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Junior Buyer

Employer
CPA Recruitment
Location
Hampshire
Salary
£25k - £27k per annum
Closing date
12 Apr 2019

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Contract Type
Permanent
Function
Purchasing
Business Sector
Food Manufacturing

Job Details

Our client is an established family owned company supplying clients worldwide with exceptional customer service. Their core values of honesty and integrity are at the forefront of everything they do, ensuring they continue to develop and evolve. They are now looking for a Junior Buyer to join their expanding business.

 

Job Role

As the Junior Buyer you will be working within the procurement team, supporting the Senior Buyer on a variety of duties including; tender processes, running reports, data analysis.

Initially a junior position, you will be given 1-2-1 support in order to develop into a Buyer, with a view to becoming a Commercial Buyer in the near future upon completing full training.

 

Responsibilities

  • Carry out supplier reviews, preparing price movement analysis and tender processes
  • Gather all product specifications and supplier information, updating in-house system accordingly
  • Organise and attend all supplier meetings with the Senior Buyer
  • Analyse reports in relation to the product price changes, margins and sell prices
  • Review and confirm all updated cost and sell prices on the system
  • Work with the inventory department to ensure KPIs are achieved and support effective stock management
  • Support in the implementation of the category business plan
  • Decrease number of duplicate products

 

Personal Profile

  • Customer focussed
  • Eager to learn and develop
  • Flexible attitude to work
  • Previous exposure to a procurement relationship environment
  • Working within Food Industry is essential
  • Ability to analyse industry data
  • Strong verbal and written skills
  • Strong Excel experience
  • Good communicator at all levels

 

Ref Code: FMW38277

 

To apply or for more information, please e-mail in strict confidence, with an updated CV, including salary details, quoting the above reference and for the attention of Jon Hemming-Nash to jon.hemming-nash@cparecruitment.com

 

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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