Buying Specialist

6 months ago


London, United Kingdom Just Eat Takeaway.com Full time

**Global Buying Specialist**

**Hungry for a challenge?**:
Our mission? To empower every food moment around the world, whether it’s through customer service, coding or couriers.

**About this role**:
The Buying specialist plays a vital part in helping our business achieve success and helping to ensure that we meet our critical metrics. You’ll be leading a multi product category across a global business, never a dull day in the life of a buyer You will be a key ingredient to our success ensuring that all markets have the right product in the right place at the right time

**These are some of the key ingredients to the role**:

- Managing the end to end sourcing process from a design on paper to delivery into a warehouse.
- Managing sourcing cycles & engaging stakeholders.
- Critical path management, short and long term planning.
- Make commercial decisions for new buys, rebuys or modified rebuys.
- Innovating, designing and developing the product ranges.
- Working closely with logistics and merchandising.
- Managing product testing and compliance.
- Managing suppliers contractual agreements and negotiations.
- Purchase goods, materials, components or services in line with JET’s policies.
- Work closely with the procurement function and review opportunities for continuous improvement and business improvements.
- Adhere to any health, safety and environmental policies.
- Contribute to JET’s Global CSR policy and ensure sustainability is managed.
- Manage cost models, pricing indexes and best suited incoterms.

**What will you bring to the table?**
- 2+ years of independent buying & category management experience
- Experienced in sourcing and designing own brand products with suppliers.
- Experienced in working with factories and the far east.
- Experience analysing data with great attention to detail.
- Able to communicate, present and influence credibly and effectively at all levels of the organisation.
- Strong knowledge of supply chain, contractual agreements & incoterms.
- Previous experience working in retail buying is a plus.
- CIPS preferred - though not crucial.
- Degree preferred - though not crucial.
- Able to work independently and drive the category forward.
- A self-starter with a proactive, well-organised approach to your work.

**At JET, this is on the menu**:
Our teams forge connections internally and work with some of the best-known brands on the planet, giving us truly international impact in a dynamic environment.

Fun, fast-paced and supportive, the JET culture is about movement, growth and about celebrating every aspect of our JETers. Thanks to them we stay one step ahead of the competition.

**Inclusion, Diversity & Belonging**

**What else is cooking?**:
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