Buyer (Packaging)
1 day ago
**Job Purpose**
The role of the Buyer (Packaging) is:
- To source packaging materials at the lowest total cost of ownership
- To support the development and implementation of packaging category sourcing strategies
- To ensure packaging materials are sourced responsibly in line with regulatory, ethical, technical, sustainability and customer requirements.
**Dimensions**
- External contacts - Suppliers & Customers
- Internal contacts - Commercial, Sales, Finance, Corporate Relations, Operations, Planning, Technical, Innovation and Project Management
**Principal Responsibilities**
- Facilitate the purchase of materials through requirements clarification, soliciting bids, evaluating quotations, negotiation of material prices, selection of suppliers, onboarding and qualification.
- Consider impact on working capital, for example supplier stockholding, lead times, factory utilisation, so as to optimise total cost.
- Determination and control of budget costs and monitoring/reporting on price variances. Subsequent communication of cost movements to the business to ensure control of margin.
- Play a key role in the development of packaging category sourcing strategies including value chain mapping, business requirements gathering, spend analysis, research, cost modelling, supporting the identification and delivery of opportunities that deliver value and mitigate risk.
- Contribute towards total cost of ownership models for packaging categories.
- Monitoring data on market movements and determination of consequences for the appropriate SBA, communication of corrective action requirements.
- Liaison with Technical and Production on approval of supply chain / materials expediently.
- Ensuring conformance of department to relevant ISO standards.
- Responsibility for the supply of data to the finance department and have the correct information to derive product costs. Maintenance and review of standard raw materials costs.
- To ensure Group Ethical and Sustainability guidelines are met at all times.
- Champion and support the creation, development and implementation of procurement processes to drive positive change and demonstrable benefit.
- Act as an ambassador for the department through positive behaviour, engagement and a desire to affect change.
- Provide support to the wider Packaging buying function as appropriate.
**Qualifications/ Knowledge/ Experience**
- Previous procurement experience
- Understanding of procurement processes and frameworks
- knowledge of packaging, ideally gained within FMCG / the food industry
- CIPS foundation level purchasing and supply (Desired)
**Salary**: £26,722.52-£69,342.71 per year
**Benefits**:
- Additional leave
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount
- Flexitime
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Private medical insurance
- Referral programme
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Supplemental pay types:
- Performance bonus
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