Buyer - Ingredients

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