Musgrave is one of the Europe’s most successful family-owned businesses with a 140-year heritage in food and brand innovation, supporting communities across the island of Ireland and Spain.
Every day we feed one in three people in Ireland through 15 market leading food and beverage brands that include SuperValu, Centra, Frank and Honest and Musgrave Market Place.
We support thousands of retail and foodservice family businesses who live and work in the heart of the communities they serve.
We are committed to becoming the most trusted and sustainable business in Ireland and we are making changes across the company to make sure that happens. We want to make a positive impact on the world and we will support our suppliers and customers to make a difference too.
We are now inviting applications for the role of Buyer in our Musgrave Indirect Procurement Team in Airport Road. Reporting to the Indirect Procurement Manager, this role will ensure that the buyer’s Portfolio follows the Indirect Procurement process, working in tandem with Budget Owners, and delivers the required savings and compliance KPIs to assist in Musgrave’s strategy.
Key responsibilities of the role include:
Planning, Analysis & Control
Working with budget holders to devise, own and drive the associated procurement category strategies, becoming an expert in the market dynamics of the Marketing Category and management of Instore Packaging as well as any other categories as they arise.
Analyse areas of spend as per the Indirect Procurement Contracts Database to identify sourcing initiatives to pursue.
Review Spend Analysis reports to target spend that could be consolidated across the Musgrave business, leveraging One Musgrave principles.
Manage and control the set of Indirect Procurement Suppliers and reviewing requests for new suppliers.
Review Requisitions and Purchase Orders to ensure adherence with Group Indirect Procurement policy.
Input into the preparation of annual budgets and provision of data to the Finance Teams across the business
Negotiation and Contracting
Agree requirements with budget holders.
Ensure that spend is committed having only gone through the Indirect Procurement process, ensure no renegade spend.
Manage the end to end tendering process for identified areas of spend.
Take the lead in negotiation with Suppliers. Work with budget holders to be clear on what the best negotiation tactics are.
Work with Marketing consultants to assess the Market and also achieve the best commercial outcomes.
Assist budget holders with the Contracting process, liaise with legal, DPO, Secops as necessary to ensure a good quality contract is created.
Central Procurement
Provide an excellent service to the Budget Holders as per agreed SLA’s, liaising on an ongoing basis
Build and maintain relationships and partnerships with key Indirect suppliers
Managing and aligning the requirements of stakeholders to establish a consistent way of working in all Operating Units.
Leverage internal purchasing systems, agreeing catalogue goods and services with the business and suppliers and configuring same
Improve and develop all Procurement processes and operational management requirements such as contracting reports, risk exposure databases.
Review Requisitions for non-Preferred suppliers and approving Purchase Orders
Tracking adherence of actual pricing to negotiated pricing and associated variance analysis.
Adhoc group projects
The successful candidate will have:
5 Yrs.+ commercial experience preparing and leading out negotiations on high value contracts.
Procurement certification or Accounting qualification with buying experience.
Influencing stakeholders up to and including Exec level.
Critical Thinking – ability and experience to challenge the status quo
Finance systems experience (Oracle iProc an advantage)
Very strong Excel skills and strong attention to detail.
Musgrave is an equal opportunities employer.
We encourage applications from diverse candidates. If we can make any accommodations to enable you to be the best version of yourself during the interview, please let us know.
Musgrave operate a Work Smart hybrid working model where you can alternate your time between connecting and collaborating in the business and working remotely. Occasional business travel to other locations will also be required.
