Buyer (Mandarin Speaking)Location: Erith, Kent Salary: From 40,000 per annum Hours: Full-time, Office BasedAbout the OpportunityAn exciting opportunity has arisen for a Mandarin-speaking Buyer to join a growing and successful food manufacturing and distribution business.This role is ideal for someone with experience in procurement, purchasing, or supply chain operations who enjoys building supplier relationships, analysing stock requirements, and ensuring products are available to meet customer demand.Working closely with Sales, Warehouse, Quality and Finance teams, you will play a key role in purchasing, inventory planning, supplier management and process improvement within a fast-paced FMCG environment.Key Responsibilities:You will be responsible for managing raw material purchasing and order execution based on production plans, ensuring timely delivery and stock availability. This role also requires independently identifying and developing new suppliers, optimizing costs, and improving procurement processes.Purchasing and Supplier ManagementInventory Planning and Stock ControlLogistics and ComplianceReporting and Continuous ImprovementAbout YouEssential RequirementsMinimum 2 year''s experience within procurement, purchasing, supply chain or a related function.Fluent in both English and Mandarin.Strong organisational and multitasking skills.Excellent attention to detail and accuracy.Strong analytical skills with the ability to work confidently with data.Effective communica