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Interim Buyer

3 weeks ago


BurtononTrent, United Kingdom Owen Daniels Consultancy Full time

**Buyer**
**Food Production**
**3 month contract**
**Immediate start (Umbrella/PAYE)**
**Staffordshire,Burton upon Trent, Swadlincote**
**Permanent position**
Our client is a leader in the food production industry and are seeking an experienced Buyer to join them on an interim, contract basis
**Buyer**

**Responsibilities**:

- Negotiation with blue chip companies within the industry
- Proficiency in all areas of Microsoft Office, including Access, Excel, Word and PowerPoint
- Written, verbal and presentation skills
- Understanding the need for stakeholder management
- Strong administrator skills
- Ability to maintain, monitor and establish supplier supply contracts.
- Internal and external Stakeholder management
- Food Knowledge
- Market Knowledge
- Seasonality of markets and their impact to Purchasing/demands
- Ability to understand Strategic Purchasing strategy, engage and execute alignment
- Good team player
- Deadline & target driven
- Ability to work under pressure
- Understand group T&Cs with ability to implement and negotiate

**Buyer**
**Experience required**:

- Managing large spends across multiple Procurement categories,
- Experience of managing stakeholder relationships
- Understand risk management of the procurement category and where risk can be managed accordingly without anything being detrimental to the business or customer.
- Show evidence of delivering savings from categories or minimising losses when the markets are showing volatility/inflation
- Implementing commercials relationships concerning new lines, become conscious of sensible commercial attributes for the business, while still realising ability to maintain commercial advantage.