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Buyer – Consumer Goods I FMCG I up to £45,000 + Hybrid Working (3 days office / 2 days WFH) Braintree, Essex / North Essex region • Are you an ambitious Buyer ready to step up into a role with real ownership, influence, and strategic impact?, • Do you want to join a growing procurement team where you’ll help shape the future, build supplier relationships, and drive purchasing stability across a fast-paced FMCG supply chain? An established and expanding manufacturer in North Essex is seeking a Buyer to join their procurement function at a pivotal time. Following strong business growth and recent team expansion, our client is investing further to strengthen their purchasing capability and support long-term strategic development. This is an ideal next step for a driven Buyer or Purchasing professional seeking more responsibility, exposure to commodity markets, and the opportunity to impact margin, supply assurance, and procurement strategy directly. What you’ll be doing • As the Senior Buyer, you will be sourcing raw materials and packaging to agreed specifications., • Building long-term supplier relationships to ensure quality, cost effectiveness & reliability, • Negotiating pricing, contracts & commercial terms, including hedging linked to commodity markets and currency movements, • Monitoring supplier performance using data tools & market benchmarks, • Managing supply continuity, risks, quality issues and non-conformance, • Supporting NPD sourcing requirements, • Working closely with Planning, Supply Chain, Technical & Quality, • Driving procurement workflow and system improvements, • Maintaining accurate supplier data, ensuring compliance, and managing procurement risk, • Occasional travel to suppliers and countries of origin What you’ll bring • Experience in procurement, buying, purchasing, or supply chain (ideally manufacturing or FMCG), • Strong negotiation and supplier management skills, • Understanding of procurement processes, risk, compliance & market data, • Experience using procurement/ERP systems (Mintec advantageous), • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with multiple priorities, • Excellent communication & stakeholder management, • International supplier experience is a strong advantage, • Willingness to travel when required What’s on offer • up to £45k salary, • Hybrid working: 3 days office / 2 days from home, • Growing team with real opportunities for development, • Supportive environment with exposure to strategic procurement Interested? Apply now or message directly for a confidential conversation. #ProcurementJobs #BuyerJobs #FMCGJobs #FoodManufacturing #SupplyChain #Buyer #EssexJobs #CareerGrowth #ProcurementCareers #SupplyChainManagement #Purchasing #Procurement #Hiring

BURGERS & FRIES AND INCREDIBLE CAREERS! We're the burger restaurant with the uncomplicated formula: burgers and fries cooked to perfection, with no frozen ingredients. And we've stuck to the same 'perfect and serve' philosophy since our family business began in 1986. In every restaurant, you'll find talented Shift Managers and you will be responsible for supporting the General and Assistant Managers to ensure that every shift is run to Five Guys standards and that every customer leaves the restaurant feeling better than when they arrived. Our Shift Manager are there to demonstrate leadership, coaching and direction to the team and bringing our values to life for their team and our customers. REWARDS • An achievable bonus scheme worth up to 10% of annual salary, • An additional Secret Shopper bonus worth up to £2,000, • Long service Love2Shop voucher reward - 5 years £500, 10 years £1,000, • 28 Days paid holiday, • Paid breaks, • Free burgers, fries and shakes while on shift, • Life assurance, • All employees get access to Stream. The financial wellbeing app with simple-to-use, flexible benefits built around your pay.OTHER AWESOME PERKS, • Days out and social events, • Team competitions - Fry Cup and Olympics, • Five Guys Perks - employee discount program, • Access to wellbeing support and employee assistance programme (EAP), • Development opportunities to grow a career with us!, • Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Leave, • Pension schemeAS A SHIFT MANAGER YOU'LL BE, • Responsible for Crew & Quality Control, • Supporting the General Manager in the delivery of perfect burgers and fries while providing a above & beyond experience for your team and customers, • Creating an awesome working environment where people are happy to come to work and have fun!, • Ensuring every customer is delighted with their order and their Five Guys experience - You will deal with complaints promptly in an open and honest way, • You will ensure that each shift runs as smoothly as possible and that our values form part of your shift management, • You will be expected to lead from the front, you will be hands on most of the time, working on the line and dining areaAS A SHIFT MANAGER YOU'LL BE ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT, • Perfect Burgers and Fries, • Our values; Competitive, Enthusiastic, Family, Get It Done and Integrity, • People - Leading from the front and being hands on, • Customer service INCREDIBLE CAREERS WITH FIVE GUYS, • If you are ambitious and want to grow - we can provide you with support and the right tools to build a career with us, • Your next step would be an Assistant Manager, • Five Guys isn't just a job - it can be a career!