Category Buyer
| Posting date: | 11 February 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Competitive |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 13 March 2025 |
| Location: | Chertsey, KT16 8HX |
| Company: | Compass Group |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 181301 |
Summary
Looking for a role that fits your life, supports your growth, and accelerates your career? At Foodbuy Group, we put people first. We offer competitive salaries, excellent benefits, and a flexible, dynamic environment where you can thrive. This isn’t just a job—it’s an opportunity to make an impact and advance your career in procurement.
Who We AreFoodbuy is a leading food procurement organisation in the UK, managing over £2bn in spend. We bring together a vast network of foodservice and hospitality clients, helping them source food, non-food products, and essential services efficiently. Our expert procurement services save clients time and money, allowing them to focus on what truly matters to their businesses.
The Role: Category BuyerWe’re looking for a Category Buyer to take ownership of a strategic category and drive growth. Reporting to the Category Manager, you’ll play a key role in delivering our £270m business plan, ensuring supplier relationships, category strategies, and commercial performance are optimised.
Key Responsibilities✅ Supplier & Contract Management – Manage supplier relationships, conduct quarterly business reviews, and oversee contract compliance.
✅ Category Strategy & Growth – Develop a 3-year category strategy, driving sustainable business volume growth and maximising commercial value.
✅ Procurement Leadership – Own key steps of the Foodbuy Procurement Framework (FPF), from business needs assessment to implementation.
✅ Client & Consumer Focus – Work closely with Compass & external clients, ensuring optimal category spend and implementation of agreed supply chains.
✅ Service & Performance Management – Monitor distributor service levels to ensure they exceed business expectations and drive volume growth.
✅ Market & Competitor Insights – Leverage market data and supplier relationships to establish category leadership.
? Proven experience in buying/procurement, preferably within the food sector
? A world-class negotiator with strong commercial acumen
? Experience identifying growth opportunities and optimising supplier relationships
? Excellent project management skills, capable of handling multiple priorities
? Strong analytical abilities, able to translate data into actionable insights
✨ Competitive salary & benefits package
✨ Flexible working environment
✨ Opportunities for career progression & personal development
✨ Work with a market-leading procurement organisation
If you’re an experienced buying/procurement professional with a passion for food and strategic sourcing, we’d love to hear from you! Apply now and take your career to the next level with Foodbuy.