Procurement Buyer

3 months ago


St Albans, United Kingdom Burtons Biscuits Full time

**Who are we ?**

We are FBC, Fox's Burton's Companies-And we bake the UK's most incredible biscuits (we might be slightly biased, but we will leave that for you to judge).

FBC was a match made in heaven, with two of the top UK biscuits manufacturers (Burton's Biscuits and Fox's Biscuits) coming together to create one unique, integrated company.

We are home to famous iconic brands, including Maryland, Fox's, Jammie Dodger & Rocky, to name just a few. We bake our incredible biscuits at eight bakeries across the UK, located at Ilse of Arran, Livingston, Blackpool, Llantarnam, Edinburgh, Kirkham, Batley & Dorset. We also have offices for our supporting services in St Albans, Liverpool and Moreton. Together, we employ circa 4,000 amazing employees across all our locations.

We are currently the second biscuit manufacturer in the UK market with a strong ambition of becoming the number two biscuit manufacturer worldwide.

We are proud to be part of the Ferrero enlarged family: such a fantastic and successful business. The Ferrero Group operates in more than 50 countries, with products sold in over 170 countries, represented by almost 38.000 employees worldwide, and a consolidated turnover of €12.7 billion (2020-21).

Along with our fantastic brand portfolio, we also have long-term agreements to manufacture several sweet & savoury snacks across Mars, Cathedral City, Marmite, Jacobs, and LU branded products. In addition, we are proud to be a strategic partner for many retailer-branded products.

Our employees make our business special. With strong family values, we believe FBC is a more prosperous and fun place to work with when people feel free to be themselves. We believe in the power of being authentic, entrepreneurial and supporting each whilst meeting our business goals.

And don't forgetwork hard but play harder

**What does your typical day look like?**

Manage Procurement of packaging materials for FBC UK. Work with the businesses to implement improvement opportunities

Other key actions will be but not limited to:

- Category management and strategic sourcing of materials
- Ensure suppliers meet and exceed requirements
- Drive supplier performance improvement.
- Maximise value and ensure cost competitiveness
- Lead and support major change projects including cost reduction, innovation, and sustainability.
- Manage tenders and negotiate commercial agreements
- Ensure legal agreements are in place with all suppliers
- Financial management. Budget setting and reporting of buying variance.
- Work closely with suppliers to ensure packaging materials are delivered on time and in full
- Support supplier performance reporting as required
- Maintain appropriate records on internal business systems including SAP (contracts & PO management)
- Ad hoc projects as required

**What are the key ingredients needed for the role?**
- Minimum 3 years experience Procurement Experience within an FMCG business. Previous Packaging experience preferred
- Strong supplier management skills
- Confidence in dealing with challenging situations
- Internal and external stakeholder management
- Tenacity
- Strong excel analytical skills
- Strong communication skills (verbal and written)
- Proven Negotiation skills
- Analytical and numerate - attention to detail
- Excellent organisation skills
- Competent working with SAP, Excel and Word
- Team player, proactive and results focused



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