Description:
This company is a global success story and a national one, standing as a leader in the packaging industry. With a successful few years in acquisition mode, it is now gearing up for 2025, a year dedicated to streamlining and leveraging its national presence to maximise international purchasing opportunities.
They seek an International Purchasing Officer who thrives on utilising their industry experience in purchasing within various international markets. The goal is to maximise profitability and ensure the best service is consistently provided to their customers, reflecting the company's commitment to service quality.
The role also strongly focuses on cost optimisation, pursuing the best options for procuring products, freight, and logistics services. This is achieved through forecasting and inventory optimisation, with the following key areas of responsibility.
Your role will be to:
- Prepare and process purchase order requisitions for international suppliers based on customer orders and forecasts and common and assigned categories in a Material Requirements Planning (MRP) environment.
- Oversee and maintain accurate inventory levels to prevent out-of-stock situations.
- Collaborate with the sales team to ensure that forecast ordering and demand are current and accurate.
- Monitor, expedite, and prioritise outstanding orders with suppliers and freight forwarders.
- Work with freight forwarders to implement the best shipping practices when determining shipping modes for less-than-container-load (LCL) and Full-Container-Load (FCL) shipments.
- Communicate directly with suppliers and forwarders to clarify the status of priority orders while maximising freight efficiency and reducing costs where possible.
- Ensure timely and organised communication with internal stakeholders regarding deliveries, and provide necessary paperwork efficiently.
Skills and experience required to succeed in this interesting role:
- Two - Three years of purchasing experience ; ideally this is your 2nd step in your purchasing career
- Expertise in overseas importing, self-managed end to end supply chain.
- Strong analytical skills and attention to detail
- Strong negotiation and supplier management skills
- Excellent organisational and time management abilities
- Excellent English verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to Collaborate as part of a team, as well as work independently
- Must be pcoficient in Microsoft Office applications with advanced Excel
For You:
- There is the opportunity to work in a great team of top achievers
- Base salary to $80k per annum plus superannuation
- Opportunity to grow further in the business
- Beat the traffic - 8:30am - 4:30pm
- 2 days WFH after full training has been completed
To apply for this role, contact Sharannah or Albert on (02) 9267 8211 or send your CV via the Seek Link.
Momentum is highly passionate about providing equal employment opportunities for all. We are committed to diversity and an inclusive workforce. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People are encouraged to apply.