Graduate Buyer - Food To Go
- Employer
- Mackenzie Jones
- Location
- London (South), London (Greater)
- Salary
- c£35k
- Closing date
- 4 Oct 2019
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- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Function
- Purchasing, Supply Chain
- Business Sector
- Food Manufacturing
Job Details
BUYER – Food to Go:
We’re currently recruiting for a buyer looking over the food to go category on behalf of a global food service business based out of their South West London offices. The buyer will be required to develop and implement strategies & ranges which drive the revenue and profit performance of the business and its stakeholders.
COMPANY PROFILE – Buyer – Food to Go:
Our client manages this category, on behalf of their clients. The business is multifaceted and are responsible in buying food to go. Our client nurtures the business to deliver a high level of service to both internal and external stakeholders.
DUTIES – Buyer – Food to Go:
- Develop category strategy with agreed targets
- Working across different functions in the business to create a category strategy
- Forecasting stock control for the category taking into consideration market trends
- Collaborating across the business to create and deliver cost saving targets
- Evaluate supply chain and put in processes to mitigate risk
- Supplier sourcing and negotiating contracts with new suppliers
- Introduce and work to KPI’s
- Implement new contracts and legal agreements across supply base
- Use new technology in day to day role and champion new working methods
EXPERIENCE PROFILE – Buyer – Food to Go:
- Experience and an understanding of Food to go
- Proactively manage the supply base to drive efficiencies
- Work closely with sectors to identify and understand business requirements
- Driving innovation, new ways of working and thinking across the business
- Strong demonstrated experience of year on year growth
- Ability to build trust, relationships and manage expectations internally and externally
- Commercial awareness
- Motivated self-starter - able to identify improvement ideas
- Ability to own and deliver own work against tight deadlines
PACKAGE – Buyer – Food to Go:
Salary: <£35000
Other Package Benefits - Competitive
Please contact us immediately for more information on this role as a Buyer
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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