Food Buyer

You must be a determined negotiator, organised and confident enough to tackle the everyday challenges of business. This is an amazing opportunity so we want enthusiastic, self-motivated and self-driven individuals to join our great team and bring some fresh and organic ideas/perspectives to the team.

This role is for a natural negotiator, who loves a challenge, and 100% committed to putting the time and effort into their development and progression. In turn, they will receive coaching and mentoring from some highly skilled and knowledgeable buyers, receive varied training such as: stock replenishment, negotiating supplier discounts, category management, covering different categories from dry good, ambient goods, and drinks.

Duties: (INDPERM)

• Develop an exciting and credible range
• Work effectively to drive department sales and profit; focusing on meeting customer needs, whilst planning and developing for the future
• Build and maintain key relationships with the supply base in order to achieve maximum flexibility and reliability
• Demonstrate a pro-active approach to product quality e.g., identifying and resolving issues early on

Skills:

1. Outstanding commercial awareness
2. NPD Exposure
3. High attention to detail
4. Excellent interpersonal & communication skills with the ability to deal with people at all levels
5. Good time management, prioritisation, negotiation & organisational skills
6. Strong presentation skills
7. The ability to perform under pressure
8. Educated to degree level or equivalent relevant qualification/experience (CIPS)
9. Advanced Excel skills
10. Food, Drinks or FMCG experience is essential
11. Experience in world foods would be ideal BUT NOT essential