About The Role
Join the Samworth Brothers Team and become part of our dynamic family!
At Samworth Brothers, we genuinely care about our colleagues and strive to create an engaging environment that values your unique contributions. We are committed to your success and offer a range of exceptional benefits that we believe supports your life and personal aspirations:
* Enhanced pension scheme
* Private health scheme
* Employee discount scheme
* Experience annual pay reviews
* Profit related pay
* Unlock your potential through training and growth opportunities
The Opportunity
In this role, you will play a key role in sourcing safe, commercially competitive, and great-tasting food ingredients and products to meet the business innovation goals. This position will work closely with the product development team, suppliers, cross-functional site teams, Group Procurement, and Group Technical to ensure the seamless introduction of new materials that align with both market trends and procurement strategies.
Key Responsibilities:
* The NPD Buyer will coordinate with Group Procurement to support effective management of supplier relationships, ensuring materials are safe and meet cost, quality, and sustainability standards.
* Supplying the product information to the business unit for all new materials, ensuring accuracy of data with all new raw material input costs. Updating the necessary business systems with the product information and excellent project and sample management is key to this role.
* Supporting the business to drive future innovation while ensuring that the business continues to rationalise their product range wherever possible. Contributing ideas and information, challenging the status quo where appropriate.
* Awareness of ingredient cost drivers and their application when sourcing materials.
* Raising sample and factory trial orders on the business system as per business requirements.
The Ideal Candidate
We believe that success is built upon collaboration and diverse perspectives. At Samworth Brothers, we welcome candidates who are passionate about working together to achieve greatness. As a valued member of our team, you will bring the following skills and experience:
* Experience within a buying/NPD related role in Food Manufacturing
* Experience in negotiation and managing supplier relationships
* Use of project management tools to track progress and ensure deadlines are met
* Experience in a procurement team environment
* Full driving license
We also want you to thrive in an engaging and inclusive work culture where you will have the opportunity to take on personal accountability and take pride in your work. We encourage positive communication, and the building of strong collaborative relationships is essential to every role.
Join us at Samworth Brothers, where you'll be more than just a team member – you'll be an integral part of our thriving family. Apply today and embark on an exciting journey with us!
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