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Group Head of Purchasing

Employer
First Achieve Resource
Location
N/W of England
Salary
Salary up to £75k DOE, Car, Pension, Healthcare, Life Assurance
Closing date
5 Jan 2019

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Contract Type
Permanent
Function
Purchasing, Supply Chain, General Management
Business Sector
Food Manufacturing

Job Details

First Achieve are working with a UK based FMCG Food Manufacturing business based in the N/W of England who have a requirement to add a Group Head of Purchasing role to the senior leadership team. This is a newly created role and with the ongoing growth the business has achieved there is now a requirement to develop and implement a group purchasing strategy.

In this role you will be instrumental in the further development of the buying function, with a focus on developing key supplier relationships along with improving the current internal systems so that the purchasing function can evolve & adapt to the planned growth over the next 3 years.

This role will report directly to the Group CEO and will require some travel within the UK but this will be decided and managed as you see fit.

Ideally you will a proven senior manager in a buying/purchasing/procurement role within Food Manufacturing covering Raw Materials, 3rd Party Suppliers, Utility Suppliers and other services. You will be a qualified & proven negotiator with strong commercial acumen, excellent analytical skills, budgetary & project management experience.

To apply for this great role please can you forward your CV to us here at First Achieve , if you can also let us know when would be the best time contact you to discuss the role in further detail that would be great, we are happy to make ourselves available to speak from 8am till 8pm Monday to Friday, we look forward to hearing from you.

Company

First Achieve is a focused food and drink industry recruitment & resource consultancy offering an extremely specialised and personal service.
We strongly believe in ensuring our business is operated by industry specialists who have the understanding of your sector on a first hand basis. This coupled with robust and effective resourcing tools put First Achieve in a strong position to deliver time after time.

Key areas we cover:

• Executive Positions
• Sales and Marketing
• Dedicated Account Managers
• Technical, Quality and NPD Management
• Production and Operations Management
• Engineering
• Supply Chain and Logistics
• Procurement and Planning
• Finance and Accounts
• HR
• Hospitality Management


Please get in touch on 0141-353-9496 or email info@firstachieve.com

Company info
Telephone
07710436391
Location
1 Spiersbridge Way, Spiersbridge Business Park
Glasgow
East Renfrewshire
G46 8NG
GB

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