Category Buyer

3 weeks ago


London, United Kingdom Vertical Advantage Full time

An amazing opportunity has arisen for a Procurement Buyer within Indirect (Marketing) experience to join one of the fastest-growing food businesses/procurement teams within the FMCG industry right now


The Business:

This is a company you want to get involved with because you’ll be joining a business that is going through an excellent growth period. In fact, they had their highest growth spurt over the last two years.


Not only will you work with brands you will know and love, but you’ll be part of a dynamic and tight-knit team within procurement. You and the team will be focusing on purchasing and sourcing packaging across the globe


The Role:


As the Procurement Buyer, you’ll be working for the global arm of the business with a focus on working with global partners. You will be working across many different indirect categoires but with a key focus on their marketing.


Also, you’ll be responsible for creating strategic sourcing methods, negotiating prices with new suppliers, ensuring costs are managed and achieving budgets for the globally recognised brand.

They are looking for people with the drive and enthusiasm to take their procurement team to the next level.


You:

  • 4 years experience in indirect procurement - marketing would be ideal
  • Strong analytical experience and process improvement
  • Previous experience within creating and implementing sourcing strategy
  • Very strong negotiator/stakeholder manager (tenders and contracts)
  • CIPs qualified or equivalent experience


Salary up to £55,000 + bonus / benefits

Based in London

Hybrid: 2 days a week in the office


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