Buyer - Raw Materials
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Location
Biggleswade
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Sector:
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Job type:
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Salary:
£30000 - £35000 per annum
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Contact:
Sydoni Dixon
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Contact email:
sydoni@compasspoint.co.uk
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Contact phone:
01284 765700
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Job ref:
J33764
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Published:
about 2 years ago
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Expiry date:
2019-04-11
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Start date:
2019-03-13
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Consultant:
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The duties will include:
- To purchase direct materials including food chemicals, commodities and ingredients.
- To develop and implement successful buying strategies to deliver business requirements.
- To lead and/or represent the procurement department on specific cross-functional projects and support the Procurement team on strategic activity outside of own portfolio of spend categories.
- To conduct sourcing activity for categories, using the approved processes and e-sourcing platform.
- To take responsibility for current and future budgets for own category areas and provide updates on category performance.
- To ensure great supplier performance and relationship development through commercial relationships.
- Great Judgement
The person will have:
- Clear rationale to decision making and a reasoned approach in recommending strategic action and when to escalate
- Confident and collaborative approach in building good working relationships, willing to listen to and involve others
- Good time management skills and the ability to prioritise effectively between tasks
- Good interpersonal skills and good team player, supporting within own and wider team
- Recognises the importance of good working relationships to make sound business decisions
- Perseverance in the face of challenge
- Delivers to time and quality on all projects/areas of responsibilities
- Identifies opportunities for improvement and drives them forward
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Preferrably experience managing raw materials and/or within the food industry
- Evidence of sucessful stakeholder management and cross functional working