Buying Manager

JSS is looking for a Buying Manager

Job description

Buying Manager - Food & Non-Food

£65,000 per annum

London


JSS are supporting a well-known food business to recruit a Buying Manager (Food/Non-Food)


The Role

This role goes far beyond traditional procurement. The successful candidate will play a key role in building a commercially successful menu and ensuring products deliver both customer value and strong business performance.


Key responsibilities include:

  • Managing and challenging cost prices with a clear understanding of value drivers
  • Balancing quality, sourcing and commercial targets while protecting product integrity
  • Supporting decisions on ingredients, suppliers and product formats with both short- and long-term commercial thinking
  • Ensuring consistency and accuracy in product costing and margin delivery
  • Working cross-functionally with food development, finance and operations teams to connect product decisions to operational performance
  • Driving continuous improvement across cost, quality and value strategies
  • Building collaborative, long-term supplier relationships based on partnership and transparency


The successful candidate will be expected to connect commercial decision-making with operational execution.


About You

The business is looking for someone who combines strong commercial instincts with a proactive, solutions-focused mindset.

You will likely be:

  • Commercially aware, with a strong understanding of margins, pricing and trade-offs
  • 4/5 years of procurement experience within the food related industries
  • Proactive and action-oriented
  • Comfortable working in ambiguity and change
  • Agile, resourceful and able to solve problems independently
  • Passionate about food, ingredients, sourcing and product quality

Extra information

Status
Open
Education Level
Secondary School
Location
City of London
Type of Contract
Full-time jobs
Published at
23-05-2026
Profession type
Retail
Full UK/EU driving license preferred
No
Car Preferred
No
Must be eligible to work in the EU
No
Cover Letter Required
No
Languages
English

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