Meridian Business Support
Category Purchasing Manager
Job Location
Crownhill, United Kingdom
Job Description
Are you an experienced Category Purchasing Manager looking for a new challenge and career progression?
Do you enjoy building strong supplier relationships and thrive on delivering value through best-in-class commercial deals?
If you answered yes to the above questions, a leading procurement business wants to hear from you?
This is an exciting, and rare opportunity to partner up with this successful company who work with some of the most prestigious and well-known names in the hospitality sector providing specialist procurement services to a wide range of hotels, restaurants, contract caterers, pubs and leisure groups.
This company provides business consultancy, advice, technology and hands-on support, maximising profitability for their clients by improving the way that products are sourced and managed.
They now have a fantastic opportunity for a motivated Category Purchasing Manager to join their team to manage the day-to-day buying activity for their clients, working within their central Buying function. This role will entail developing strong supply relationships, category management, understanding the market conditions and negotiating supplier contracts within Food and Beverage industry.
This is a full-time role, office based in Milton Keynes with occasional travel throughout the UK.
The ideal candidate should be able to demonstrate the following experiences and skills:
Essential
Experience in Purchasing and ideally Food and Beverage
Category management – Food or Beverages
Strong negotiator and the ability to communicate at all levels
Excellent level of IT competence including Microsoft Windows Software such as Excel
High level of numeracy and an analytical approach
Strong financial and commercial acumen with attention to detail
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Ability to work effectively as part of a team
Able to work under pressure to meet tight deadlines
Ability to organise and prioritise workload
Ability to influence at a senior level
Desirable
Experience in the Hospitality and Out of Home eating market
Experience of supplier contracting and performance tracking
Experience of P2P systems
Proven ability to engage at a senior level
In return, you will receive:
A competitive salary
33 days holiday (including bank holidays) which increases with service
Healthcare Scheme
Pension Scheme
Excellent Career progression
Location: Crownhill, GB
Posted Date: 11/16/2024
Do you enjoy building strong supplier relationships and thrive on delivering value through best-in-class commercial deals?
If you answered yes to the above questions, a leading procurement business wants to hear from you?
This is an exciting, and rare opportunity to partner up with this successful company who work with some of the most prestigious and well-known names in the hospitality sector providing specialist procurement services to a wide range of hotels, restaurants, contract caterers, pubs and leisure groups.
This company provides business consultancy, advice, technology and hands-on support, maximising profitability for their clients by improving the way that products are sourced and managed.
They now have a fantastic opportunity for a motivated Category Purchasing Manager to join their team to manage the day-to-day buying activity for their clients, working within their central Buying function. This role will entail developing strong supply relationships, category management, understanding the market conditions and negotiating supplier contracts within Food and Beverage industry.
This is a full-time role, office based in Milton Keynes with occasional travel throughout the UK.
The ideal candidate should be able to demonstrate the following experiences and skills:
Essential
Experience in Purchasing and ideally Food and Beverage
Category management – Food or Beverages
Strong negotiator and the ability to communicate at all levels
Excellent level of IT competence including Microsoft Windows Software such as Excel
High level of numeracy and an analytical approach
Strong financial and commercial acumen with attention to detail
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Ability to work effectively as part of a team
Able to work under pressure to meet tight deadlines
Ability to organise and prioritise workload
Ability to influence at a senior level
Desirable
Experience in the Hospitality and Out of Home eating market
Experience of supplier contracting and performance tracking
Experience of P2P systems
Proven ability to engage at a senior level
In return, you will receive:
A competitive salary
33 days holiday (including bank holidays) which increases with service
Healthcare Scheme
Pension Scheme
Excellent Career progression
Location: Crownhill, GB
Posted Date: 11/16/2024
Contact Information
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