Fresh Produce Buyer
- Employer
- b3 jobs
- Location
- Essex / Hertfordshire
- Salary
- £25,000 - £35,000
- Closing date
- 1 Jan 2021
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- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Function
- Purchasing, Supply Chain
- Business Sector
- Food Manufacturing
Job Details
Fresh Produce Buyer
Job ref: 62709 | £25,000 - £35,000 | Essex / Hertfordshire
The company
This is an excellent opportunity to become part of an innovative and passionate team, working for a producer of high-quality products.
The job
Working as part of a small and friendly team, the purpose of your role as Fresh Produce Buyer is to define, own and deliver a range that reflects the food retail strategy, embracing quality, seasonality and sustainability.
You will negotiate prices, build excellent working relationships with growers and suppliers, resolve supply chain issues, manage stock levels plus proactively stay abreast of market trends.
There is also good opportunity for growth within your role and to take on more responsibility.
Your experience
Ideally educated to a degree/HND level in a supply chain, procurement, or related business discipline, you will possess previous buying/purchasing experience within food manufacturing.
Buying experience within fresh produce is essential – products including aubergines and peppers would be fantastic!
You will have a good working knowledge of purchasing, category management and stock management together with excellent food industry market knowledge and negotiation skills.
More details
The Fresh Produce Buyer is based in the Essex / Hertfordshire region and is paying £25,000 - £35,000 according to individual skills and previous experience.
The working hours are Monday to Friday, standard office hours.
How to apply
If this sounds like you and you want to be considered for the Fresh Produce Buyer job, please click the Apply button.
What happens next?
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b3 jobs is a professional, friendly, and progressive food recruitment consultancy established in 2000 dedicated to the food manufacturing industry. We are a market leader for permanent jobs within food and drink manufacturing throughout the UK. All our consultants have considerable recruitment experience so you can be confident they have your best interests at heart when finding the perfect job for you.
Alternate job titles
Food Manufacturing Buying Jobs | Purchasing Jobs | Raw Materials Buyer | Ingredients Fresh Produce Buyer | Procurement Jobs | Food Industry Jobs | Food Manufacturing Jobs | Essex
Company
Since 2000, b3 jobs has been helping to further 1000s of people’s careers within the food manufacturing industry, throughout the whole of the UK. As one of the leading specialist food manufacturing recruitment agencies, b3 jobs cover all disciplines both permanent and interim and from graduates to MD’s,
Our core values are always:
- to find the very best job for you - not us!
- to give you friendly, ethical, honest and expert recruitment services
- to advise and not pressurise, so that you can make the right decisions for you
We genuinely strive to provide you with what you want – a job that not only offers the salary you’re after, but also the career progression and job satisfaction that makes going to work all the more worthwhile. Enough trumpet blowing though – visit our website to read just some of our happy previous candidate testimonials - we are more than happy to let our reputation precede us!
For a full up to date list of our jobs, visit www.b3jobs.co.uk
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- https://www.b3jobs.co.uk/
- Telephone
- 01435 866000
- Location
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Heffle Buildings
33a High Street
Heathfield
East Sussex
TN21 8HU
GB
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