central to our ethos and ethics.

As talent partner to some of the most exciting global names, innovators, and challenger brands, we have a proven track record of not only sourcing top talent, but improving employer brand, candidate journey, and talent acquisition strategies. Our specialist consultants plug directly into your brand to act as your talent team, or work alongside your existing talent function. 

Being consumer product-centric means that our candidate and client partners can draw on our deep networks, proven processes, and highly trained talent specialists. 

Our aim is to: identify, engage, assess, and provide exceptional consumer product talent, always with the candidate journey at the forefront of mind.

What Do We Offer?

  • 3:1 interview-to-placement ratio.

That means that, for every three candidates we have out on interview, one is getting the job.

  • 96% employee retention.

Our retention rate is market leading – 96% of the people that we place are still with that organisation at least 12 months later.

  • 92% right-first-time shortlists.

Of the placements we make in roles that we work exclusively (which is the vast majority), 92% are hired from our hired from our first shortlist.

  • 28 days average time to hire.

From briefing to offer, our average turnaround time is 28 days.

Our Recruitment Solutions:

Search & Selection | Project Recruitment | Embedded Talent | Executive Search | Contract Recruitment | Market Mapping

Contact Us Today to Discuss Your Next Recruitment Project:

📞 0333 772 7200
📩 workwithus@advocate-group.co.uk
💻 https://www.advocate-group.co.uk/

Company info
Website
Telephone
0333 772 7200
Location
The Advocate Group
No. 1 Spinningfields, WeWork
Quay Street
Manchester
Greater Manchester
M3 3JE
GB

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