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Packaging Buyer (Food and Drink)

Packaging Buyer (Food and Drink)

  • Location

    London, England

  • Sector:

    Procurement

  • Job type:

    Contract

  • Salary:

    £250 - £400 per day

  • Contact:

    Elliot Fisher

  • Contact email:

    elliot.fisher@1st-executive.com

  • Salary high:

    400

  • Salary low:

    250

  • Job ref:

    J12437_1549468743

  • Published:

    about 5 years ago

  • Duration:

    9 months

  • Expiry date:

    2019-03-08

  • Startdate:

    ASAP

Superb opportunity to join one of the worlds leading snacking companies on interim basis as a Packaging Buyer. This is an initial 9-month contract, paying up to £350p/d, sourcing various types of packaging for food products from anything such as paper, cardboard up to Thermoform.

My client has hundreds of years of family baking and confectionary experience, with a number of household brand names.

You will be in a team of 4 packaging buyers, soon to grow to 6, with an annual spend of £100m. As a packaging buyer you will be responsible for a spend of £10m, moving up to £30m.

What my client is looking for in you:

  • Demonstrable experience procuring various types of packaging for products within the food and drink and/or retail industry.
  • PPV (Purchase Price Variance) experience
  • Experience working on previous projects that revolved around a new product launch.
  • Food and Drink industry experience
  • Strong SRM skills

This is an urgent need, if you are interested, please apply for the role now and any questions, call Elliot Fisher on 01483 212186.