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Assistant Buyer

Employer
Confidential
Location
Nottingham
Salary
25000.00 - 30000.00 GBP Annual + Contributory Pension + 22 Days Holid
Closing date
9 Dec 2021

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Specialist Area
Buyer
Sector
Manufacturing
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Are you a foodie, love all things food, creating new dishes and tasting new flavours? You've probably turned that 'love' into your career or certainly want to! With some buying and purchasing skills, a commercial eye for a deal and a hunger and desire to progress, you could be for us.

BASIC SALARY: GBP25,000 - GBP30,000

BENEFITS:
?? Contributory Pension
?? 22 Days Holiday

LOCATION: This is a hybrid role split between home and the Derby office - you will need to travel to the Derby office three times a week. There is also travel to our London and Southampton sites

You could be based: Derby, Sheffield, Nottingham, Birmingham, Coventry, Leicester.

We can offer you:
?? A career path and dedicated training plan to progress.
?? A one team culture, operating with ambition and enthusiasm.
?? A passion for all thing's food - creation, design and production.

You could be a Graduate, a Trainee, or have already made your way into a buying role. Either way you've decided buying / purchasing are going to be your areas of expertise and you want to progress. You want a career path, and want to take ownership for projects and supplier relationships. We are looking to nurture that desire and energy to learn and develop.

JOB SPECIFICATION: Assistant Buyer / Purchasing - Food

We are currently working with a wide range of suppliers - whilst our existing relationships are good, we want to make them stronger. You'll get to know your suppliers inside and out and create true partnerships. That said, we need to be on the look out for new players and businesses that could one day support us and find new potential suppliers for our ever growing range is just as important.

Reporting to the Head of Buying, with guidance, you will take responsibility for developing the relationships with our key suppliers ensuring we get best price, service and delivery at all times.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: Assistant Buyer / Purchasing - Food

?? Working closely with Group Procurement to best leverage national agreements and provide site specific information as required.
?? Maintaining supplier relationships with our packaging, ingredients and indirect suppliers.
?? Engaging with suppliers and internal NPD on product development ideas.
?? Developing and maintaining a relationship with the product development team to ensure full awareness of new products and support needed.
?? The procurement of packaging (think sustainability), ingredients and indirect across all three sites.

REQUIREMENTS: Assistant Buyer / Purchasing - Food

As detailed above, we are foodies, we need you to be a foodie too! Ideally you will have some experience of working with a food or drink manufacturer, possibly even been a keen Chef or worked in a kitchen in your early career, maybe just at home - either way you will love food and the role it plays in everyday life.

You will most likely have:

?? A Business Degree with a commercial mindset and an aspiration to get into buying
?? Have a persuasive, influencing manner getting others to 'buy in' to you. We are keen to learn how you develop long lasting supplier relationships.
?? The ability to commercially negotiate, understanding the cheapest prices isn't always the best deal.

COMPANY:

We are the UK's leading catering butchers; with over 40 years' experience providing meat and poultry to the hospitality industry. We are proud of our people and believe they are a key factor for our continued success. Our mission is to be the undisputed market leader that customers want to work with and people want to work for. Whilst our vision is to be our customers' most valued and trusted business partner, our core values are: Professional; Passionate and Trusted.

It is highly likely you will have worked in any of the following roles and/or markets, and worked with the following products and/or services: Assistant Buyer, Buyer, Purchasing Clerk - manufacturing, food,

INTERESTED? Please click apply. You will receive an acknowledgement of your application.

Please Note: Wallace Hind Selection have been chosen as the retained recruitment partner of our client and therefore any direct applications to our client from candidates or agencies will be forwarded on to us direct.

REF: MGH16626, Wallace Hind Selection

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