Category Buyer

Overview

Develop global sourcing strategies for paper packaging, building supplier partnerships.

Key Responsibilities

• strategic procurement
• supplier sourcing
• partnership development
• global sourcing
• negotiations
• travel

Tasks

This isn’t about following someone else’s process. You’ll be shaping how Smith Anderson purchases paper and paper bags and developing the global procurement partnerships that will drive future growth. This role is about influence, not maintenance. You’ll be connecting their Scottish manufacturing base with a UK, European and global suppliers, sourcing, securing and building strategic partnerships that will drive growth for years to come. From your base in Kirkcaldy, you’ll establish connections with paper packaging suppliers across Europe, India and Canada. You’ll travel, negotiate and build strong, lasting relationships that keep the business agile and open to new opportunities.

Requirements

• buying
• manufacturing
• paper
• packaging
• negotiation
• strategic

What You Bring

You’ll bring experience in buying within manufacturing. Ideally this will be with paper, packaging or raw materials but what’s most important is that you will be commercially sharp, confident negotiating and have a strategic mindset for creating and building long-term supplier partnerships.

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Benefits

5️⃣ You’ll work with people who get things done. Recruiting exclusively through Escape Recruitment Services 4️⃣ You’ll join a company that’s 167 years strong and still growing. Family ownership means quick decisions and genuine collaboration. You’ll work with a talented team across engineering, production, finance, planning and sales who take pride in what they deliver and how they work together. 2️⃣ You’ll go global.

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