Buyer / Procurement Leader - Employment,career opportunity in UK

Job Title:  Buyer / Procurement Leader
Job Type    Permanent
Location    Nottingham
Start Date    ASAP
Salary    £25k - £35k pa
Ref No    103889-MCBRP7_182929


Buyer/Procurement Leader - Packaging
£25-35k band

Our client is one of the UK's largest and fastest-growing FMCG companies serving virtually all the major UK supermarket retailers.

Role profile Buyer/Procurement Leader - Packaging

A strategic role working within a growing and fast paced procurement team, you will deliver the purchasing strategy, as well as control, manage and lead the strategic category spend for packaging across numerous sites, multi-million spend

- You will formulate contractual relationships for sourcing Group requirements, to ensure that we balance satisfying our internal and external customer needs, as well as delivering against our key procurement KPI's, namely spend targets, working capital, service levels and waste.

You will contribute to the development of improved internal systems and processes across the Group, constantly challenging the status quo to find improvement initiatives which will be adopted as best practice.

Requirements of this Buyer/Purchasing Leader - Packaging

Of Graduate calibre and ideally with FMCG/Manufacturing or FMCG experience, the successful candidate will have extensive experience operating at Buyer level. CIPS is preferred but not essential. Having demonstrated your ability as a top performing procurement professional, you will naturally want to build on this experience and make a strategic impact within a large multi-site food business.
Person Specification
- A Good communicator at all levels, you will be able to influence and have the self-confidence to challenge and drive performance
- A strong team player who is able to build relationships with stakeholders across a multi-site operation
- A strong negotiator and lateral thinker; you will be relentless in your approach to deliver best practice and drive results
- YOU WILL ENSURE THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF QUALITY & SERVICE TO OUR CUSTOMERS
- Well Organised, you will thrive under pressure
START DATE ASAP
This is a genuine, exciting opportunity to make an immediate IMPACT in a company driving towards a Global Platform.

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