Temp - Buyer

Buyer (Temporary Contract)
£14 - £23 Per hour DOE
Mid Kent
Monday Friday 9.00am 5.30pm
3-to-6-month contract - Office based

Exciting opportunity to join a well-established and successful FMCG company as a temporary Buyer. In this role, you ll be responsible for managing the procurement of packaging, products, and services through strategic planning, fostering strong supplier relationships, and executing successful negotiations.

The ideal candidate will have prior experience in purchasing, particularly within the manufacturing, FMCG, or food sectors.

Duties include:

• Develop supplier relationships and ongoing negotiations
• Raising, placing and tracking purchase orders
• Extensive monitoring of stock levels, order progressions and usage to ensure material is available when required.
• Purchasing packaging/ingredients
• Monitoring and maintaining inventory levels
• Other projects and such tasks as and when required.

The ideal candidate will have:

• Proven experience in the FMCG industry
• CIPS qualification (desirable not essential)
• Strong Excel skills
• An excellent communicator with first rate interpersonal skills
• High attention to detail

This is a fantastic role with lots of progression opportunities, if you feel you meet the above criteria, please apply online for immediate consideration.

This role is being handled by Holly Ensoll, Senior Consultant for Business Support at Pearson Whiffin Recruitment.

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