Assistant Food Buyer
My client, Ireland's leading food retail, wholesale and food service business is seeking a commercial and passionate Assistant Food Buyer to join their highly reputable business in Dublin. The successful candidate will manage and optimise their assigned product portfolio while building relationships with suppliers and key stakeholders in the business.
Salary €50-55k plus generous benefits
Responsibilities for the Assistant Food Buyer job include:
1. Managing the portfolio product range, product quality and category plans to ensure that it reflects market and consumer trends.
2. Managing the sourcing and introduction of own-label products in conjunction with the product development teams.
3. With the support of the Trading Manager, negotiating the total purchase cost of products for the relevant portfolios.
4. Setting wholesale selling prices and monitoring portfolio and product margins to ensure that profitability objectives for both the company and customers are being met.
5. Developing excellent long-term relationships with key stakeholders, including suppliers and Retail Partners.
6. Supporting project development and roll-out within the category.
Experience required for the Assistant Food Buyer job includes:
7. Third level qualification and/or at least 2 years' experience operating in a commercial function, e.g. Trading, Finance or Supply Chain.
8. Strong commercial acumen and proven analytical skills combined with excellent written and oral communications capabilities are prerequisites.
9. Knowledge of applying category management principles would be an advantage.
10. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with an ability to build long-term, stable relationships.
11. Project management skills would be an advantage.
Aoife Clarke is handling the recruitment for this role in complete confidentiality. Please upload your CV below and she will be in touch should you have the correct experience for the position.