Senior Buyer - London, United Kingdom - Seven

Seven
Seven
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London, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Description

Our client:

  • Leading restaurant group operating multiple successful brands
  • Fantastic culture focused on teamwork and collaborative working that offers flexible working
  • Clear strategy focused on sales and profit growth. Customers are at the centre of decision making
  • This Senior Buying role is ideal for forward thinking individual, who has a passion for food and enjoys negotiation

The role:

  • The successful Senior Buyer Food will manage multiple food categories and will have responsibility for sourcing and negotiating a range that meets the strategic plan and delivers targeted cost savings and profit targets
  • The Senior Buyer Food will create the strategic vision, develop and implement buying/sourcing strategies engaging all key stakeholders both internal and external
  • As Senior Buyer Food you will segment the supply base performance manages the supply base using a combination of facetoface meetings, factory visits, telephone conversations
  • As a Senior Buyer Food, you will work with the Brand team and Development Chefs challenging where required on; commercial proposition, specification, price, volumes, logistics, packaging, size options etc
  • You will currently be working as a food buyer wither within food retail, multiple restaurants, food wholesale within the UK
  • It is essential that you can demonstrate a passion for buying and a flair for commerciality along with fantastic negotiation skills
  • Working collaborative as part of a team you must have excellent relationship building skills you will be able to communicate and influence with stakeholders.
  • As Senior Buyer Food you must have good insight and data analysis skills and be able to action opportunities to drive profit
  • You will have excellent planning and organization skills and will be able to work independently on your own initiative, a selfstarter with cando attitude

Benefits & details:

  • Salary up to £55k plus bonus benefits
  • Fantastic culture with genuine focus on personal development
  • Role is split between the office in central London (3 days) and home (2 days)
Please send your CV using the form on this page, quoting reference 1/16580/7 Confidentiality assured.

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