Purchasing / Product Coordinator – EMEA – Food Ingredients

Ready to take 2021 by storm in a new role representing the food ingredients division of a global leading Specialty Products & Consumables brand? A competitive salary, benefits package and a great team await.

Role Info:

Purchasing / Product Coordinator – Food EMEA
Chertsey | Competitive Salary + Full Company Benefits Package

Who we are:

With over 115,000 customers across 100 countries, we are a leading $9 billion global distributor of speciality consumables, food ingredients and chemicals serving the pharmaceutical, cosmetic and manufacturing industries.

We have a great opportunity for a Product Coordinator to join our team in EMEA. This role will be to profitably develop the Food business within the group alongside your peers and colleagues. You will be responsible for a defined product portfolio, ensuring that products are available for sale, pricing is correct, and that all relevant information is up to date while managing, strengthening and growing upon our supplier relationships.

Key Responsibilities and Tasks:

+ You will be able to act on your own initiative and demonstrate a pro-active approach to maintaining effective supplier relationships, product availability, pricing and accurate information.
+ Increase supplier intimacy and quality of relationships.
+ Assist in the development of our core product range and specialities throughout the business.
+ Understanding of market trends.
+ You will negotiate with our suppliers to secure the right prices and the terms for purchasing thereof.
+ Manage any appropriate product issues.
+ Support Product management.

We Are Looking For

We are looking for an experienced Product Coordinator / Purchasing person with employment history in a similar role. You will have a proven track record of delivering results and have the ability to recognise and communicate what our value proposition is to each of our suppliers. It is essential that you are able to work effectively within all levels of our organisation and that of our suppliers and have the ability to develop strong relations to positively influence both the aforementioned. You are extremely structured and focused on growth and development with strong business acumen.

What we offer in return:

+ 33 days holiday
+ Holiday buy and sell scheme
+ Discretionary bonus scheme
+ Generous pension scheme
+ Death in service benefits
+ Discounted private healthcare
+ Discounts with 1,000+ retailers
+ Employee assistance programme
+ Employee share plan
+ Cycle to work scheme
+ Learning & development programmes
+ Career progression opportunities
+ Free onsite parking

It's an exciting time to join the team. We are a great team of people, a great place to work and offer all the benefits you’d expect from the world leader at what we do. Come and join us in a business with a global focus where your quality can make a real difference!

Interested? Apply here for a fast-track path to the Hiring Manager

You may have worked in the following capacities:
Product Assistant, Supply Chain Assistant, Supply Chain Account Manager, Purchasing Coordinator, Sales & Marketing Executive, Product Sales & Marketing, Buyer’s Assistant, Product Coordinator, Junior Product Manager, Product Administrator, Supplier Coordinator, Stock Administrator, Inventory Coordinator, Procurement & Supplier Coordinator.

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