The Purchasing Officer supports the Procurement Manager in the day-to-day execution of purchasing activity across Kitchen Food Company, ensuring ingredients, packaging materials, manufacturing consumables, and selected indirect items are ordered accurately, delivered on time, and received correctly. Reporting to the Procurement Manager, this role partners closely with Planning, Production, Warehouse, QA, NPD, and Finance to keep production supplied without excess stockholding, and to maintain compliance with food safety and purchasing policy requirements.