AddressAbout Huhtamaki
Founded in 1920 and headquartered in Espoo, Finland, Huhtamaki Group is a key global provider of sustainable packaging solutions for consumers around the world, enabling well-being and convenience. Our innovative products protect on-the-go and on-the-shelf food and beverages, ensuring hygiene and safety, and help prevent food waste. We operate in 35 countries and 81 sites around the world. Our 18,600 employees work to Care, Dare and Deliver to provide smart next generation packaging.
We have a strong reputation for taking pride in delivering a high standard of service. We are proud of our long serving history and our status as a truly local manufacturer catering for some iconic Australian brands as well as local entrepreneurs. Pivotal to our continued success is the addition of a motivated and enthusiastic Reliability Engineer to join our high-performing Maintenance Team.
About The Role
We currently have an opportunity for a keen Purchasing Officer to join our team based in our rough molded fiber manufacturing site at Preston.
Specifically, your responsibilities will be to manage and execute the administrative order fulfillment process from receiving purchase orders from suppliers and successfully negotiating on time and in full delivery with both parties.
The right candidate will be hard working, able to multitask in a fast-paced environment, and will be accountable and reliable.
Your duties will include but not limited to:
- Identify and/or request quotes for goods and services and action responses.
- Check maintenance stock withdraw sheets, confirm stock holding and order replenishment stock.
- Create purchase orders as required for all Preston goods and services.
- Assist accounts with troubleshooting in case of differences (volume, value).
- Replenish maintenance physical stock into correct bin locations.
- Organise part freight (local/international) as required.
- Manage relationships and liaising with suppliers.
- Updating product data and pricing, creating new item codes for Maintenance & Engineering parts.
- Produce internal purchasing related reports.
To succeed in this role, you will need:
We are seeking candidates with the following qualifications and skills:
- Previous experience with purchasing and supplier relationships
- Demonstrated experience with Inventory Control & Management
- Experience with collaborating with freight companies and 3rd party service providers.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (written & verbal)
- Use of Microsoft Office (Excel, Word etc) essential.
- Victorian High Risk Work License - Forklift is advantageous.
- Excellent organisational and time management skills
- High level of accuracy and attention to detail
- Previous experience with Oracle R12 OCI desirable
Benefits:
People are integral to everything we do. At Huhtamaki, you're part of a global business, dedicated to supporting our customers' growth through our values Care, Dare and Deliver. Huhtamaki will give you exposure to a broad business in both manufacturing and distribution environments - building your career with a global industry leader.
If this opportunity sounds like your next opportunity, please apply online via the SEEK application link.
