Purchasing Officer - Melbourne, Australia - Conquest Personnel Pty Ltd

Conquest Personnel Pty Ltd

Verified Company

Melbourne, Australia

3 days ago

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Olivia Brown

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Purchasing Officer
Welcome in 2023 in your new Purchasing role

The company:

Small and friendly team
Growing Australian familyowned business
They manufacture and distribute high quality sustainable and recyclable products to the Australian and New Zealand market

In this role you will play an integral part in supporting the business with key purchasing and procurement tasks:

Placing purchase orders with both local and overseas suppliers.
Management of orders and processing both locally and overseas.
Liaising with local/overseas forwarders to coordinate international shipments.
Build and construct containers based on product SKU's
Modelling with supplier base the most efficient way to maximise freight.
Price negotiation with both local and overseas supplier base.
Review product pricing quarterly to ensure market relevant pricing applies to purchased products.
Evaluation of stock flow and provide detailed forecast and projections.
Liaise with warehouse and help coordinate orders and local deliveries.
Maintain inventory database and assist in the reduction of slowmoving lines.
Assist in audit of pallets and SOH at warehouse facility.
Maintain quality control and ensuring products adhere to purchase specifications.
Assisting buyer with product compliance.
Analysis of sales vs forecasts to ensure appropriate balance of stock is ordered.
Working with warehouse and finance to maintain warehouse efficiencies.

You will have:

Around 5 years of purchasing experience in an importing environment.
Great office management skills
Experience liaising with Freight Forwarding companies.
Up to date working knowledge of purchasing both import and export consumables, from planning stage.
Intermediate to advanced excel and strong numeracy skills.
Your attention to detail is second to none.
You are personable and energetic, able to demonstrate effective relationshipbuilding and communication skills with a variety of stakeholders.

Our client is looking for an innovative person able to implement new procedures and streamline processes. If this sounds like you, please apply.