Artisan Food - Bury St. Edmunds, United Kingdom - Twisted Vanilla Ltd T/A Appetite Me

Twisted Vanilla Ltd T/A Appetite Me

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Bury St. Edmunds, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Appetite Me is a well-established business, run by a team of dedicated professionals.

We specialise in working with farms, country estates and garden centres, helping them to explore the concepts and possibilities of diversification from traditional farming into high-end retail operations.

Setting up Farm shops & Restaurants.

Our buying team play a vital role in our overall business success, so we are always on the lookout for passionate individuals to join us to help us on our hunt for the best artisan foods and drinks the UK has to offer.

We are now looking for an additional Retail Food & Drink Buyer to come join our team.

Ideally educated in supply chain, procurement, or related business discipline.

You will have good working knowledge of purchasing, category, and stock management together with excellent food industry market knowledge and negotiation/relationship management skills.

You will be a strong negotiator and have previous food buying experience

Applicants should have the following skills and attributes:

Highly developed negotiation skills
Food Buying experience
Excellent supplier management skills
Strong commercial acumen accountability for achieving and excelling company targets
Strategic ability responsible for setting budgets, achieving margins, category profitability etc
Highly selfmotivated individual
Identifying new product development opportunities
Competitor Analysis
Continually sourcing new suppliers
Range management and category planning
Category marketing / promotional planning
Working cross functionally with other key business areas e.g., supply chain and technical
Excellent relationship building skills
Effective coaching and manmanagement
Excellent negotiation and communication skills
Ability to target and deliver significant cost savings
Outstanding leadership skills
Strong organisation skills and ability to work under pressure
Purchasing experience is essential
Be able to travel off site to visit clients and Trade shows
Be able to stay away overnight on occasion
Part time 30 hours per week 4 days 8:30 am 16:00 pm

due to the location of the offices, you must have your own transport

Job Types:
Part-time, Permanent

Part-time hours: 30 per week

Salary:
£12.00 per hour

Benefits: