Buyer (Supply Chain)

Vacancy Information

We have a fantastic opportunity to join the Goods Not For Resale Procurement team at Greggs. 

Reporting to the Purchasing Manager for Capital Equipment, the successful candidate will support our 13 manufacturing and logistics sites with purchasing expertise for consumables, MRO, and other service contracts. 

This is a great opportunity for someone to develop a Purchasing career in fast moving, successful company and be part of a great team. The successful candidate will be able to negotiate and have strong interpersonal, communication and supplier management skills.

It is expected that the successful candidate will have purchasing experience in a multi-site business, ideally in the food manufacturing industry, however we would be interested to speak to people with similar experience in other industry sectors

We can offer you:

• 25 days (5 weeks) annual leave, pro-rated, increasing with service (in addition to bank holidays), plus 1 additional floating day

• Management Bonus Scheme which is worth up to 10% of your salary

• Profit share: We want everyone to share in the success of the business, so we distribute 10% of our profits to all our colleagues who have at least 6-month service, or more, each year

• Private Medical Insurance which is free for you and subsidised for your dependants

• Permanent Health Insurance which is a replacement income scheme

• You will automatically join our Greggs pension scheme which is a fantastic way to save for your retirement and allows you to benefit from employer contributions and tax advantages

• Defined contribution management pension scheme

• Death in service benefit which provides a lump-sum payment equal to 4 times your year’s salary

• Colleague discount, up to 50% off our own-produced products

• Share save schemes that let you buy discounted Greggs shares, by saving a set amount of money over a fixed time, to have an even bigger share of our profits

• Career progression and learning and development

• Employee Assistance Programme; A free, confidential helpline, offering advice and support with financial, relationship, work-related and wellbeing issues, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Including a mobile app providing a range of wellness content on physical, mental, social, and financial wellbeing

• Perks and savings, such as digital gift card discounts, online cashback, in-store and online coupons and lifestyle offers

• Cycle to Work scheme

• A company who cares about our communities; the environment and being a better business! Click here to read about The Greggs Pledge

• Colleague Networks – internal groups where colleagues and their allies can share their own experiences, offer feedback on the way we do things at Greggs, and provide support to one another

What you'll do

• Take responsibility for sourcing goods and services to support our engineering, logistics, and manufacturing teams
• Extract and analyse SAP data to identify opportunities to drive value or consolidate supplier spends
• Support project engineers and purchasing managers with the sourcing and implementation of new key spares
• Review processes and standards to maintain customer focus and identify and implement best practice
• Maintain good relationships with both internal and external customers and suppliers
• Source the market either via existing supplier relationships, utilising market knowledge within the team or using sourcing tools (e.g., Ariba)
• Support the Purchasing Managers on larger projects as required

About you

You will fit right into this role if you can demonstrate:

• Experience of negotiating better pricing, tender processes or driving value from supplier interactions.
• Track record of delivering value and continuous improvement
• High levels of accuracy and attention to detail
• Experience of, and the ability to multi-task and work with multiple priorities calmly and at pace, and using your own initiative
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• IT skills including Microsoft 365; SharePoint, Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Teams. SAP experience preferable but not essential
• Strong numerical and analytical skills
• Self-starter who is able to plan and organise their time effectively
• Enjoy being part of a hard-working team, sharing the same end goal, and celebrating results together
• Are supportive of an inclusive culture – recognising and valuing that difference is good

About Greggs

Here at Greggs, we love what we do, and we have fun! What makes Greggs so special is our culture – the way we are, the way we behave and the way we support each other. We're hard-working, but above all else we're family; and it doesn't matter who you are, where you're from or what your favourite bake is, we’d love you to join us! We want everyone to feel welcome at Greggs and our colleagues to be able to be themselves at work, whatever their background, preferences, or views.