Buyer - Fresh Produce (Nights) in Uxbridge

Here at Woods Foodservice, we are known as a market leader in the quality sector of the food hospitality industry. We provide high-quality ambient, chilled, fresh, and frozen produce from around the world and supply some of the most prestigious chefs in the country. Our aim is to provide customer service excellence with every order and to stock the most innovative and unique range of fine, specialist and staple products, tailored for the quality sector of the market.

At present, most of our customers are London-based, but we have already begun the expansion process into other major UK cities such as Manchester, Brighton and Bristol. The future is very promising!

Please note the working hours for this role are 7pm-4am, 6 nights every week from Sunday to Friday.

Location: Woods Foodservice at Uxbridge with flexibility for occasional travel. Applicants must have the Right to Work in the UK and hold a clean UK Driving License.

Responsibilities

• Place orders via phone with New Covent Garden Market suppliers on a nightly basis, ensuring high quality produce is bought at the most cost-effective competitive price.
• Provide all POs with ordered produce to the driver to ensure he is collecting all produce ordered.
• Run and follow Buying Requirement reports, check customer orders, place orders, process GRNs and credits daily, and amend POs to match deliveries daily.
• Reduce Missed Sales.
• Help check deliveries when they arrive throughout the night and split the pallets to check and detect any issues with the orders to feed back to suppliers.
• Check waste and assist with shorts throughout the night.
• Identify areas for improvement and raise with the Commercial Fresh Produce Procurement Category Manager.
• Achieve the KPIs communicated by the Nights Manager and Commercial Procurement Category Manager.
• Collaborate with Technical, Operations, Nights Teams and Commercial Fresh Produce Procurement Category Manager and others at Woods Foodservice.
• Ensure compliance with all company workplace standards, policies, procedures and requirements on food safety, health & safety, environment and finance and buying processes.
• Collaborate with the Commercial Fresh Produce Procurement Category Manager to ensure a Fresh Produce supplier strategy that aligns with the company’s long-term sourcing objectives.
• Cover drivers' holidays.

Requirements

• Experience of buying Fresh Produce, ideally in Covent Garden Market.
• Experience in food stock replenishment.
• Must hold a clean UK Driving License, no more than 3 points.
• Confident driving 3.5 tonne Vans.
• Must have a Forklift License.
• Comfortable with systems and computers and running and analysing reports.
• Understanding of the supply chain process in wholesale fresh food buying.
• Good attention to detail, accurate.
• Driven, self-motivated, reliable, dependable.
• Able to cope with the demands of a fast-paced and changing business, flexible and adaptable.
• Effective team player, collaborator, effective relationship builder.
• Ability to multi-task, works well under pressure.

Benefits

• 25 days holiday.
• Company pension.
• Free parking.
• Health & wellbeing programme.
• Life insurance.
• On-site parking.
• Company events.
• Birthday voucher.
• Referral Scheme.

Working at Woods Foodservice means you’ll be working alongside a real team-spirited group of people. We value honesty, integrity and big ideas and ensure that work-life balance is enjoyed by all. We are committed to building an inclusive culture that values and respects difference combined with creating a safe and inclusive working environment for all staff.

We provide the tools and support necessary to ensure our teams remain passionate about their work and deliver excellence throughout their career with us. We are big on learning & development and consistently strive to identify upcoming talent in-house. If you’re willing to work hard and looking for a long-term career opportunity, this could be the role for you!

We always aim to live Wood Foodservice company values of Innovation, Adaptability, Positivity and Sustainability. Woods Foodservice is an equal opportunities employer.

Unfortunately, due to the large volume of candidates expected, we will not be able to reply to all applicants. We would like to thank you in advance for your interest in Woods Sustainable Foodservice.