Protein Buyer

**Role Title: Protein Buyer**

**Salary: Competitive**

**Location: Derby**

Are you ready to take on a pivotal role in the world of procurement? If you have a passion for sourcing top-quality products, demonstrating the ability to deliver the highest performance standards for yourself and your team, and a proven record of developing and establishing a wide network of suppliers, we have a unique opportunity for you. Join Fairfax Meadow as a **Protein Buyer **and be at the forefront of providing our customers with exceptional products while driving growth in our business.

**As a Protein Buyer some of the responsibilities will be to**:

- Implementing the company's purchasing strategy for your categories, selecting the right suppliers to optimise Fairfax Meadow's customer offerings, and adapting to changing business needs
- Collaborating with Supply Chain to oversee supplier performance, ensuring they meet service levels and KPI targets. Taking action as needed to address underperformance while recognizing excellent supplier performance
- Being the market expert on the categories you have responsibility for and demonstrating an in-depth knowledge of this
- Creating effective, collaborative relationships with internal stakeholders and work closely with them in order to understand the business buying requirements
- Presenting market data to the wider business, and where necessary customers, in a clear, concise and professional manner

**To succeed as a Protein Buyer, we ask that you have the following experience/expertise**:

- Previous experiences within a food purchasing role, (chilled food manufacturing/fresh meat supply preferred)
- Educated to degree level/CIP qualified (preferred but not essential with relevant experience)
- Strong negotiation skills
- Detailed understanding of product and material costings
- Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office
- Effective presentation skills, both written and spoken to internal and external contacts
- Full UK driving licence (essential)

**What you get in return**:
On top of working for a fantastic organisation with a family feel you will receive a great package with competitive holiday allowance, life assurance, opportunities for development and internal promotion, access to a staff shop with discounted prices on a wide range of meat products, employee store discounts, free tea/coffee, share save scheme, regular company events, generous Christmas hamper and employee rewards, including periodic complimentary snacks and treats

**About us**:
At Fairfax Meadow, we're committed to excellence in every aspect of our business. As a leading name in the industry, we take pride in delivering the finest products to our customers, if you want to find out more, please follow the link below.

Fairfax Meadow-Home Page

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

**Benefits**:

- Employee discount
- Life insurance

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person