Category Buyer

Reports to:

Proteins Category Manager

Foodbuy is a leading procurement organisation with a powerful purpose: to deliver exceptional value, quality, and sustainability across the food supply chain.

As the Fish & Seafood Buyer, you'll take responsibility for the end-to-end buying process across this category.

• Category & Supplier Management:
  Developing and executing a long term category strategy with the Proteins Category Manager.
• Identifying, meeting, and nurturing relationships with new and existing suppliers.
• Tracking industry trends, cost drivers, and best practices to inform category decisions.
• Leading contract planning, negotiation, execution, and supplier performance reviews.
• Commercial Delivery:
  Managing category spend and ensuring strong commercial outcomes.
• Creating sustainable long term pricing mechanisms to support competitive advantage.
• Evaluating bids with the sourcing team to secure the best commercial and quality results.
• Sharing category insights, performance updates and market movements across the business.
• Operational & Cross Functional Support:
  Ensuring all products meet Foodbuy's food safety and CSR standards.
• Working closely with supply chain teams to secure reliable on time supply.
• Partnering with culinary development teams to support client menu needs.
• Providing expert content and insights to support sales and bid teams.
• Managing category related queries from internal and external stakeholders.

• Passionate, commercially driven, and comfortable owning a strategically important category.
• Experience in food procurement or sourcing, ideally with fish & seafood knowledge.
• Strong commercial acumen and excellent negotiation and influencing skills.
• Skilled in procurement systems with advanced Excel capability.
• Able to build trusted business relationships and work effectively across teams.
• Resilient, results orientated, and motivated by challenging targets.

• Recognised subject matter expertise in fish & seafood.
• A confident communicator and presenter able to steer conversations and decisions.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills, with the ability to work independently.
• Highly organised with strong attention to detail and deadline awareness.
• Experience delivering cost reductions in challenging markets.
• Enthusiastic, ambitious, and proactive.

You'll join a dynamic, supportive and highly collaborative procurement team where you'll have the chance to shape a key category, drive innovation, and contribute to industry leading sourcing standards. This is an opportunity to make a real impact across the supply chain while growing your career in a purpose driven organisation.