Junior Ingredients Buyer

☞ Cooplands Scarborough

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Update day: 07-05-2024

Location: Leeds Yorkshire and the Humber

Category: Other

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Job type: Full-time

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Junior Ingredients Buyer

Leeds

Up to £25,000 (depending on skills and experience)

Are you passionate about food?

Do you want a career that explores food, ingredients, and buying strategies?

Have you the drive, hunger, and ambition to succeed?

…How about working for a manufacturing and food retail business with a plan to open 30 new shops each year for the next 5 years and developing while we grow?!

Well, look at this….

Due to our exceptional journey of planned growth here at Cooplands; we have a brand new role for a Junior Ingredients Buyer to join our expanding Procurement team.

Reporting to the Head of Procurement and working alongside multiple internal teams and external Stakeholders; this role will support the management of a wide portfolio of ingredients for a range of products.

The successful candidate will take full responsibility for effectively managing projects focussed on cost savings, sustainability, and manufacturing capabilities.

Other responsibilities will include –

  • Working collaboratively with Marketing, NPD, technical, and the manufacturing team to develop and manage ingredient requirements for the business
  • Monitoring commodity and harvest movements
  • Working with new and existing suppliers to deliver NPD requirements
  • Benchmarking, evaluating, selecting, and negotiating with suppliers
  • Contributing towards the development of sourcing strategies
  • Researching and tracking the latest trends and innovations coming through
  • Developing a strong understanding of the origin of ingredients and sustainability programmes
  • Contributing towards business reports
  • Developing a pipeline of cost out initiatives to hit a defined target, without compromising on quality
  • Working with manufacturing and technical to ensure all NPD is fully trialed and approved
  • Placing contracts at the best point in the market

The ideal candidate will have –

  • Experience in a food environment
  • At least 1 years experience in a buying role preferably, but this is not essential!
  • Good analytical and numeracy skills
  • A passion for food
  • An interactive and positive people approach
  • A keenness to learn
  • A willingness to work towards MCIPS

Is this you? Apply today!

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Deadline: 21-06-2024

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