About the Company - Very excitingly, a returning client of ours is looking for a Head of Purchasing to join their growing team out in Turks & Caicos. This is a wonderful chance to work in one of the most beautiful parts of the world, for a fast-growing supermarket brand. This role is to oversee the activities of the Food Service Purchasing Team, and it's a brand new role. For a thorough and detailed job description, please get in touch.

About the Role - Key Duties (we can give you the full list): Develop and maintain the purchasing policies and procedures, ensuring our client delivers margin, improves on price perception, and offers a market leading assortment. Develop the client's buying practices to improve availability whilst minimising working capital and unnecessary waste. Maintain awareness of market trends in the food service industry, understanding forthcoming customer initiatives and monitoring what local competitors are doing. Conduct research to ascertain the best products and suppliers in terms of best value and quality. Negotiate with international vendors on pricing, quantities, ensuring that the terms of the agreement in the contract includes consistent supply. Monitor overall stock levels, sales growth, profitability and taking appropriate action to improve performance. Determining the best details for the best products and sourcing them from the manufacturers as first priority to the distributors.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the purchasing policies and procedures
• Develop the client's buying practices to improve availability whilst minimising working capital and unnecessary waste
• Maintain awareness of market trends in the food service industry
• Conduct research to ascertain the best products and suppliers
• Negotiate with international vendors on pricing, quantities
• Monitor overall stock levels, sales growth, profitability
• Determining the best details for the best products and sourcing them from the manufacturers

Qualifications - Ideally come from a Culinary background. Love food and food service. Have experience in procurement, purchasing or buying. Will have worked in either the USA or Caribbean markets. Have worked in this industry for at least ten years. Understand financials, P&Ls, and have good accounting skills. Work well in teams, being an efficient and highly competent communicator.

Preferred Skills

Pay range and compensation package - Salary: Negotiable, but around $100k GPA. This is dependent on experience. Accommodation: Not provided, but the client will help you find some, and there is a relocation allowance. Start: ASAP, but depends on visa, as can take 3 months or so. You need to ensure that you have all childhood vaccinations, and proof of that for the visa (we can give you the list).