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Buyer - Produce/ Vegetables

Employer
Mackenzie Jones
Location
London (Greater)
Salary
c£40 - £55k
Closing date
23 Oct 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.

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+44 (0) 121 644 3400

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