One of our clients are looking for a Fish & Seafood Buyer to join their expanding team.
Overall Purpose of the Role
– As the buyer for Fish & Seafood, you will support and develop the end-to-end procurement process for this category
– You will be responsible for planning, negotiating and executing contract renewals as well as managing supplier relationships
– Commercially you will be expected to support our overarching company strategy to drive volume growth, negotiate sustainable terms & provide value and benefit to our company Clients and GPO’s
– You will be key to supporting our CSR commitments, following our sourcing standards during the procurement process
– You will engage with our culinary teams and development chefs to support their client’s food strategies by providing products to meet their requirements
Key Responsibilities
– You will support the Proteins Category Manager to develop and execute a long-term category strategy to deliver sustainable improvements in terms of cost, quality, service and innovation, in collaboration with the company procurement team & other relevant business stakeholders
– Identifying potential suppliers, visiting, and meeting existing suppliers, building, and maintaining relationships
– You will understand key cost drivers, industry trends and standard methodologies to design/implement the category strategy for the fish & seafood category
– Develop and maintain long-term pricing mechanisms across the fish & seafood supply base to drive sustainable competitive advantage.
– You will support our supply chain team to ensure on -time direct supply and supply via distributor aligned to SLA’s.
– Ensure your product range is compliant with food safety regulations & CSR requirements, ensuring high quality standards always.
– You will be accountable for your category spend.
– Evaluating bids with the companies sourcing team and making recommendations based on commercial, technical, supply and quality requirements, using your category expertise and knowledge.
– You will communicate industry trends across the business.
– Regularly review supplier performance to support category growth.
– Manage category related queries from internal and external stakeholders.
– Support our sales and bid teams with content
Candidate Profile
– Results Oriented – comfortable delivering against bold and stretching targets.
– Some experience in procurement/sourcing.
– Has the technical skill combined with enough gravitas to become recognised as a subject matter expert.
– Competent with procurement systems, ideally having used these in current/previous employment.
– Demonstrated ability to develop credible business relationships.
Ideal skills and experience required
– Strong decision maker, with good commercial acumen who is comfortable working under pressure
– Effective interpersonal skills – excellent negotiator and strong communication and influencing skills.
– Ability to influence – not afraid to challenge across all levels of seniority.
– Strong communication skills – able to communicate concisely and steer conversation towards decisions needed.
– Strong analytical skills with advanced knowledge of Excel.
– Proven ability to reduce costs against tough market conditions.
– Problem solving – ability to work independently to solve challenging problems.
– Confident presenter.
– Evidence of an ability to work cross-functionally.
– Ambitious high performer with enthusiasm, energy, passion and resilience.
-High sensitivity to deadlines and providing information in a timely manner
For more information email nick on nick@greatjobsuk.com
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