Junior Buyer | Fresh Produce | Kent
- Employer
- MorePeople
- Location
- England, Kent
- Salary
- £25000 - £29000 per annum
- Closing date
- 7 Jul 2022
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- Business Sector
- Food & Drink
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Function
- Buying
Job Details
About Our Client
Our client is a leading fresh fruit specialist, who supplies fresh and prepared packed fruits to multiple retailers. Their expertise in fruit spans many categories, including tropical & exotic fruit, stone fruit, top fruit, and citrus.
About the Role
This role will include supporting procurement activities (e.g. planning, negotiation, procurement, relationship management etc.) across a range of fruit categories to ensure high-quality raw material provision to requirements and in line with commercial expectations. In addition, this role will include representing procurement internally, supporting management decisions and key value-adding activities, and externally, to customers and other important third parties.
The Ideal Candidate
The ideal candidate will have a passion for the fresh produce and agricultural industries and will be looking to get into a commercially driven role. Preferably, you will have recently graduated with a degree in agriculture or food business. You will have good communication & influencing skills, work well within a team, and possess selling, time management, and organizational skills. Ideally, you will possess a general enthusiasm, operate under pressure, work tight deadlines and be a strong team player.
How to Apply
If this sounds like you, please apply below. To discuss the role in more detail before submitting your application, please contact Rae Goss on 01780 480 530 or rae@morepeople.co.uk Job reference RG15000.
Company
MorePeople are a specialist recruitment business for the food, fresh produce, horticulture and agriculture industries. Founded in 2000 by two passionate foodies with vast experience in the industry, we’re a growing team comprising of a mixture of ex-industry professionals and professional recruiters passionate about the sector.
Offering a functional approach to recruitment, we have dedicated expert teams to assist in all roles across a business;
- Commercial
- NPD
- Operations
- Technical
- Growing
- Agronomy
- Engineering
- Finance
- HR, Admin & IT
- Rural Surveyors, Land Agents & Estate Managers
The team are committed to offering the best recruitment service for all professional roles within the sectors in which we operate.
Find out more on our website at www.morepeople.co.uk or call us on 01780 480530.
- Website
- http://www.morepeople.co.uk/
- Telephone
- 01780 480530
- Location
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MorePeople
Cherryholt House
Cherryholt Road
Stamford
Lincolnshire
PE9 2EP
GB
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