The Bread Factory is London''s leading Artisan Bakery, known for award-winning breads, pastries, and cakes, supplying top-quality products across e-commerce, grocery, food services, and retailers such as our GAIL''s Bakeries nationwide. As our teams grow, we seek our next Packaging Buyer to join our team. Every day is different at The Bread Factory, but here are some of the things you will be doing: Manage the full procurement process including market research, competitive pricing, supplier selection and negotiation, contract implementation and supplier performance review on ingredients.Manage the packaging and GNFR categories, retender as appropriate, according to buying calendars and seasonality.Actively maintain live knowledge of supply markets and implement buying strategy.Manage supplier relationship of key suppliers, monitoring KPIs such as price competitiveness and service level.Support NPD and Marketing plans by sourcing new products for launches.Liaise with the Production, Purchasing, NPD, Finance, Technical, Sales and Operations teams to ensure a smooth running of the business. Our team tells us you will be a great addition if you have: Proven experience in procurement as a Buyer, ideally within packaging markets or trading environments categories.A strong analytical mindset with the ability to track market trends and supplier performance.Knowledge of global commodity markets and trading environments.Building supplier relationships and managing stakeholder expec