Buyer - Ingredients
Macclesfield - HYBRID
£45,000 - £50,000
Our client is a leading supplier of ingredients across the UK, Ireland, and Europe. They place a strong emphasis on regulatory compliance, quality assurance, and first-class logistics.
They are currently seeking an ambitious Buyer to join the purchasing team.
**Candidates will be experienced in ingredient procurement, supplier negotiating, product costing, stock management within a sector that is highly regulated. Knowledge of pricing and knowing ingredients e.g. Amino Acids, Supplements, Botanicals, Vitamins would be beneficial**
Role Overview:
The Buyer will be responsible for daily pricings and purchases for local, air and sea shipment ensuring uninterrupted supply. Supporting the Purchasing Manager in sourcing, negotiating, and executing raw material purchases (for all local, air and sea freights), managing landed costs. Maintaining market prices report. The Buyer will also supervise the Purchasing Administrator, maintain supplier-SKU matrices (including risk identification), manage monthly purchase reports, and ensure compliance with documentation requirements for product delivery. This role requires high levels of collaboration, with internal departments as well as analytical thinking, and proactive supplier management.
Main Duties and Responsibilities including
Management
Supervise and guide the Purchasing Administrator, ensuring sampling, CoA checks, and label requests are handled in a timely and prioritised manner based on department needs.
Sourcing Product
Obtain and compare quotations for ingredients including freight
Complete multi-supplier RFQs
Negotiate prices, Incoterms and payment terms
Purchase Orders
Raise and release POs in Sage 200
Ensure accurate landed-cost elements (product, freight, duty)
Local, Air and Sea Freights
Quick action on local purchases
Understand and calculate the Air Freights using all relevant components.
Organise sea shipments again with all the relevant costs and varying factors taken into consideration.
Supplier Performance Data
Maintain a record of supplier performance via pricing, lead-times
Support onboarding of new suppliers and SKUs by collecting and uploading product and supplier data into Sage in line with internal policy and quality standard
Stock Inventory
Work with Sales team and to identify stock required and forward planning
Understand and monitor stock levels to inform order process
Expediate or defer shipments as required by the business
Essential Skills & Experience:
- 3+ years in purchasing or supply-chain within food, pharma, nutraceutical, chemical or similar regulated sector.
- Proven experience in negotiating raw material air freight prices and placing international POs.
- ERP competence (such as Sage 200) and strong Excel skills
- Commercial numeracy, able to calculate landed cost, foreign exchange impact and margin
- Confident, competent communicator who can liaise with suppliers and internal heads of departments including customs, shipping and quality.
- Results-driven, owns problems to resolution flagging any risks early on.
- Upholds all approval and safety standards
- Eager to learn - curious - ability to improve the process.
Apply online or for further information contact one of our specialist consultants quoting reference number: NJR15872