Category Buyer

4 months ago

Worksop, United Kingdom Butternut Box Full time

**A bit about the role.**

Butternut Box is looking for an experienced Category Buyer to co-manage our spend across multiple categories, including but not limited to 3rd party products, packaging, raw and dry materials such as protein, or New Product Development. In this role, you will be responsible for a varied supply base, purchasing various goods a being a true generalist in our procurement team and this may lead to managing alternative & additional spend categories as the business continues to scale

This is an extremely dynamic role flexing across our operations and across our 5 international regions (which continues to grow each year). This person will work closely with the teams in Production, Product Development, Technical, Fulfillment, Brand, Supply Chain and international teams, giving the unique opportunity to have a full view of our total supply chain.

You are a great communicator, entrepreneurial and a self-starter who works proactively, and is excited about the opportunity to work in a rapidly scaling business We are looking for someone to come in and hit the ground running, bringing fresh ideas and enthusiasm to the current Procurement & New Product Development teams.

International travel & over night stay will be required on an ad hoc basis to our suppliers, trade shows and our 'box office' in London. The role is hybrid working with weekly presence at our production site in Blyth (_S81 8HG)_

**_ Key responsibilities:_**

Goals & KPI's
- Support building the long-term Products strategy cross-functionally to deliver value & quality & minimise risk
- Working with the Operations team and the supply base to identify and deliver continuous efficiency and/or cost improvement opportunities
- Challenge and manage suppliers to deliver the required standards and measure their performance against agreed objectives, putting in place corrective actions where necessary.
- Accountable for forecasting, reporting & delivering your categories budget
- Manage complex supplier relationships and own regular commercial meetings, to ensure engagement, alignment and clear communication.
- New Product Launches_
- Use reporting tools and communicate regularly on the progress of projects
- Manage our continuously growing supplier base, ensuring we are building a network of strategic partner suppliers
- Undertaking the full supplier sourcing & onboarding process through to contract award, including pre-qualification, evaluation of 'best value', co-ordination of both commercial and qualitative assessments, credit checks, negotiation of terms and conditions
- Demonstrate excellent project management skills by delivering launches on programme and in budget

**A bit about you**:

- Experienced working in procurement within the food industry (food manufacturing would be even better)
- Comfortable being a true generalist and covering multiple categories
- This person is ideally CIPS qualified and works well under pressure with the flexibility to adapt to changing business requirements and priorities.
- Exceptional stakeholder management & alignment abilities
- Organised with a very keen eye for detail and the ability to work under pressure
- Flexible with a strong ability to adapt to changing priorities and needs of the business
- Commercial awareness; you should be comfortable in leading Supplier negations and able to take a holistic view of the impact of your role in the business
- Ability to travel Internationally including overnight stays
- Passion for e-commerce and dogs

**A bit about us.**

At Butternut, we put the food back into dog food. We believe dogs deserve to eat the healthiest, most natural and tastiest food with none of the nasties. That's why we make freshly prepared dog food. Cooked like you would at home. Delivered in perfect portions.

We want to change the pet food industry for the better helping dogs live healthier, happier and longer lives whilst leaving humans smiling after every interaction.

We have come a long way since our co-founders (Kevin & David) hand-delivered the first Butternut Box. We are on a mission to feed even more pets in the UK and our operations team and creating a robust and scalable supply chain have a vital part to play in this. That's where you come in.

**What we can offer.**
- 25 days holiday per year (pro-rated) plus bank holidays and an additional day for every year of service + 5 paid 'paws' days per year to support to learning and/or wellbeing
- £500 annual learning & development budget
- Flexible working arrangements (guideline is 3 days office vs 2 days home working)
- Contribution to Private Medical Insurance with Vitality Health Care
- Monthly Pizza days
- Optional Sabbatical after 5 years of employment
- Employee discount on Butternut Box for your dog
- Lots of office dogs

** A few things to note **:

- We aim to respond to all applicants personally. Our recruitment team is small so do bear with us.
- Butternut Box is an equal opportunity employer and we va

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