Buyer

About the Role

Working closely with the Procurement & Logistics to ensure any daily issues are dealt with in the best way
Coordinating supplier appraisal and service reviews meeting & ensuring corrective actions are taken
Ensure all slow-moving materials are identified and corrective action / plan agree
Importing coordination
Lead weekly Purchasing meeting
Identifying projects, suppliers & products where the business can save money
Ensure all non-conformances and supplier issues are dealt with in a timely manner
Identifying and coordination the introduction of new suppliers to the Business
Ensure Suppliers performance matrixes are in place and coordinating review meetings
Identifying new suppliers that can provide innovation and a competitive advantage for the business

Lead Buyer for Bridge Cheese for the following categories:

Packaging
Non- dairy ingredients
Chemicals
External Warehousing storage & Logistics providers
Consumables
Energy Fuel, Electricity & Water
All indirect eg phones, broadband, stationery
For all tendering for services that the business requires with the relevant department head eg. Lab testing, weights and measures, laundry, cleaning, waste, annual services
Engineering expenditure – working with engineering department to select approved suppliers that can be used as the business. Will be responsible for monitoring expenditure and agreeing how costs will be reduced with the Engineering department
Ad-hoc purchasing as the business requires
Capex

Buying experience where the candidate has scope to identify saving and delivers efficiencies
Has worked as part of a Team
Proven track record

If you are looking for a new challenge, we would love to hear from you! Apply now to join the Bridge Cheese team.