Senior Buyer - Co-Pack & Bulk Potatoes
- Employer
- Hathaway Lane Limited
- Location
- London (West), London (Greater)
- Salary
- Up to £65,000 + 25% bonus (can exceed), pension & private healthcare
- Closing date
- 26 Sep 2019
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- Specialist Area
- Buyer, Category Manager, Procurement, Purchasing
- Sector
- FMCG
- Function
- Lead, Manager
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Job Details
Our client is a mid-sized, dynamic and award winning FMCG (food manufacturing) company and the proud owner of a portfolio of recognisable brands. The company culture is fast moving and progressive and they are on a journey to build a global food business and ‘best in class’ procurement function. Because of company growth, they have created a brand new opportunity for a Senior Buyer to lead a small team in the Potato Co-Pack category.
Working in the centralised Procurement team, you will report into a Procurement Controller and influence a spend of up to €80m across multiple brands. It is a complex category with seasonal and availability challenges as well as managing price increases early on.
The business is going through a significant period of change and growth, through acquisition, and it will be important for you, and your team, to work closely with suppliers (15 including 5 key partners) in France, Belgium, Germany and Netherlands as well as General Managers at manufacturing sites in Austria, France, Germany and Belgium.
Working at a strategic and operational level, you will identify the buying strategy for co-pack and bulk potatoes for the Group, in line with business requirements, by assessing the supply base and implementing robust supplier relationship management. You are buying a finished product, not a raw material, so there will be a significant focus on cost, availability and risk management; managing prices early on to protect margins and challenging suppliers on cost models.
What will you be doing:
• Managing a small team of European Buyers
• Work closely with senior management to build challenging and achievable cost reduction targets
• Identify savings opportunities, supported by analysis and stakeholder engagement
• Project manage all strategic sourcing initiatives across all key spend areas
• Manage cross functional teams including key internal stakeholders and suppliers
• Working effectively with suppliers to ensure a high level of service and quality and that suppliers are treated fairly
The ideal applicant:
• An experienced Procurement OR Retail buying professional with experience in buying potatoes, although frozen vegetables will also considered
• Detailed knowledge of procurement/buying principles (sourcing, tendering, contract and supplier management) gained in the FMCG/ (preferably manufacturing) or Food Retail sectors
• Experience in cost modelling with the ability to dissect elements of costs
• Strong leadership skills
• Solid commercial capability and negotiation skills
• Multi-cultural empathy and preferably pan-European experience
• Clear communication skills
• Highly organised with project/programme management skills, open to change and able to manage and deliver change
• Strong influencing and team building skills with the ability to build consensus with stakeholders
• Naturally inquisitive and able to drive forward innovation and build best practice
• Graduate calibre
Company
Hathaway Lane is an independent, specialist Procurement and Supply Chain recruitment firm.
We support permanent and interim recruitment of mid and senior level Procurement and Supply Chain professionals across the UK and into Europe. Our Consultants are experts in networking and headhunting in order to gain access to the best candidates and market opportunities. We tailor our services to meet the recruitment needs of our clients including Contingent Search, Advertised Selection, Executive Search and Interim Management.
Our consultative approach ensures that we provide the best possible service and identify the Procurement or Supply Chain job that is right for our candidates.
Working within the private sector, our Consultants have developed an expertise across a wide range of industries including Financial Services, Professional Services, Pharmaceutical, FMCG, Travel, Leisure, Media and Technology.
- Telephone
- 01382 339699
- Location
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17 Ellieslea Road
Dundee
DD5 1JH
GB
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