Food Buyer

4 weeks ago


United Kingdom COREcruitment Ltd Full time €55,000

Food Buyer – Leading Hospitality Group – London - £55K + Benefits

Role: Food Buyer

Location: Hybrid (London HQ)

Salary: £50-55K + Benefits

My client is a well-established leading hospitality group who have a fantastic reputation and an incredible portfolio of 250+ sites across the UK.

They are currently seeking a Food Buyer to join their team immediately. The successful Food Buyer, reporting into the Procurement Manager, will be responsible for the entire food category function; maintaining and nurturing relationships with existing suppliers while seeking opportunities with new suppliers to enhance the business position across all buying categories.

Responsibilities include:

  • Business cost saving initiatives: Support the Procurement Manager and/or independently challenging costs within the business to find cost savings and efficiencies across buying categories.
  • Ability to run competitive and gap analysis in all procurement exercises.
  • Manage and support day-to-day communications with our internal and external customers.
  • Critical path management – ensuring products are available in a timely manner for both product launches and day to day business.
  • Managing logistics of new product set-up with third party logistics partner or direct deliveries

The Ideal Food Buyer Candidate:

  • Have 3-5 years procurement experience within the hospitality/ food industry or food related sectors, ideally covering multiple categories.
  • Must have large scale multi-site procurement experience.
  • Experienced in fast paced procurement.
  • CIPS qualified is desirable.
  • Must have experience leading tender processes.
  • Experienced in developing category strategy and strategic sourcing.
  • Have a hands-on approach with strong negotiation and admin skills.
  • Good communication and organisation skills.

If you are interested in having a chat about this role, please forward updated CVs to Mikey at COREcruitment / Mikey@corecruitment.com

Role: Food Buyer

Location: Hybrid (London HQ)

Salary: £50-55K + Benefits

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