Wythenshawe | Hybrid – 3 days on site | £35,000
This isn't a role where you'll spend all day raising purchase orders and chasing paperwork.
You'll be joining a busy food manufacturing business, working alongside the Purchasing Manager and getting involved in everything from supplier negotiations and pricing to ingredients, stock levels and new product launches.
There's plenty to get your teeth into, and the opportunity to build your knowledge across the wider procurement function.
What will you be doing?
- Purchasing ingredients and materials to keep production moving.
- Speaking with suppliers about pricing, availability and lead times.
- Getting involved in tenders, contracts and procurement projects.
- Keeping an eye on supplier performance and sorting out any issues.
- Maintaining purchasing data, specifications and contracts through the MRP system.
- Producing stock cover and forecasting reports.
- Supporting new ingredient and product introductions.
- Working closely with Technical, NPD, Planning and Operations.
- Looking for ways to improve costs, supply and efficiency.
What are they looking for?
- Ideally, you'll already be working in a Purchasing Assistant, Procurement Assistant or similar role, preferably within food or beverage manufacturing.
- You'll need to be organised, comfortable working with numbers and confident dealing with suppliers and internal teams.
- Good Excel skills and experience using an MRP system would be useful.
- More than anything, they're looking for someone with a bit of commercial curiosity who wants to learn, get involved and develop their purchasing experience.
If you're currently supporting a buying team and fancy getting your hands on more of the actual purchasing activity, this could be a good next move.
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