Title: Procurement/Purchasing/Buyer (Food)
Languages: Fluent Mandarin and English
Salary: £25,000 - £28,000 (negotiable depending on experience)
Location: SE London (Fully onsite 9am - 5:30pm)
Contract: Full time, permanent
The company: A successful, well-established wholesale food supplier
Role in a nutshell: Working pro-actively both independently and with other teams to ensure that products are ordered on time, that appropriate stock levels are maintained, to develop new product ranges and improve existing product ranges, and to keep products in a winning position in both price and quality compared with similar products from competitors.
Key Responsibilities
- To liaise with Sales Departments to obtain sales forecasts and customer feedback, in order to manage demand, plan and place the orders to avoid any shortage and overstock.
- To monitor stock levels and sales in order to ensure products are ordered in good time and at the appropriate quantities to avoid shortages and overstock.
- To liaise with manufacturers/suppliers and check the shipping/delivery schedule of incoming containers/deliveries.
- To ensure we are always getting the best prices and terms from suppliers through pro-active negotiation with suppliers
- To monitor the market and look for new products and opportunities for the business, liaising with sales teams to potentially launch new products
- To manage and develop supplier relationships, ensuring that all suppliers are developed to achieve targeted levels of business.
- To liaise closely with the Technical Department to ensure that all new products, ingredients and manufacturers conform to current legal requirements and food safety standards.
- To liaise with suppliers to collect accurate and up to date item data for storing in our SAP ERP system
- To ensure that all importing documents and certificates comply with relevant current legislation when appropriate.
- To resolve any problems with suppliers, the Technical team (quality issue), and warehouse (delivery issue), and to support the import arrangement team if there is any issue for suppliers you are responsible for.
Requirements
- Fluent in both Mandarin and English, additional language is always a plus but not essential
- Previous relevant experience in purchasing/procurement/buying, ideally within Food sector
- Proficient in MS Excel