Produce Buyer - Egham, United Kingdom - Quest Search and Selection

Quest Search and Selection

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Egham, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Ref:
JO | £ £38000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits | Location:Egham, Surrey, England | Added:30/07/23

Quest Search & Selection are partnering with this leading food buying & procurement organisation based in the UK. Their clients will include foodservice sites and hospitality partners who would purchase food, ingredients and everything in-between This business work closely with their clients to deliver expert procurement services saving them both time and money whilst offering a unique purchasing power.

This role as a buyer is to support the category manager with their development of the end-to-end buying process for their core Produce category team.

The responsibilities of this Buyer - Produce vacancy

To assist the Category Lead to proactively manage the supply base to drive buying efficiencies.
Ensures the safe and ethical sourcing of great products
Negotiating with suppliers & accounts to get the most commercial category. This category includes both fresh and prepackaged categories.
To work collaboratively with the Supply Chain team
Category supports across supplier agreements and terms
Benchmark pricing & insights and prepare for sourcing and tender activity.
Assisting the category and marketing team regarding any promotional launches and campaigns
To assist in driving the revenue and profit performance of their clients
To develop strong relationships both internal and external stakeholders.

The experience required
for this Buyer - Produce position

You must be a Graduate calibre with experience in a commercial environment
Has 2 years + experience with Buying, Supply Cain Purchasing or Procurement experience within a supermarket, convenience, foodservice, manufacturing or retail environment
That you have experience within a food, food service, Health & beauty or FMCG environment
You must be a good communicator that is confident to deal with internal & external stakeholders
Analytical in your approach and be able to happy to deal with trading reports
Intermediate to Advance Excel skillset

What is it for you if successful in this Buyer - Produce

This is a great opportunity to work for a £Billion industry with growth for the right calibre individual. In addition to the support, training, they offer
25 days holidays

- hybrid working - 2 days in the office.