Are you an experienced food procurement professional?
I’m on the hunt for a skilled Protein Buyer to join our dynamic purchasing team. Experience within chilled food manufacturing or fresh meat supply is preferred but not essential. The Protein Buyer will be responsible for purchasing predominantly poultry but other protein categories may be incorporated.
Key Accountabilities
1. Implement the company buying strategy for their categories.
2. Directly agree prices, volumes, and specifications with suppliers for raw materials.
3. Manage supplier performance and ensure they are hitting requisite service levels and targeted KPIs.
4. Present market data to the wider business and customers.
5. Play an integral role in the preparation of customer tenders, providing forward pricing indications for raw materials within the set deadlines.
6. Identify risks within the supply chain and make recommendations.
7. Maintain personal and professional development to meet the changing demands of the job and participate in appropriate learning and development activities.
Freedom to Make Decisions
The role will have autonomy in daily decision-making and will draw on their commercial expertise to make judgments and identify opportunities while operating within established protocols.
Leadership Capabilities
1. Develop a good understanding of the breadth of customers supplied and differing requirements.
2. Share knowledge directly as appropriate.
3. Consider options/alternatives outside of the norm.
4. Foster deep relationships with current and potential suppliers.
5. Show proactive interest in the work of others and how it relates to own area.
6. Share best practices and resources and offer support and feedback to ensure shared goals are achieved.
7. Demonstrate sensitivity to cultural differences and develop strong networks inside and outside the organization.
Managing Self
Understand the impact of own strengths and limitations on own performance and proactively plan ways to address own development gaps using a variety of resources.
Plan how to make required changes happen and support others through uncertainty and ambiguity, recognizing and responding to different needs.
Bounce back from setbacks and difficult situations and look for different ways to do things.
Focus on Results
Consider end-to-end cost requirements and manage stock holding in conjunction with planning & supply chain team.
Key Experience, Knowledge, and Skills
1. 5 years buying experience within a food purchasing role, ideally poultry.
2. Experience within chilled food manufacturing/fresh meat supply is preferred.
3. Educated to degree level/CIP qualified preferred but not essential with relevant experience.
4. Detailed understanding of product and material costings.
5. Effective presentation skills, both written and spoken to internal and external contacts.
6. Accuracy on own research and presented findings.
7. Good general purchasing practices on goods and services.
8. The ability to work on own initiative with a flexible & open approach is essential as the product range within this remit is diverse.
9. Ability to problem solve in a proactive nature to identify and resolve supply issues.
10. Holding a full driving license is essential, and a flexible approach to travel in the UK and occasionally abroad is required.
11. A track record of successful project management.
This role will be well suited to you if you have previously had a role within procurement or purchasing as a Procurement Manager, Purchasing Manager, Procurement Lead, Procurement Team Leader, Lead Buyer, or Purchasing Team Leader.
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