Experience

General Stationery Supplies

• Australia
• Wholesale
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Purchasing Manager

  • Apr 2014 - Present

  Place orders as necessary to maintain stock levels to meet client needs. Identify opportunities to move slow moving or dead stock. Liaise with suppliers re promotional activities including negotiating deals and buying up stock. Work closely with all staff to ensure high level of customer satisfaction. Place orders as necessary to maintain stock levels to meet client needs. Identify opportunities to move slow moving or dead stock. Liaise with suppliers re promotional activities including negotiating deals and buying up stock. Work closely with all staff to ensure high level of customer satisfaction.



The Arnott's Group

• Australia
• Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Purchasing Expeditor

  • Aug 2007 - Apr 2014

  Order materials for production as per MRP utilizing SAP plus other available information. Communicate any supplier service issues that will affect the production plan to the planner, the production line and supporting service departments as soon as the issue is confirmed. Ensure all projects are managed so packaging is procured in a timely manner and write-off is kept to a minimum. Devise a strategy to ensure packaging is available for key products within lead time so that production can continue during breakdowns etc ensuring warehouse capacity is not exceeded.



ABB Australia

• Purchasing Officer

  • Jul 2006 - Jul 2007

  Forecasting, planning and procuring assigned materials and services ensuring availability in full on the production line for planned production requirements. (Whole-Of-Item Management.). Ensuring on-time delivery of materials, expediting orders, communicating with suppliers re supplier performance improvements and adherence to all standards. Reviewing regularly stock levels; reducing stock inventory of slow moving lines, ensuring adequate levels for items critical for production, removing obsolete items from inventory. Maintaining supplier KPI’s, including completing keeping accurate records on supplier quality issues.



Septone

• Chemical Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Purchasing Officer

  • Feb 2005 - Jul 2006

  Purchasing raw materials, packaging etc for the manufacturing of all products in the factory including the importing of some raw materials from overseas. Following up of back orders and non-delivery of goods. Expediting of urgent requirements. Notifying the planner and the production team of the outcome of these requests. Negotiating with suppliers with regards to cost, lead times, economic and minimum order quantities, etc to ensure the smooth delivery of materials and the reduction in downtime of the production process. Identifying sources of alternative supply, including in the first instance arranging for specification sheets, MSDS and samples if required for quality assurance. Ensuring all steps have been implemented and signed off to ensure passing our QA requirements. Implementing a means of measuring supplier performance. Investigating all possible source of stock discrepancy before stock adjustments etc to ensure total inventory management.