Buyer - Produce/ Vegetables
- Employer
- Mackenzie Jones
- Location
- London (Greater)
- Salary
- c£40 - £55k
- Closing date
- 30 Sep 2019
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- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Function
- Purchasing, Supply Chain
- Business Sector
- Food Manufacturing
Job Details
The Organisation
An FMCG food business based in West London seeking to recruit a European Buyer focused on their Vegetables/Produce category.
The Role
Developing and executing procurement category strategies for Core Category using 7-step Strategic Sourcing process delivering value across quality, service, risk, innovation and cost, with a spend responsibly of €30m to €60m.
Sourcing from European & Global markets as appropriate for current and NPD products and provide market knowledge and insight for responsible categories and countries.
Stakeholder Relationship Management – building relationships (own and manage) with business stakeholders to build consensus and alignment for sourcing projects & executing value engineering (productivity) plans.
Supplier Management – Segmenting supplier base and outline engagement strategies aligned with supplier position, and where appropriate building relationships with strategic suppliers to deliver continuous improvement, cost savings and value creation.
Timely execution of managing cost line by completing annual budgeting and providing financial transparent annually for Annual Plan (AP) & quarterly forecasts (QxF).
Develop and secure and cost out sourcing projects to support annual procurement targets, utilising e-sourcing and other negotiation tools to drive positive Total Price Variances (TPV) / Purchasing Price Variance (PPV) to plan.
Ensure alignment with other category lead buyers, working collaboratively in order to drive scale, for example enable upstream buying value creation for Copack categories and vice-versa.
The Candidate
Ideally CIPs qualified or working towards qualification.
Languages (German, French, Italian would be beneficial)
Experience of managing complex supply chains within FMCG.
2 to 3 + years’ experience in a procurement function
Global or European sourcing experience
Proven delivery of tangible benefits in quality, service, innovation and cost savings.
Demonstrates an awareness and understanding of market fundamentals and supply base.
Demonstrates an awareness and of value chains & cost drivers
NPD sourcing / Value engineering cost-out initiatives
Company
Mackenzie Jones are specialist recruitment consultants, focusing on the FMCG, Consumer Products & Manufacturing sectors. We manage roles based in the UK and internationally, both permanent and interim, from globally recognised organisations to local start-up businesses.
Recruitment is what we do but our real expertise is in connecting people. With established and relevant networks, we bring together talented professionals with a diverse client base in a way that is unrivalled. It is why many of our customers are long standing – they trust us to connect them with highly talented individuals.
And you will enjoy the way we work too. Quite simply, you are centre stage. We actively manage our relationship with you because it means we can help you to recruit more successfully, with less risk, and it allows us to keep building those valuable networks which make all the difference.
- Website
- http://www.mackenziejones.co.uk/
- Telephone
- +44 (0) 121 644 3400
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