Job Title: Japanese speaking Buyer
The Skills You’ll Need: procurement, food buyer, import, Japanese
Your New Salary: £35-40K depends on experience
2 days office (likely increase to 3 days), 2-3 days work from home
Permanent
Start: ASAP


Japanese speaking Buyer - What You’ll be Doing:
*To liaise with Sales Departments to obtain sales forecast and customer feedback, in order to manage demand, plan and place the orders to avoid any shortage and overstock.
*To liaise with manufacturers and check the shipping/delivery schedule of incoming containers/deliveries.
*To get the best quotation and terms from suppliers if required to find new items.
*To manage and develop supplier relationships, ensuring that all suppliers are developed to achieve target levels of business.
*To liaise closely with the Technical Department to ensure that all new products, ingredients and manufacturers conform to current legal requirements and food safety standards.
*To liaise with suppliers to collect accurate and up to date item data for storing in SAP system, in accordance with the Purchase department procedures.


Japanese speaking Buyer - The Skills You’ll Need to Succeed:
*Business-level Japanese language proficiency is essential (JLPT N1-2) as the target suppliers are primarily Japanese food manufacturers and food trading companies and involve import operations from Japan
*Prefer to have the food industry experience


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