Procurement Assistant in Duns

Location: Duns
Salary: Hidden
Recruiter: Greenvale AP
Job Hours: Full-time

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Procurement Assistant

Greenvale AP is one of the UK’s largest growers and packers of fresh potatoes, supplying some of the country’s largest retailers and processors from our 2 packing sites in Cambridgeshire (March) and the Scottish Borders (Duns). We are looking to recruit a Procurement Assistant to support all potato procurement operations at our Duns site.

  • Location: Duns
  • Reporting to: Procurement Manager
  • Salary: Competitive with benefits
  • Hours of work: Monday - Friday, 08:30-17:00hrs
  • Main Responsibilities:

  • Planning and communicating the weekly intake for the Packhouse.
  • Compiling and maintaining a stock database for all contracted raw material.
  • Ensuring grower contract volumes are up to date in line with available stock.
  • Organising store sampling and wash-ups for key stocks.
  • Conducting seasonal test-digs and recording results.
  • Assessing stock quality and waste in production whilst providing feedback to growers.
  • Helping growers maintain technical supply compliance.
  • Actively seeking buying and trading opportunities.
  • Our ideal candidate will have the following:

  • An agricultural/land-based qualification. 
  • A willingness to learn and assume greater responsibility – and the benefits that come with this. 
  • Previous experience of working with potatoes or other field crops is desirable but not essential.
  • A knowledge of the farming community and a connection with rural affairs. 
  • The ability to plan and execute your own working week whilst working either on your own or as part of a larger team.
  • Good organisation, communication and computer skills are required. 
  • A valid driver’s licence. 
  • A willingness to learn. 

  • About Greenvale AP


    Greenvale: The Natural Choice for Fresh Potatoes.

    We are a leading supplier of fresh potatoes and the UK's largest grower of organic potatoes.

    We are unique in that we are a truly vertically integrated business – from concept to table. Greenvale's vertical integration comprises:

    Outstanding consumer and category insight
    Fresh packing and distribution
    Brand development
    Added value processing (Swancote)
    Extensive procurement base (world wide)
    Own growing
    High quality seed business
    Variety breeding and development
    Daffodils and bulbs

    As part of the Produce Investments group, our success is built on strong, collaborative relationships with our many partners – from our extensive customer base right back down the supply chain to growers, seed breeders and suppliers, as well as research organisations.

    Greenvale aims to be market leaders through linking outstanding consumer insight, sustainable procurement, technical innovation and operational efficiency to provide our many customers with good quality products at great value.

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