Livestock Buying Manager | Turriff

We are looking for a Buying Manager within our Livestock team based at our Woodhead Brothers site in Turriff. This role will maintain relationships with current and new suppliers, securing livestock at the given weekly price on farm or market. Delivering stock to plan, managing stakeholder relationships across the site, planning and external sales. Direct line management responsibility for 2 team members.

Some of your responsibilities will include:

• Number of stock bought direct from Farm
• Weights/Grades/Spec of Cattle & Lambs supplied
• Build critical relationships with all Myton Food Group (Woodheads) suppliers, representing the company in a fair and reputable way.
• Working in conjunction with other buyers, the Livestock Office: Operations, Admin, Transport, and Livestock Technical Auditor, in addition to the lairage, abattoir, and planning to ensure that ideas are shared and the teams work as one to meet the needs of our consumer.
• Service to abattoirs within 98% to Plan.
• Sourcing up to £450+ million of stock every year, including beef, lamb & pork, dealing with over 3,000 suppliers.
• Achievement of Livestock KPIs.
• Safeguard our business by getting closer to our customers; ensuring 100% of suppliers are visited.
• Build strong relationships with our supplier base; be visible and visit farmers regularly.
• Ensure that livestock is sourced to our business needs and to the requirements of our retail consumer.
• Optimise batches to ensure that stock is bought to plan, with correct delivery numbers adhered to.
• Monitor supplier performance and review our publicity and marketing to tackle issues, working closely with the livestock development and admin team.
• Confirm all buying on time in full as soon as possible, to conform to planning, operations and transport requirements.
• Ensure that all information provided is correct to reduce potential operational downtime for the processor.
• Know and play a role in facilitating Myton’s Welfare & Sustainability policies.

About You

We’ve built an incredibly diverse business, and we’re working hard to make sure we truly represent the communities we serve. One of the best things about working with so many different people is having the opportunity to listen, learn and connect with lots of different views, perspectives, and beliefs.

For this role, we’re looking for someone who has:

• Experience in the livestock industry preferable, or previous buying experience.
• Proven experience of delivering category strategies in a complex, competitive market.
• Knowledge of the livestock industry, buying/sourcing, and good knowledge of the retail consumer needs.
• A strong reputation for customer relations.
• The ability to build relationships with a wide range of stakeholders.
• Ability to use Excel and basic computer programmes.
• Ability to deal with immediate changes, moving suppliers around to comply with operational needs.

About The Team

At Morrisons, we’re the single biggest food manufacturer in the UK, and the only retailer to operate our own processing sites. Which means we’re not just responsible for keeping our shelves stocked – we need to stock our manufacturing sites, too.

As a true one-of-a-kind business, we curate, arrange and buy everything from raw materials like flour and meat to the products our customers pop in for every day. We negotiate prices and make sure we’re able to sell as much as we can. We look at product packaging and quality to help us decide where products will sit in our stores. And when you remember that each category is worth a percentage of our overall £12 billion turnover from supermarket sales alone, the impact of each buying team is huge.

We work in embedded business teams, so our Buyers sit with their supply chain, finance and technical counterparts, working alongside each other to make decisions and take action quickly. We even have joint targets so that we’re unified in our mission to serve our customers.

About The Company

• 15% colleague discount in our stores and online, plus 10% for two friends/family members.
• Generous holiday entitlement.
• 4.5 day work week.
• Company pension contributions.
• Perks with over 850 retailers.

We’re Foodmakers and Shopkeepers and together, we make Morrisons. We’re the only UK retailer with our own manufacturing business spread across 18 sites, not to mention nearly 500 stores, we’ve lots of opportunities for you to play your part. So, whether you want to make the freshest food, sell it, or join us in our head office, we’d love to meet you…

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