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Weetabix

Category Buyer

Weetabix

Category Buyer delivering sourcing activity across indirect spend categories for Weetabix. Managing supplier performance and leveraging digital procurement tools in a fast-paced FMCG environment.

Posted 7/14/2026full-timeBurton Latimer • 🇬🇧 United KingdomMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in procurement processes, including RFx management, supplier relationship management, and data-driven decision-making. Proficient in stakeholder engagement and negotiation, with a focus on continuous improvement and operational efficiency.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Procurement ExperienceRFx ProcessesData AnalysisNegotiation SkillsSupplier Relationship Management

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Hard Skills
ProcurementSourcingCommercial OperationsData InsightsCategory Performance TrackingSupplier Performance MonitoringContinuous ImprovementDemand PlanningMarket InsightsCost Analysis
Soft Skills
Stakeholder EngagementEffective CommunicationPrioritizationIssue ResolutionCollaboration
Tools & Technologies
Microsoft 365Procurement SystemsData Analysis ToolsArtificial Intelligence-Enabled Procurement Tools
Industry Keywords
Fast-Moving Consumer GoodsComplianceAudit ReadinessSupplier EngagementRisk Management

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Deliver Request for Information, Request for Proposal and Request for Quotation (RFx) processes and tenders, ensuring competitive, compliant and timely outcomes
  • Help category strategies through data insights and effective execution of sourcing activities
  • Draft, review and negotiate straightforward commercial documents in line with procurement policy
  • Engage stakeholders to gather requirements, question assumptions and align sourcing issues to business needs
  • Manage supplier communications, including bids, clarifications and timelines
  • Maintain governance, ensuring accurate documentation, approvals and audit readiness
  • Track category performance, including total cost of ownership, savings, compliance and improvement activity
  • Monitor and manage supplier performance using scorecards, action tracking and Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) practices
  • Build supplier relationships, helping performance, issue resolution and continuous improvement
  • Maintain accurate supplier and contract data, including pricing and supporting records
  • Provide data, insight and operational help to enable efficient delivery of category priorities
  • Use data to deliver market insights, supplier comparisons and commercial recommendations
  • Help the adoption of artificial intelligence-enabled procurement tools to improve information, automation and risk identification
  • Contribute to demand planning by presenting insights that look at cost and complexity
  • Identify and own continuous improvement across processes, sourcing and supplier engagement
  • Work with supplier-led innovation and contribute to risk management, supply continuity and resilience

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Experience in procurement, sourcing, or commercial operations, ideally within fast-paced environments such as fast-moving consumer goods.
  • Working knowledge of request for proposal, request for quotation, and request for information processes.
  • Indight capability, with confidence interpreting data and generating actionable insights.
  • Effective negotiation skills for low to medium complexity commercial documents.
  • Ability to engage stakeholders and manage multiple priorities effectively.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft 365, procurement systems, and data analysis tools.

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Annual bonus
  • Double-matched pension scheme (up to 12% from us)
  • 25 days annual leave increasing with service
  • Annual Salary review
  • Healthcare plan
  • Discounted Weetabix products
  • Continued investment in your personal development
  • You can purchase up to 5 days of additional annual leave
  • Access to 24/7 counselling service (via Grocery Aid partnership)
  • The freedom of Flexible Work Opportunities
  • Enhanced Maternity / Paternity / Adoption Leave
  • Additional Time Off for Fertility Treatment and Neonatal Care
  • Working Parents Support Group
  • Fully stocked kitchens filled with our delicious products for you to enjoy