Junior Buyer

Role overview

The Junior Buyer will assist with procuring packaging and ingredients, helping ensure the right materials are available for production while keeping quality, cost control, and regulatory compliance front and centre.

Key duties

• Take responsibility for several procurement categories and report on them to the Buyer.
• Create and track purchase orders, follow up on order receipts, and resolve invoice-related queries.
• Keep an eye on supplier performance, service standards, and core procurement KPIs.
• Maintain accurate purchasing records, including supplier scorecards, Bills of Materials, and product setup details.
• Support the Procurement Administration team with routine operational queries.
• Work closely with Supply Chain, Technical, NPD, and Finance teams to assist with production planning, new product setup, and reporting.
• Contribute to reducing stock risk and obsolescence, and help balance supply and demand for packaging and ingredients.
• Lead or support cost reduction, tendering, sourcing, supplier management, and process improvement activity.
• Assist with inventory optimisation initiatives aimed at cutting waste and surplus stock.
• Take part in training and follow company policies, procedures, and purchasing standards.
• Provide flexible support to connected teams such as Planning and Dispatch when needed.

Experience and skills needed

This role suits someone with around 2 years' experience in procurement, purchasing, or a similar FMCG environment. Experience with packaging or ingredients is a plus. Strong Microsoft Office capability, especially Excel, is important, along with clear communication, strong organisation, careful attention to detail, numerical confidence, and analytical thinking. You should also be comfortable working across teams in a busy production setting.

Why this role could appeal

• Opportunity to work with well-known brands and a business with ambitious growth plans.
• Exposure to a strong innovation pipeline and a clear consumer-led approach.
• A collaborative, fast-moving workplace where your contribution is visible.
• A culture that values curiosity, ownership, and ongoing improvement.

About the employer

O'Brien Fine Foods is a family-owned Irish company and a major name in cooked meats, with more than 600 employees across Ireland and the UK. Its brand portfolio includes Brady Family, Green Farm, and Bearfields. As a certified B Corp, the business focuses on sustainability, quality, and transparency while building products that serve consumers better every day.

Working arrangements

This is a hybrid position with a maximum of two remote days per week. The site is based in Timahoe, Donadea, Naas, County Kildare, Ireland.