Category Buying Manager – Snacks and Beverages

Overview

Category Buying Manager – Snacks and Beverages

Location:

Central London

Sector:
Procurement

Job Type: Permanent

Salary:
Competitive salary + bonus and package

Job

Expiry date: 06-Mar-2026

Title: Category Buying Manager – Snacks and Beverages

Company: Leading European Household Brand

Location: Central London / Hybrid (2 days working from home)

Salary: Competitive salary + bonus and package

About the Company

Our client is a well-established, fast-growing multi-site food and beverage business operating across the UK and international markets. Known for quality products, strong brand presence and a people-first culture, they operate at pace in a highly commercial environment.

The business offers a collaborative, high-energy setting where procurement and category teams play a central role in driving innovation, margin improvement and strategic supplier partnerships across a large and complex area.

About the Role

We’re supporting a leading food and beverage brand in the search for a Category Buying Manager to take ownership of key food and drink categories within a high-revenue, commercially critical portfolio.

This is a highly visible role responsible for driving category strategy, negotiating with strategic suppliers and working closely with internal stakeholders across operations, marketing, finance and NPD.

You’ll play a key role in improving category performance, delivering strong commercial outcomes and proactively identifying opportunities to enhance range, margin and operational compliance. The role requires a hands-on, solutions-focused individual who thrives in a fast-paced environment and can influence across a diverse stakeholder group.

Skills and Experience Required

• Proven buying/category management experience within Food, QSR, Hospitality, or Retail environments
• Strong background managing food and/or beverage categories
• Commercially astute with strong negotiation and supplier management skills
• Demonstrated ability to overcome challenges and deliver results in complex environments
• Proactive mindset with the confidence to influence internal stakeholders and suppliers
• Experience delivering category strategies, tenders and cost optimisation initiatives
• Strong analytical capability with a data-driven approach to decision making
• Ability to work cross-functionally with operations, marketing, supply chain and finance etc
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence at multiple levels

Why You Should Apply

• Opportunity to own and shape high-impact, revenue-generating categories
• High-visibility role working closely with senior stakeholders
• Fast-paced, commercially driven environment where your ideas will make a difference
• Collaborative culture with strong cross-functional exposure
• Clear opportunity to drive innovation and category performance
• Hybrid working and exposure to both head office and operational environments

Apply Now

If you’re a proactive category or buying professional from a food, retail, hospitality, or QSR background looking for your next challenge, we’d love to hear from you.

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