Purchasing Officer - Warehouse (Food Manufacturing)Location: Woodlands Drive & Lower Dandenong Road, Braeside, Melbourne
Hours of Work: Full-time, Monday-Friday
The Company: Bread is the heart and soul of Laurent.
We craft authentic French breads, based on time-honoured recipes and contemporary breads using the finest ingredients.
With 25 years of success, 18 retail outlets, 2 manufacturing facilities and over 500 employees; quality is our life.
Along with constant innovation and ensuring authenticity for French artisan baking, we pay homage to the values of a true French village bakery.
The Role: Due to the continual growth of our company, we now have an opening for a Purchasing Officer to support our Warehouse team at our Braeside facilities.
In this role, you will help to coordinate and source the supply of ingredients (domestically and internationally).
The ideal candidates must possess experience in procurement and inventory management relating to purchasing of ingredients for fresh food production, often with short lead times.
Your existing knowledge of available suppliers locally and internationally would put you ahead of other candidates.
A key focus will be accountability for achieving cost of goods savings through the continuous review of pricing, quality, and suppliers both locally and internationally to create a cost-effective and sustainable supply chain to meet production requirements.
Key Responsibilities: Sourcing & setting up new suppliers and items in the ERP systemEstablish/maintain key supplier relationshipsMaintain adequate stock levels and replenishment (DIFOT) according to production forecast/usage and maintenance schedulesRaising orders, liaising with freight forwarders, validating, approving and entering invoices and calculating landed costsIdentify and implement cost savings to reduce operational costsManagement of master data to ensure accurate recordsSupport new product development when requiredSourcing of ad hoc items when requiredOther duties as directed and within the incumbent's skills and abilitiesThe Successful Candidate: Diploma or Bachelor's in Supply Chain and Logistics desiredMinimum 2 years' experience in Procurement within a food manufacturing environmentExperience in procuring and sourcing goods, preferably in FMCG and/or ManufacturingPast experience in interacting with Freight Forwarders and managing invoices from Freight Forwarders is highly regardedMicrosoft Office 365 knowledgeStrong administration and Excel skillsPrior experience with an ERP system in a similar role is highly regardedProven ability to manage working relationships across production, planning, and warehouse operationsStrong planning and organisational skillsExcellent written and verbal communication skills as well as good numerical abilityAbility to work under pressureA team playerApplicants must be able to work in Australia without any ongoing work restrictions.
Please note only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
If you want to be a part of this world-class team, apply now! We look forward to hearing from you!
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