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Category Buyer

On site

London, United kingdom

£ 56,000 /year

Junior

Freelance

06-11-2025

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Skills

Communication Stakeholder Management Marketing

Job Specifications

Category Buyer (Ingredients & Packaging)

central London (Hybrid)

Up to £55,000 plus package

12 month contract

This is a great opportunity to join a well established food brand, within a fast paced and effective procurement function. Hybrid working, based in a modern, central London office.

Our Client

Our client is a well know restaurant group with some of the UK's most successful food brands. They are passionate about high quality food and the business have a brilliant culture within their team.

The role

This is a role will be an integral part of the supply chain team. Responsibilities include;

Leading the procurement across various ingredients, food or packaging categories.
Building long term and strategic relationships with suppliers.
Working closely with the technical, NPD, finance and marketing teams
Leading and negotiating and tending with various suppliers
Ensuring 'procurement best practice' is implemented.

Required experience

3 + years of procurement experience, sourcing ingredients or packaging
Experienced working within the QSR/Hospitality industry
Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
Strong influencing skills
A passion for the food industry!

Please contact Jordan Collins for more details: jordan.collins@talentpoolcompany.com

About the Company

Specialising in FMCG and Retail: Sales, Digital & E-Commerce, Marketing, Category, Insights, Buying, Commercial Strategy, Procurement, Finance, HR, and Supply Chain. We partner up with only a handful of clients, allowing us to gain greater knowledge of their business, whilst also giving us greater choice of companies to source talent from. Typical roles we recruit for range from 40,000GBP to 250,000GBP. Roles primarily across the UK&I but regularly recruit for roles across the globe like EMEA, MENA, Australasia, US, Ger... Know more