Location:          Sheffield

Shift:                  Weekdays

Salary:               Competitive with Opportunity for Growth

We have an opportunity for a Graduate NPD Buyer to join our Purchasing Team.

Finsbury Food Group is a leading speciality bakery manufacturer. We constantly raise quality and efficiency standards, and build long-term relationships with major multiple retailers and the foodservice channel. The bread for your morning toast, ready for butter-spreading or egg-dipping. The candle-filled centrepiece for a memorable celebration. The buns, muffins and other treats that turn teatime into quality time. We make 75% of the UK’s sharing cakes from retailer own brands cakes, tray bakes through to party cakes like Caterpillar cakes This is what we do, and why we’re in business. Baking brilliance makes every day special.

As our Graduate NPD Buyer You will be responsible for ensuring that all materials are approved to meet specification, are within cost parameters and with achievable lead times. In addition, you will be required to negotiate terms with suppliers and support artwork approval processes.

This is a fast paced role, where the successful candidate will educated to a degree level, with excellent communication skill, be well organised with the ability to multi-task and prioritise in order the achieve tight deadlines. They will have excellent interpersonal skills and ability to build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders.

This role is based at our Sheffield site with hybrid working as an option. On occasion you will be required to attend one of our other sites for meetings which could be weekly or monthly, depending on the requirement. Therefore willingness to travel is essential.

This is a great opportunity for someone to gain experience with one of the UK’s largest bakery businesses. They’ll work closely with a friendly and engaging team from both a site and group perspective, offering opportunities for growth and long-term career development.

This is what you’ll actually do!

As Graduate NPD Buyer theywill proactively source new materials to allow our NPD Team to develop new & exciting products. They will work closely with the development teams, ensuring that all new product requests are dealt with within required time scales. Regular attendance at product launch meetings and keeping team advised of any new product material issues.

The successful candidate will ensure that correct specifications are passed to the Technical team for all new product launches. Specifications are checked to see if product meets customer guidelines. They will also negotiate prices with suppliers and ensure best terms are sought in line with approved costings and ensure that new products are “fit for purpose” for production.

To be successful in this this role, they should be able to demonstrate the capability to negotiate and purchase materials from a range of suppliers. Some purchasing and buying experience, particularly in the food industry could be an advantage, but not essential as training and development can be provided for the right applicant.

Ideally this is you!

• Educated to Degree level.
• Well organised with the ability to ‘multi-task’ and prioritise workload in order to achieve tight deadlines.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to build and maintain relationships with Key Stakeholders (Internal and External).
• High standard of computer literacy i.e. Microsoft Office, ERP, NPD Software, Quality Control Systems
• Takes responsibility for Personal Development.
• High standard of numeracy.
• Desirable : Member or working towards Chartered Institute Of Purchasing & Supply.

Our vision is to be the leading speciality bakery group in the UK, and we want the best people in place to achieve this. Our continued success is built entirely on the talented people who work here, so employee development is important to us because everyone is a valued member of the team, and we want every individual to have the skills and capabilities to achieve both your own personal goals and our business goals. We want good people to join our company, to help our company continue to go from strength to strength. If this sounds like you, please get in contact to learn more!