It is Monday morning and Week Two of my new placement as Procurement Analyst for Green & Black's in London. Since I last blogged I have moved from Bristol and have sidled across functions to Procurement.
Cadbury acquired Green & Black's in 2005 but it continues to run as an independent business to Cadbury in the UK, and I am now adjusting to different surroundings and acclimatizing to the fleet-footed pace of a small business. Whilst I settle in, I have decided to make my first project the sampling of our entire product range to find my favourite.
In a business that has grown considerably in recent years, there has been a lot of change in a relatively short time. My role here will be to support the Procurement Manager in developing our relationships with our current ingredient suppliers. This is a world away from my previous role managing a shift on the Cadbury Mini Eggs production line, but I am keen to learn about Procurement and there will be a lot for me to get on with here.
All Green & Black's products are Organic and so I will soon be travelling across Europe to visit suppliers and discover how they produce their goods for us using organic farming methods. This will be a new area for me and I am intrigued to understand that piece of the supply chain jigsaw.
So I'll keep you posted on how it goes...
And just for the record, my favourite so far is the Green & Black's Butterscotch chocolate bar. Try it and you'll see why!
Comments are forwarded to the author and those that we think will be useful to other readers will be posted on the site.