Erith
Mandarin-Speaking Buyer Location: Erith / Belvedere, South East London Salary: Up to £40,000, dependent on experience Job Type: Full-time, Permanent Hours: Monday to Friday Working Pattern: Office based We are recruiting for a proactive and commercially minded Mandarin-Speaking Buyer to join a growing food manufacturing business based in South East London. This is a hands-on purchasing role supporting a busy production environment. The successful candidate will be responsible for sourcing and purchasing raw materials, ingredients, packaging and production consumables, ensuring stock availability, supplier performance and cost control across the business. This role would suit someone with experience in purchasing, procurement, sourcing, supply chain or buying, ideally from a food, FMCG, manufacturing, import/export, wholesale or international supply chain background. The Role As Mandarin-Speaking Buyer, you will be involved in: Purchasing raw materials, ingredients, packaging and production consumables in line with production requirements Raising, managing and tracking purchase orders Liaising with suppliers regarding prices, delivery schedules, shortages, delays and quality issues Sourcing and assessing new suppliers, including international suppliers where required Monitoring stock levels to help prevent shortages and production disruption Supporting cost-saving activity through price comparisons, suppl...