Buyer / Procurement

Buyer | Join a fast-growing natural cosmetics company, purchase globally, and gain experience in new product development (NPD).

Eastleigh, Hampshire.

If you're involved with buying or procurement and keen to make a significant impact, I'd love to hear from you. This is an excellent opportunity to join a firm that has developed some incredible natural cosmetic products, resulting in the business achieving over 20% year-on-year growth for the past five consecutive years, with an incredible 35% growth last year.

As the business continues to grow, new career opportunities will naturally present themselves, helping boost your career in a shorter time.

You will play a big part in the continued growth of the business and help shape its future, with a specific focus on packaging, sustainable materials, product certifications, and new product development. You will purchase high-quality materials from a wide variety of suppliers all over the globe.

The company's impressive growth results from improving existing products, increasing the range of products, and an expanding marketplace. As a Buyer, you will enjoy the freedom and autonomy to take responsibility for new opportunities as you find them, such as finding new eco-friendly materials or packaging that help deliver environmental opportunities, reducing the business's carbon footprint.

The company manufactures over 85% of its products locally and sells to over 30 countries internationally.

You'll enjoy a start-up culture without the risk of joining one. The atmosphere is friendly and relaxed, and the management is transparent about the company's financial performance, providing monthly updates. You can actively contribute ideas, implement process improvements, and have genuine opportunities to influence decisions at all levels.

The role is varied and requires the ability to work with different departments in the company, including compliance, sales, manufacturing, and helping with new product development.

Daily duties include:

• Manage and update the stock control sheet
• Flag up potential stock-level shortages
• Review existing procurement processes, supplier agreements, credit terms, and logistics and shipping costs.
• Purchase all materials for production
• Research suppliers and identify backup suppliers
• Ensure materials conform to third-party certifications - COSMOS Natural Standard, Vegan Society Approved, Cruelty Free International and B Corp.
• Ensure product quality is upheld and improved.
• Actively search for new products, packaging & raw materials to help push the product range forward and reduce environmental impact.
• Understand EPR and other packaging requirements.
• Support needs with packaging functions (innovation, sustainability, life cycle) and ensure the effective development of compliant packaging concepts.