Category Buyer - Indirect Services - Sunderland
- Employer
- Focus Management Consultants Ltd
- Location
- Sunderland
- Salary
- £30000 - £35000 per annum + depending on experience
- Closing date
- 5 Dec 2019
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- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Function
- Other Job Function, Purchasing
- Business Sector
- Food Manufacturing
Job Details
Great opportunity to join an expanding food manufacturing business in an Indirect Services Buying role.
I'm looking for a buyer who will have a strong background in indirect category buying from either a food manufacturing or fmcg business. You'll join a growing, successful business at an exciting time.
As a category buyer you'll work collaboratively with cross functional stakeholders, develop category strategies, build supply base options and ensure continuity of supply. Its a fast moving environment and you'll be expected to build a pipeline of projects and regularly review the impact of economic and commodity markets across your categories. You'll work on all areas of indirect spend, including Engineering, FM, Site services, HR and Marketing.
Candidates will need to be experienced indirect services buyers, really looking for the next step up. You'll need to be great at solving problems, have strong sourcing and negotiation skills and must be able to work well as part of a busy multi skilled team. Candidates will be degree educated and ideally have a mix of procurement experience.
My client are a leading food manufacturing business. They are innovative in their approach and have a strong track record of growth in a hugely competitive marketplace.
Ref HLJ895401
Tel: +44 (0)1625 560778
Follow Focus on Twitter @foodjob
Company
Founded in 1990, Focus delivers excellent recruitment solutions in the changing world of the food and drink industry. We are proud of our talented team of knowledgeable recruitment specialists covering all functions and sectors offering a bespoke service for our clients.
We provide Permanent and Interim recruitment solutions across Manufacturing, Retail, Foodservice, Food Technology, Product Development, Procurement, Supply Chain, Engineering, HR, Sales & Marketing from Graduate to Board Level.
We’ve worked across the globe, recruiting for start-ups through to large international organisations. We have helped and made a real difference to a vast array of clients working collaboratively as they recruit the very best talent to support their strategies.
Our guiding principles and culture are built on 3 pillars:
- An employee-owned business where we all thrive A business with a culture of pride, trust, kindness and wanting to be the BEST
- An environment that embraces lifestyle goals offering balance, fun and an engaging place to work
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