Type: Permanent
Benefits: Benefits package
Job Ref: PL23615
Posted: 29/01/2025 Apply Now
Job Description
Wise Employment is currently recruiting for an experienced Buyer (Food) for an expanding, exciting, and well-established company based in the Plymouth area. You will need to have buying experience within a background of food-related products.
(Very competitive Salary DOE and benefits package). This role will be working Monday to Friday 8.45am to 5.30pm and offers 21 days’ annual leave (plus bank holidays), long service awards, cycle to work scheme, and an employee discount scheme.
As a Food Buyer, you will be responsible for sourcing new products and categories, developing relationships with suppliers, and negotiating competitive prices, along with overall pushing your category forward.
What your day will look like as a Food Buyer:
You will be primarily responsible for maximising sales, margin, and profitability within a fast-moving and diverse category. Your days will vary, allowing you to have ultimate responsibility for the implementation and evaluation of the product strategy and ensuring that the business is meeting customer needs. Using your creative mind and forward way of thinking, you will need to monitor and review competitor information; therefore, you will need to come up with new ideas to ensure your product offering stays relevant in a changing market. By working with your team, you need to play a lead role within reviews, supplier negotiations, promotions, and pricing.
This is an exciting opportunity as an experienced Food Buyer to add and deliver your input into your cross-functional team to deliver great product availability and quality.
Experience Required for the Food Buyer role:
1. You will need to have buyer experience and it is essential to have experience within the food-related industry.
2. You will have proven relationship-building experience of influencing both internal and external stakeholders.
3. You will need excellent organisational skills with strong market and commercial awareness.
4. You will need to have an excellent ability to communicate with various suppliers and employees, making you an excellent team player in a fast-paced environment.
5. Have an ability to build relationships and influence both internal and external stakeholders.
If you are keen on progressing your career with a long-standing and reputable company, earning a competitive salary, please apply for this job board or contact Wise Employment Plymouth.
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