Position: Purchasing, Procurement & Inventory (Manufacturing, Transport & Logistics)
Location: Woodlands Drive & Lower Dandenong Road, Braeside, Melbourne
Hours of Work: Full-time, 76-hour fortnight, 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: A great opportunity is now available to join our warehouse team at our Braeside facilities. In this role, you will help to coordinate and source the supply of materials (domestically and internationally) for our production teams. 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.
This role is ideally suited to someone with experience in the purchasing of ingredients for fresh food production, often with short lead times, so being across available suppliers locally and internationally would be an advantage.
Key responsibilities: Raising orders, liaising with freight forwarders, validating, approving and entering invoices and calculating landed costs Maintain adequate stock levels according to production forecast/usage Sourcing & setting up new Business Partners (Suppliers) and items in the ERP system Management of master data to ensure accurate records Establish/maintain supplier relationships and evaluate and report on performance Identify and implement cost savings to reduce operational costs Support new product development when required Sourcing of adhoc items when required Other duties as directed and within the incumbent's skills and abilities The Successful Candidate: Diploma or Bachelor's in Supply Chain and Logistics desired Minimum 2 years' experience in Procurement within a food manufacturing environment Experience in procuring and sourcing goods, preferably in FMCG and/or Manufacturing Past experience in interacting with Freight Forwarders and managing invoices from Freight Forwarders is highly regarded Microsoft Office 365 knowledge Strong administration and Excel skills Prior experience with an ERP system in a similar role is highly regarded Proven ability to manage working relationships across production, planning, and warehouse operations Strong planning and organisational skills Excellent written and verbal communication skills as well as good numerical ability Ability to work under pressure A team player Applicants 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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