Buyer - Goods not for Resale (IT & Marketing)

Vacancy Information

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a buyer of goods and services to join our (Good Not For Resale) Procurement team at our Head Office in Newcastle upon Tyne.

This is a great opportunity for someone looking to develop a Purchasing career within a fast-paced, values-led retail business. You’ll support key projects such as enhancing our digital platforms, introducing new in-store technology, and working with partners who help shape the future of our brand. 

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 employees 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

About the role

• This is a full-time role, however flexibility in this will be considered
• We know that having a work-life balance is important, so we offer our colleagues as much flexibility as possible in line with the needs of their role
• The base location for this role is Newcastle upon Tyne, NE12 8BU. Ideally, you’ll live within one hour travel of this area

What you'll do

As part of this role, you’ll be contributing to Greggs’ exciting plans for the future of IT and Marketing, you'll also;

• Liaise with Internal stakeholders where appropriate to understand their requirements for purchases, such that they can be tendered if appropriate
• Negotiate Commercial and Contractual terms with Suppliers
• Support in the managing of, and resolving, day to day issues with suppliers in a timely and effective manner
• Take ownership for, and driving, cost saving initiatives throughout the business in key areas of responsibility
• Extract and analyse SAP data to identify opportunities to drive value or consolidate suppliers in their category
• Liaise with the Senior Purchasing Team should these purchases be from suppliers that they deal with, as part of their Supplier Relationship management to agree the approach and activity
• Identify and negotiate appropriate specifications and SLAs for goods and services supplied
• Adhere, support and contribute to our Responsible Sourcing processes and goals
• Review processes and standards to maintain customer focus and ensuring best practice is achieved
• Maintain good relationships with both internal and external stakeholders, including 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:

• Have outstanding planning and organising skills
• Are articulate with excellent verbal and written communication skills 
• Assertive with ability to manage internal and external contacts with diplomacy
• Persuasive and able to communicate and influence at all levels
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Expert with Office 365 and competent with SAP reporting
• Experience of either working with Suppliers and/or negotiating better pricing, tender processes or driving value from supplier interactions
• Experience of dealing with multiple tasks simultaneously 
• Experience of reporting from SAP, running analysis using excel and driving insight from data
• Ability to demonstrate a capability to liaise with Internal and External contacts and to effectively ensure Stakeholder engagement
• Highly numerate and literate 
• Computer literate with knowledge of Microsoft Office 365 suite and ideally SAP
• A can-do attitude and flexibility to working hours is required

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.