THG Nutrition & Wellness:

THG Nutrition & Wellness is home to some of the best loved and most trusted names in wellbeing and nutrition, including Myprotein, the world's largest online sports nutrition brand, its family of brands, Myvegan, Myvitamins, Command, MP Activewear and MyPRO, plus Exante Diet.

We want to be the world's most empowering health movement, championing everyone to live healthier, more active lives. Our brands and people exist to break boundaries, to power and empower those who want more. We break conventions, we're a force for good, and we keep it real. These are the values that drive us through every day.

Everything we do is done in-house, from manufacturing and new product development to content creation, e-commerce, marketing and logistics. This means we're perfectly positioned to deliver to our vision and keep our place at the top of a fast-moving, global industry.

It's an incredibly exciting time to join the team, and we're always looking for talented people who share our vision and values to drive our Nutrition & Wellness movement forward.

Buyer - Raw Materials - THG Nutrition & Wellness

About the Procurement team and the Role

We are recruiting a Buyer to support the Raw Materials Category. This is an exciting opportunity where you will be managing and negotiating spend for this category. You will be required to deliver innovation from the supply base, reduce costs where possible and learn how to develop and manage contracts. The successful candidate will have a strong interest in developing a career within Procurement and demonstrate natural commercial awareness.

Responsibilities:

• Work on developing a procurement strategy for a category of spend
• Negotiate and award contracts
• Develop THG's supply base
• Manage existing contracts maximising value
• Be able to communicate cross-functionally (legal, engineering, projects, finance etc)
• Support best Procurement Practice to be embedded throughout the business
• Managing set up of suppliers and working with Quality Assurance team to facilitate approval process
• Work with NPD Team and support with Procurement requirements for NPD projects across Nutrition division
• Working closely with our supply chain and freight teams to ensure stock availability remains high. This will involve problem solving and identifying solutions. Support of the supply chain will be required on a global level across all THG manufacturing sites"

Requirements:

• Degree qualified in relevant discipline (Supply Chain)
• Strong analytical and numerical skills,
• Problem-solving skills
• Commercial awareness plus capable of making recommendations
• Strong communication skills
• Proficient in using Microsoft Office to a high standard, particularly Excel.
• If you have supply chain / operations experience this would be an advantage