Impulse Buyer

Our client:

• Leading food organisation working across all out of home sectors
• Fantastic culture focused on personal development that offers flexible working
• Clear strategy focused on sales and profit growth
• Flexible working 2 days in the office near Windsor

The role:

• As Impulse Buyer you will manage a designated group of impulse categories including soft drinks, crisps and snacks, and be responsible for delivering long-term profitability along with budgeted income and terms agreements.
• The Impulse Buyer will negotiate with the supply base to ensure lowest cost prices and most cost-effective routes to market.
• Working with the category and NPD teams the Impulse Buyer will deliver range and NPD opportunities that contribute to delivery of the company strategy
• In the role the Impulse Buyer will work with Supply Chain to ensure that suppliers are delivering SLA’s and meeting customer demand
• The Impulse Buyer will lead and manage the category review process you recommending cost saving initiatives and present pricing and market analysis with recommendations

Ideal candidate:

• You will be someone who is currently working in a food buying role either within food retail, wholesale, hospitality or foodservice. Ideally you will have led negotiations with branded manufacturers
• As Impulse Buyer you will demonstrate a passion for trading and a flair for commerciality and negotiation
• In the role of Impulse Buyer, you will have excellent influencing and presenting skills and will be fantastic at building internal and external relationships
• It is essential to be able to demonstrate hands on buying and have negotiated directly with suppliers demonstrating different tactics and styles.
• You must be a team player and have fantastic communication skills
• As Impulse Buyer you must have good insight and data analysis skills and be able to action opportunities to drive profits.
• You will have excellent planning and organization skills and will be able to work independently on your own initiative, a self-starter with can-do attitude
• You will thrive in a highly personable, caring but ambitious driven organization

Benefits & details:

• Salary up to £65k plus car allowance, bonus, pension and health
• Flexible working 2 days a week in the office near Windsor
• Fantastic culture with genuine focus on personal development

Please send your CV using the form on this page, quoting reference 1/17543/7. Confidentiality assured.

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