Farus Butt

A hardworking individual seeking an opportunity in procurement. Proactive and flexible under pressure to achieve tasks accurately within deadlines. Learns quickly to build skills and competencies, aiding team growth. Knowledgeable in consumer and market trends to remain ahead of competitor activity. Takes direction well to achieve tasks within quality and time constraints. Accomplished Buyer skilled in product selection and procurement according to demand. Proven ability to manage suppliers and maintain good working relationships with various businesses. Managing all daily purchasing operations, evaluating suppliers, and negotiating prices. Build positive supplier relationships to achieve commercial benefit. Collaborates well with wider teams for productive purchasing and order fulfilment operations. Highly trained in supply chain management. Proficient in managing purchasing needs in high-volume FMCG operations. Currently studying CIPS, to further skills and qualifications to go alongside experience. Looking for a role in procurement in a business that offers genuine room for progression and personal development.

• Management of purchase goods for resale to optimize inventory whilst ensuring customer availability and continuity of supply. 
• Collaborating with our supply partners to ensure VE customer proposition delivers quality, service, and price. 
• Build strong and trusting relationships with VE supply base. 
• Applying logic and commercial judgement in purchase order placement to balance inventory and product availability. 
• Using commercial acumen to negotiate competitive, and sustainable buying value across the product range. 
• Ensuring that stock items purchased are of required quality and that the quality is consistent. 
• In addition, will ensure that items are responsibly sourced and in line with the business’ sustainability ethos. 
• Working closely with key category colleagues/stakeholders to establish a product range that delivers the company values of ‘best in class’ ingredients and innovation. 
• Bringing an innovative approach to product and supplier management that maintains VE customer proposition. 
• Collaboration with Stock Controller to maintain inventory integrity. 
• Driving forward own-brand conversion project with Category team. 
• Management of ad-hoc or strategic projects. 
• Complied with company guidelines, purchasing policies and procedures during supplier negotiations and contract award process. 
• Instigated and conducted supplier meetings to support operational objectives. 
• Compiled detailed reports and made recommendations for cost reduction strategies. 
• Negotiated contracts and improved prices and terms with suppliers to make business savings.
• Followed market trends, competitor strategies and market suppliers for negotiating favorable contracts.
• Prepared and raised purchase orders for new merchandise before stock-out. 
• Collaborated with team to support and implement agreed sourcing strategies to meet business needs. 
• Conducted in-depth research for new merchandise and suppliers. 

Working in a fast-growing food service business providing vegetarian and vegan products to food service industry and Keeping control of circa £1m worth of stock. 

• I was responsible for the stock control of all the stock, managing all inbound deliveries and replenishments. 
• Forecasting the supply and demand to prevent running out of stock. 
• Submitting purchase orders to various suppliers globally to place orders to replenish and maintain adequate stock levels. 
• Managing & maintaining contract & price agreements with suppliers 
• Overseeing the storage of our products in warehouse, dealing with temperature-controlled products (Frozen & Chilled) 
• Co-ordinate and carry out regular stock checks & audits. 
• Liaise with the warehouse staff and ensure product quality & correct storage. 
• Trained warehouse staff to maintain stock inventory, manage stock rotations to balance inventory of perishable products and minimize wastage. 
• Scheduled delivery and logistical operations to minimize risk of delays. 
• Oversaw physical organization of storage facilities to maximize capacity while keeping areas neat and orderly. 
• Carefully managed stock locations, selecting best-possible variables and container types to meet storage needs. 

• Certificate of Higher Education, CIPS, 08/2022 
  • Current Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS) - Virtual 
  • 1st Exam - Distinction 
• BTEC Diploma Level 3, Business Studies 
  • West Herts College – Watford 
  • Distinction, Distinction, Merit 
• GCSEs 
  • Queens' School - Bushey, 
  • Math's - A • English - B • Business Studies - A • I.T - B • History - C • Biology - B • Chemistry - B • Physics - C • Physical Education - B • Statistics – B