Procurement Buyer

An exciting new opportunity has arisen for a Procurement Buyer to join our European Procurement Teams at Baxters Food Group, a caring family business, a generationally adored food brand that's evolved from a single store to a global enterprise.

**Main accountabilities include**:

- Rules, Regulations & Procedures - Implement policies and procedures to conform to group practices. Develop if necessary, and implement safe working practices, equipment, and work environments in alignment with all appropriate regulations and best practices.
- Continuous Improvement - Develop use of continuous improvement techniques globally to achieve operational excellence, efficiency, and differentiation from competitors. Maintain keen awareness of market needs, opportunities, and economic conditions. Drive customer and internal operational centred improvements. Ensure group consistency through best practice and communication.
- Cultural Change - Promote positive cultural change around all sites, actively encouraging team approach, greater accountability throughout employee base and spirit of open, honest, and effective communication.
- Best Practice - Work with the procurement team and wider business on plans to deliver best practice procedure and approach; procure to pay process, supplier negotiations and horizon scanning reporting.
- Strategic Planning - Deliver against a clear procurement strategy to support continuous improvement and provision of an efficient service to internal customers.
- Company Ambassador - Represent Baxters Food Group where required, presenting a professional and positive image of the business and actively.

**Key Characteristics**

We seek a Buyer with a minimum 6+ years professional working, 3+ in procurement environment. Experience in procurement of direct spend categories and commercial knowledge / basic contract law is a must and experience in a food industry is an advantage (e.g. vegetables, oils, packaging).

Have completed bachelor’s degree in business, finance, or a related field with a deep understanding of sourcing and business processes and experience of contract negotiations is required.

Excellent communication skills, both written and oral - confident and effective communicator at all levels, whether informal discussion or formal presentations and a passion for continuous improvement - can confidently & independently lead an agenda & drive it forward. Advanced English, Polish is a plus.

**Benefits**:

- Company events
- Company pension
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Life insurance
- Private dental insurance
- Private medical insurance

Schedule:

- Day shift
- No weekends

Application question(s):

- Are you able to commute or are willing to relocate to the job location?
- Have you ever been convicted of a criminal offence?

Work authorisation:

- United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 10/05/2024