Packaging Buyer

2 weeks ago

Liverpool, United Kingdom PRINCES Full time

Princes Liverpool are looking for a Permanent Packaging Buyer to join the team. This is an opportunity to work for one of the UK's leading FMCG businesses We offer Hybrid working - Mondays and one additional day in the office which is situated in the prestigious Royal Liver Building Liverpool and then x3 days per week working from home.

**Job Purpose**
- 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.

**Working Hours**
This is a Monday - Friday position 08.45 - 17.00 with a Monday at head office and additional day in the office. You will then be able to work x3 days per week from home.

**Benefits**
- Competitive Salary
- Cash car allowance
- 14.5% Pension consisting of a 9.5% Employer contribution (Opt-In)
- 12.5% Corporate Incentive Scheme/Bonus
- 26 days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays
- Hybrid Working & Core Hours
- Flexible holidays the option to buy/sell up to 5 days holiday per year
- Critical Illness Scheme
- Life Insurance Policy
- Private Medical Insurance (Single, Partner and Family cover)
- Employee Assistance Plan - Free emotional, financial and legal support

**Dimensions**
- External contacts - Suppliers & Customers.
- Internal contacts - Commercial, Sales, Finance, Corporate Relations, Operations, Planning, Technical, Innovation and Project Management.
- Travel will be required in this role.

**Principal Accountabilities**
- 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.
- Manage contracts professionally and accurately.
- Ensuring conformance of department to relevant ISO standards.
- Responsibility for the maintenance of SAP and accurate, up to date buying file data and supply of data to the finance team.
- Maintenance and review of standard materials costs.
- Seek and recommend opportunities to drive improvements in security of supply or to generate cost savings/cost avoidance.
- Participation in cross-functional project teams to support driving maximum commercial benefit.
- Build effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
- To ensure Group Technical, 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.

**Required Qualifications/ Knowledge/ Experience**
- Previous procurement experience - Essential
- Thorough understanding of procurement processes and frameworks - Essential
- Strong knowledge of packaging, ideally gained within FMCG / the food industry - Essential
- Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office - Essential
- SAP analytics and reporting - Desired
- Degree level qualification, ideally business related - Desired
- SAP knowledge and experience - Desired
- CIPS foundation level purchasing and supply - Desired

**Personal Skills/ Competencies**
- Planning and Organisation - Developed
- Business Awareness - Developed
- Teamworking skills - Competent
- Ability to influence people - Competent
- Excellent communication skills - Developed
- Creativity and innovation - Competent
- Working with people - Developed
- Proactive and pragmatic approach to solving problems - Developed

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Benefits**:

- Additional leave
- Company pension
- Flexitime
- Life insurance
- Private medical insurance
- Referral programme
- Work from home

Schedule:

- Flexitime
- Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

- Bonus scheme

Work Location: Hybrid remote in LIVERPOOL

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