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Buyer

Employer
Value Match Services Ltd
Location
Burton Latimer, Kettering
Salary
Up to £28,000 per annum
Closing date
18 Dec 2022

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Specialist Area
Buying, Procurement, Supply chain
Job Level
Buyer
Sector
Manufacturing, Production & Operations
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
CIPS Membership
CIPS member, Non CIPS member

Job Details

Value Match are supporting an Eco-Friendly packaging company based in Burton Latimer to hire a Buyer on a permanent basis for their Procurement team. This position has a salary of up to £28,000 per annum and offers a hybrid working solution with 3 days in the office, and 2 days at home.

 

The Buyer will be responsible for new product development as tasked within category business plan, overseeing product supply and quality levels, and building strong relationships with stakeholders both internally and externally.

 

Key Skills/Experience Required:

  • Experience in a fast paced, multi-site / multi-pick, trading environment.
  • Ideally C.I.P.S. qualified or equivalent or working towards
  • Good knowledge and understanding of Purchasing principles and disciplines.
  • Financially and numerically astute and aware.
  • Evidence of working closely and effectively with other functions especially Supply Chain, Quality, Sales, and Customers.
  • Customer focussed, experienced at presenting to influence
  • Good relationship builder – respected by suppliers, peers, and senior managers alike, able to balance the requirements of different stakeholders.
  • Highly organised and results driven, able to work at pace.
  • Assertive style, enthusiasm, and passion for the job.
  • Team player.
  • Good planning skills, market awareness and the ability to spot and take advantage of cultural and seasonal trends.
  • Open to new ideas and able to bring new ideas to the business.

 

If you would like to know more about this role, please apply below and one of our dedicated members of the team will contact you to discuss further.

Company

Through our people and relationships Value Match applies our procurement expertise to enhance the value created in our communities and environment. We work with customers, candidates, suppliers, and other stakeholders to put understanding of value and the creation of value at the core of the solutions and services we offer. At Value Match we are always conscious of creating value for people, relationships, community, and environment. We are able to do this through the services we offer, the causes we support and through the Value Match Foundation, you can read about these in our community stories.

Value Match provides a complete solution to meet the procurement needs of all organisations and support suppliers to successfully bid into procurement. We have 4 service lines:

Resourcing – Matching talent with opportunity.
Consultancy – Matching expertise with purpose.
Training – Matching capability with knowledge
Bid Management – Matching suppliers with buyers

Value Match Resourcing

  1. We are focused on providing a people centric service that meets candidates and customers needs, ensures cultural, capability and aspirational alignment
  2. We are procurement professionals who are able to provide specialist procurement, programme management or analytical interim or permanent resourcing
  3. A flexible managed service that can be a blend of permanent, interim or consulting resources to meet customers changing needs over time
  4. Procurement resources with experience and knowledge of embedding social, economic and environmental consideration into procurement strategies and operations
Company info
Website
Telephone
0800 917 7884
Location
Dee House, Dee Banks
Chester
Cheshire
CH3 5UU
GB

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