Your New Job Title: Raw Materials and Ingredients Trader - Food

The Skills You'll Need: Food technology, Commercial sales, Trading, Procurement, International Trade

Your New Salary: up to £45K per annum

Location: Central London, 5 days a week in office for 3 months, then hybrid 3 days in office

Job status: Permanent

Start date: ASAP

Working hours: Monday to Friday, 8 hour shift between 8am to 6pm (35h p/ week)

Who You'll Be Working for: Global raw materials trader.

Raw Materials and Ingredients Trader - Food - What You'll be Doing Each Day: 
They will possess a detailed understanding of the contemporary food manufacturing procurement environment and will bring a proven track record of driving revenue growth.  

Dairy and food ingredients have been integral to the company identity since its inception and will remain so. A thorough grasp of food science technologies is vital to win the trust and confidence of business partners, with a particular focus on value addition for manufacturers.

• To generate new third party (external) trade, adding to our sales accounts in existing and new
• geographies, beyond existing Group interests.
• To identify new manufacturing sources for supply of relevant materials, conduct physical
• premises audits, compliance screening, to incorporate within company's supplier portfolio.
• Work closely with the company's office network to leverage opportunities.
• Identify where additional resource allocation is required to drive business development.
• Play a significant role in new projects seeking to land viable commercially additions to the current portfolio.
• To report and advise senior colleagues of trading opportunities.
• To acquire knowledge and expertise in traded products enabling the company to offer timely market intelligence.
• To commit accurate and relevant intelligence to the Division's databases.
• To participate in the Division's continuous education, and risk management programmes.
• Frequent sourcing trips, sometimes in rural locations, processing centres and export hubs are a core responsibility. A minimum of once a month.

Raw Materials and Ingredients Trader - Food - Requirements:

• Food technology background
• Food Science Degree
• Food manufacturing procurement environment
• Commercial sales
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Fluent Spanish or Portuguese - would be a bonus.
• Availability for extensive business travel - essential.

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We would be grateful if you could send your CV as a Word document. If your application is successful, you will be contacted within 7 days. We regret that due to the high volume of applications we receive we cannot provide feedback on individual CVs. Please note that we can only consider candidates who are eligible to work in the UK and are able to provide relevant supporting documentation.

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