Summary: The Food Buyer role involves strategic purchasing of packaging and ingredients for a leading client in Kent, focusing on data analysis, forecasting, and market research. The position aims to ensure timely availability of materials for the operations and production teams. This is an initial 6-month contract requiring effective negotiation and supplier management skills. The role demands collaboration with various departments to maintain inventory levels and fulfill purchasing requirements efficiently.

Key Responsibilities:

• Negotiate terms of contract.
• Maintain relationships with existing suppliers and source new suppliers.
• Understand the basic rules of vendor management, allocation, and price negotiation.
• Liaise with other departments within the organisation to ensure projects are completed.
• Planning, monitoring, and maintaining suitable inventory levels.
• Raising, placing, and tracking Purchase Orders.
• Ensuring products are purchased at the right time, to specification and at best possible price.

Key Skills:

• Previous experience as a Buyer within a food manufacturing company.
• A strong academic background, with a qualification in a related discipline.
• Advanced excel skills and good knowledge of all other Microsoft products.
• Working knowledge of ERP Systems.
• High attention to detail.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.
• Numerical and analytical skills.

Salary (Rate): 42k

City: Cuxton

Country: UK

Working Arrangements: undetermined

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: Other