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Purchasing Manager

Employer
CPA Recruitment
Location
Devon
Salary
Up to £60k
Closing date
26 Mar 2019

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Contract Type
Permanent
Function
Purchasing
Business Sector
Food Manufacturing

Job Details

Purchasing Manager

Up to £60k

Devon

Ref – FMW38239

Company

An established and successful business experiencing recent growth and investment.  Suppliers of specialist ingredients into further manufacturing and retailers, sourced from high quality producers around the world.

Key Accountabilities

  • To negotiate and manage competitive supply and service contracts on an international level
  • Provide market analysis information to key stakeholders
  • Manage the purchasing budget
  • Build and develop key strategic supplier relationships
  • Manage sales forecasts and purchasing requirements against our rolling forecasts
  • Liaise directly with the Business Development team and align purchasing activity
  • Project manage a review of the purchasing function and agree objectives
  • Develop a purchasing strategy for 2019
  • Manage ongoing contract balances and supply positions
  • Attend trade conferences

 

 

Personal Profile

  • Industry related experience, (beverages, flavours or juices)
  • A levels / Degree in a relevant subject or related experience
  • Excellent organisational and time management skills
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills
  • Accuracy and attention to detail
  • Resilient and able to deliver under pressure
  • Solutions orientated and target driven
  • Enthusiastic and self-motivated
  • Excellent IT skills (must have in-depth experience of SAP)
  • Extensive working knowledge of buying department systems and procedures
  • Strong team player
  • Able to travel internationally to meet suppliers

Ref Code: FMW38239

To apply, please e-mail in strict confidence, with a comprehensive CV, including salary details, quoting the above reference and for the attention Jon Hemming-Nash to jon.hemming-nash @cparecruitment.com or call 020 8203 1000.

Due to a high volume of responses, we cannot reply to each application individually. If you have not had a response within one week, we are sorry to say your application has not been successful on this occasion.

Company

International specialists in the provision of practical recruitment and resourcing solutions, across every sector of the food and drink industry, CPA Recruitment is a name synonymous with quality and service, as well as being a business that’s justifiably proud of its well earned reputation.

Offering a global capability, we’re able to draw on an unrivalled wealth of in-house expertise and are clearly acknowledged as one of the market leaders in our field.


Highly respected in the food & drink industry, we are dedicated to building partnerships in business, with both clients and candidates that bring, mutual benefits to all parties, on a long term basis.


With twenty year’s experience, we have grown a talented team of consultants, whose knowledge and experience and expertise of the food and drink recruitment market guarantees that success will be at your disposal to achieve your recruitment objective.


We are renowned for providing bespoke solutions, with in-built flexibility and have a long and successful history of handling both UK and overseas assignments, at all levels, on behalf of a loyal and growing client base – ranging from global blue-chip organisations to independent enterprises.

Company info
Website
Telephone
020 8203 1000
Location
Eclipse House
20 Sandown Road
Watford
Hertfordshire
WD24 7AE
United Kingdom

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