Buyer - Seafood

Location

West London | United Kingdom

Job description

Buyer – Seafood
Premium Food & Drink Products for Foodservice
Site based Nr Acton, London
The Company
This organisation is insanely passionate about luxury premium food products for their customers which are high-end food establishments across the UK along with prestigious food halls. They are well established with a global presence and are growing rapidly with new facilities and additional experienced head counts.
The Role
For this position, you’ll need to be a Seafood connoisseur! You’ll need to be an expert in all Seafood including Caviar, Salmon, Oysters, Tuna, Prawns (and the rest!) in fresh & frozen. This position has a wide range of duties and some of these will be;
• Driving your category, meet with new suppliers and develop existing both here in the UK and Internationally
• Be responsible for forecasting, order processing, stock levels and 3PL’s
• Use your strong negotiation & supplier management skills- manage supplier price files, landing costs & product margins
• Work with NPD on new category development and work collaboratively with Sales Team
• Regular presentations to the business and attend trade shows
Your Skills & Experience
To be considered for this role you will need to be;
• Highly knowledgeable and passionate about ALL Seafood!
• Understanding UK & EU Law regulations around Seafood
• Excellent forecasting and IT skills
• Able to build and maintain strong working relationships with suppliers and internal colleagues
• Strong negotiation skills
In Return
If successful, this role will see you with a generous base salary a competitive bonus scheme and excellent benefits package. Please remember this is a site-based position as you’ll be liaising with internal stakeholders daily.

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Salary

£35k - £37k per annum