Overview

Category Buyer – Commodity Ingredients - Hybrid

West Midlands

Are you ready to bring your expertise to one of Europe’s most dynamic food groups? This is an opportunity to join a business at the forefront of food production and category management where heritage, innovation, and sustainability meet.

With a proud history of delivering authentic foods to millions of households this role offers the chance to influence category strategies, build strategic supplier partnerships and make a real impact in the evolving world of global food supply chains.

Responsibilities

As Category Buyer you will play a pivotal role in supporting category strategy development and commodity risk management within a fast-paced food manufacturing environment. Working closely with the Commodity Manager you will lead on supplier negotiations, contract management and the identification of new sourcing opportunities. Your insight-driven market research and supplier engagement will ensure business continuity, cost optimisation and alignment with ESG commitments.

Qualifications

We are looking for a commercially astute procurement professional with:

• Proven experience sourcing in food manufacturing (Ingredients / Commodities) essential
• High level understanding of incoterms
• Strong negotiation, tendering and contract management expertise
• Market intelligence skills with the ability to interpret commodity trends
• Experience in ERP and MRP tools

Details

This role offers the opportunity to join a dynamic and innovative FMCG environment, where you will influence strategy and build supplier partnerships globally in a hybrid working pattern with 4 days in the office and 1 day remote.

If you’re driven to shape the future of food procurement and thrive in the fast-moving FMCG sector, I would love to hear from you. Apply today with your CV or contact myself (Neal) directly to discuss further – If you would like to add a note to your application with why the role feels like a fit that would be a helpful but not essential.

Please note that visa sponsorship is unavailable for this position and that the employer is not open to candidates who are on Visa’s.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Purchasing and Management

Industries

• Food and Beverage Manufacturing, Beverage Manufacturing, and Dairy Product Manufacturing