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Senior Buyer

The Advocate Group
Job LocationBolton
EducationNot Mentioned
Salary40,000 - 45,000 per annum
IndustryNot Mentioned
Functional AreaNot Mentioned
Job TypePermanent, full-time or part-time

Job Description

Senior BuyerCompetitive Salary & PackageLeading food group Bolton Are you an aspiring procurement professional, with extensive buying experience and the ability to look at an overall business process then this is the role for you!Currently working with a leading food group, who are looking for a Senior Buyer to join their team. The individual will be responsible for developing supply strategies, implementing continuous improvement programmes into the business, and working closelywith all departments on sourcing new ingredients and packaging.The Senior Buyer will be responsible for:

  • Deputy to the Purchasing Manager when they are not available.
  • Manage/support Purchasing Assistant in the absence of the Purchasing Manager
  • Managing business KPIs
  • Supporting/assisting with business plans
  • Responsible for the management and purchasing of raw materials and other business procurement needs.
  • Develop, maintain, and review supply strategies ensuring appropriate contingencies and ensuring supply on-going.
  • Support the management of purchase contracts ensuring they are approved following company and group policies.
  • To ensure that all purchasing processes that are critical to product safety, legality & quality are procured to defined requirements.
  • To ensure good supplier relations are maintained in both ethical and professional manner.
  • To action all internal and external supplier queries promptly and efficiently.
  • Clearly communicate to all parties upstream and downstream within the supply chain.
  • Implement continuous improvements programmes into the business.
  • Work closely with all departments on sourcing new ingredients & packaging.
  • Maintain an understanding of retailer/customer requirements, processes, and procedures.
  • Identify areas of cost savings on both Ingredients and packaging.
  • Support any supplier monitoring or improvement programs initiated.
  • Undertake supplier visits & host supplier visits.
  • Understand the supply marketplace and be able to challenge suppliers about performance.
  • Build strong relationships with retailers, and suppliers.
  • Ability to benchmark all areas.
  • Work closely with NPD, Sales, Technical Services, and all other departments.
  • Support the procurement team to ensure the factory has ingredients and packaging when needed.
  • Support and suggest profit improvement plans following through projects to completion
  • Support and train colleagues where necessary
  • Adhere to the companys H&S policies and procedures
  • Adhere to the companys Hygiene policies and procedures.
Senior Buyer requirements:Essential experience and skills -
  • Experience in the use of SAP
  • Experience of dealing with difficult and sensitive situations in a diplomatic and professional manner
  • Extensive experience in a Buying role
  • The ability to look at the overall business process
  • Understanding of a commercial environment
  • Excellent analytical skills
  • Advanced user of Microsoft (Outlook, Word, Excel and Powerpoint)
Desirable experience and skills
  • Understanding of the theory of Purchasing and supply
  • Associate of CIPs
To apply directly, please send a copy of your CV to or alternatively please apply via the link below.Privacy StatementAt The Advocate Group, our core values have been built around the importance of transparency, innovation, passion and collaboration. As such, we are committed to open communication and the protection of your privacy. We have updated our policies in linewith new General Data Protection Regulation laws to make it easier for you to understand how we collect, store and handle your dataThese can be viewed on our website via our privacy policy.

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