Buyer

Vacancy Information

A fantastic opportunity has now arisen for a Buyer (Good Not For Resale) to join our Procurement team at our Head Office in Newcastle upon Tyne. 

Reporting to the Senior Purchasing Manager for Capital Equipment, the successful candidate will support our manufacturing and logistics sites with purchasing expertise for capex and revenue spend with particular focus on fleet and logistics procurement. 

Our fleet category includes capital procurement of HGVs, LCVs, MHE, and associated services, plus ancillary logistics equipment and commercial responsibility of our 3PL suppliers.

We can offer you:

• Management Bonus Scheme which is worth up to 10% of your salary
• Pension scheme with matching employer contributions up to 7%
• Colleague discount, up to 50% off our own-produced products
• 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
• 25 days (5 weeks) annual leave, pro-rated, increasing with service (in addition to bank holidays), plus 1 additional floating day
• The opportunity to purchase additional annual leave twice a year
• Colleague share plans, giving you the opportunity to save and invest in Greggs, with the chance to buy Greggs shares at a discounted rate
• Private Medical Insurance which is free for you and subsided for your dependants
• Income Protection should you become unable to work due to long-term sickness
• Death in service benefit which provides a lump-sum payment equal to 4 times your year's salary
• Virtual GP, Physiotherapy and Lifestyle Consultations - we provide access to a fantastic total wellbeing app for you and your family
• Employee Assistance Programme - we provide all colleagues with access to an EAP helpline providing mental health support as well as financial and legal support
• Savings and discounts, including digital gift card discounts, online cashback, in-store and online coupons and lifestyle offers
• Career progression and learning and development opportunities
• 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

The successful candidate will need to effectively communicate with both suppliers and internal stakeholders, ensuring that the appropriate quality and quantity of goods and services are available, when and where required, and to the agreed functional specification. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Own and lead the Fleet Procurement category, supporting the Logistics team’s priorities, leading end-to-end source-to-contract activity: sourcing approach, commercial evaluation, negotiation, approvals and contract award
• To take responsibility for sourcing goods and services to support our engineering and manufacturing teams
• To extract and analyse SAP data to identify opportunities to drive value or consolidate supplier spends
• To review processes and standards to maintain customer focus and identify and implement best practice
• To maintain good relationships with both internal and external customers and suppliers
• To support the Purchasing Managers on larger projects as required

About you

You will fit right into this role if you:

• Have experience of negotiating better pricing, tender processes or driving value from supplier interactions
• Have experience of dealing with multiple tasks simultaneously
• Have experience of reporting from SAP, or other ERP or finance systems, and utilising Excel, BI and AI to analyse data
• Are highly numerate and literate with strong analytical skills
• Are a self-starter who is able to plan and organise their time effectively
• Have a track record of delivering value and continuous improvement
• Are assertive and tenacious and able to demonstrate a capability to manage internal and external contacts with diplomacy and ensure stakeholder engagement
• Are team orientated with a passion for achieving both personal and collaborative objectives
• Have a good knowledge of Microsoft Office 365 suite, and ideally SAP and Ariba
• Can be flexible with your working hours and have a can do attitude

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.