AddressSTRATEGIC BUYER (Procurement) - COMMERCIAL, OPERATIONS TEAM
£70,000 + 20% Bonus + 300 Share Options
London Based (Victoria Station) with Remote working available 2 days per week.
WHO ARE SESSIONS?
A growth platform for original food brands & experiences.
- Creators in food.
- Challengers in brand development.
- Leaders in licensing.
- Disruptors in franchise.
- Originals, in everything.
Founded in 2020, we’re on a mission to bring non-stop
originality to every kitchen and food lovers across the UK.
Sessions’ brand portfolio includes UK crowd favourites such as SoBe Burger, Little Bao Boy, Backyard Chicken and Kenny Tutt’s Patty Guy, and extends to partnerships with internationally acclaimed brands including Ivan Ramen.
Sessions has launched and scaled 10 food brands, partnered with 300+ licensee kitchens, and has delivered over 3 million orders. Sessions is reinventing food.
Sessions is led by former executives from Deliveroo, Brewdog and Soho House and is backed by industry leading investors Imbiba and Guinness Ventures.
️ We are Agile - We are customer-obsessed and adapt as needed to meet their needsWe are Ambitious - We aim to not only discover but create on-trend brands and are excited by the work required to become a tastemaker brand
We are Fun - We keep playfulness at the centre of our culture so that we can deliver on the very serious business of keeping food fun
We are data-driven - We don't make assumptions based on what has always been done and instead focus on what the data tells us should be done
Our benefits list got too long and we had to move it to the bottom
ABOUT THE ROLE:
As a food business, our ability to make our ingredients available nationwide at the best terms for our partners and for Sessions is critical to our model. We must enable a multi-faceted supply chain which supplies both input ingredients as well as fully finished products (via central production) which allows our partner kitchens to produce a diverse range of brands, at scale, whilst maintaining consistent quality.
We are looking for a Strategic Buyer who can balance the strategic and tactical elements of building our supply chain. The right candidate will have a dual role, building the infrastructure to enable us to be successful today which can scale rapidly and evolve as the needs of the business change. Also, they will also need to be highly obsessive over details and consistently drive to resolve issues and continuously improve how we operate and to deliver the best commercial terms for Sessions.
WHAT WILL YOU DO?
- Buying
- Deliver best in market pricing for Sessions by leveraging our scale and position
- Responsibility across a range of channels including food, logistics, technology hardware, equipment, small wares etc.
- Supply Chain Management
- Design a fit for purpose end to end supply chain which enables Sessions to meet its immediate requirements but also to scale across a range of cuisines and geographies
- Establish a Central Production strategy to ensure a range of brands can be delivered as finished products and execute said strategy
- Set Sessions up to be ready for international expansion
- Relationship and Performance Management
- Build strong relationships with key suppliers
- Ensure full and accurate reporting on purchasing and supply chain spend and supplier performance
- Risk Management
- Ensure supply chain risks are mitigated appropriately to avoid any major outages or quality issues and rapidly remedy issues as they occur
- Ensure all suppliers are signed on appropriate Sessions contracts, giving us appropriate legal protection
- Cross team collaboration
- Work across the business to understand the business and functional requirements and deliver against them
- Work with the Performance team to ensure partner compliance with Sessions buying requirements
- Work closely with our data team to derive insight from our supply chain data and ensure continuous improvement.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Bachelor's degree or higher from a top university
- Proven experience in a buying or purchasing role
- Preference for experience in a consulting or strategic role who bring an ability to think and act at pace
- Highly data-literate, with experience managing suppliers and their performance
- Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills.
- Strategic thinker with the ability to translate strategies into actionable plans.
- Exceptional negotiation and contract management skills.
- Charismatic and energetic with a passion for food
- Expert level of English language
- Right to work in the UK
BENEFITS - What Sessions can offer you
Financial Wellbeing:
Bonus Scheme - All Sessions headquarters employees are given OKRs, understand exactly what is expected of you to reach your 6 month bonus.
Share Options - Receive an amount of share options for Sessions upon passing probation
Pay day on demand - Choose a payday that suits you best, with the ability to transfer salary for days already worked whenever you like.
Expense card - Don't find yourself short whilst waiting for expenses to be paid, the majority of our headquarters staff will be given their own Soldo company card.
Mortgage Benefit - Help for first time buyers, Free Broker fees, AI Mortgage Tracker
Save Money on Bills Benefit - Using Nous, money saving experts
Social, Mental & Physical Wellbeing:
Hybrid Working - We offer the option for work from home days for most head office roles.
Holidays - We offer 25 days holiday + bank holidays, celebrate different bank holidays? fine by us! Let us know and we'll distribute them as suits you best
️Preventative Healthcare - Sessions are partnered with Qured, to keep people fit and healthy and regularly tested vs waiting for you to become ill
Volunteering Day - Take a day at full pay to support one of our partner charities
Employee Assistance Programme - Support for health, finance and legal services for you and your direct family.
Socials - Sessions run optional weekly social activities, everything from drinks on us socials, team lunches and even events such as Halloween movie night!
Discounts - Enjoy discounts in our food hall venues and on Deliveroo for our brands
Dog Friendly - We love our fluffy pals, they're welcome in the office!
Wear what you like - No suits and ties please, that's so 18th century....
Technology Perks:
Laptop - Apple Mac or Windows Laptop? Your choice! and most of us don't judge...
Phone - Apple iPhone and company sim provided where necessary for the role
Additional - Need another screen? Keyboard? Footstool? Our office manager can provide you with an ergonomics assessment to prevent workplace injuries.
Progression & Development:
High Growth Start Up- This is a great chance to be part of a growing company with plenty of progression opportunities and examples of where our people have progressed as fast as we have
CMI Programme - Sessions runs a Management & Leadership Programme which awards delegates their Chartered Manager status! More letters to add for the signature...
Be Inspired - Work with industry legends such as the Ex MD of Deliveroo, ex CFO Soho House and ex Global Growth Director of Brewdog.
️ Membership & Qualifications - Sessions have helped support a number of our employees by providing funds for work-based qualifications and memberships to relevant associations such as AAT and CIPD.
Join a company looking to change the face of the hospitality industry.
Sessions are a living wage and equal opportunity employer.
We are a living wage and equal opportunity employer - all applicants are reviewed 'anonymously' where only work experience and education will be available for the hiring manager to view - all applicants will be considered for employment without attention to ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender, family or parental status, national origin, veteran, neurodiversity status or disability status.
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