Purchasing Specialist

• Supply chain/Purchasing exper/quals?
• Be a 'Purchasing Specialist', within SAP team environ
• City fringe, near South Western m-way, parking, 8.30am - 5pm

• Our client delivers healthcare supply chain solutions by using the best technology, systems and people, allowing those at the frontline to focus on delivering healthcare. The company holds more than $23M of inventory, employs over 130 staff and has a catalogue of thousands of medical and pharmaceutical consumables.

• Based at the Auckland Head Office, you will be a highly valued team member in the Purchasing Dept, ie as one of four specialist purchasing administrators all referred to as 'Purchasing Specialists' reporting to the Purchasing Manager

• Generate purchase orders on vendors in line with purchasing schedules
• Review requisitions, checking for demand discrepancies
• Where suppliers are known to acknowledge receipt of orders ensure these are received
• Upon receipt of back order communication from supplier, ensure ETA information is entered into SAP
• Analyse the impact on stock of any revised back order ETA and notify the appropriate Product Manager and Customer Services accordingly
• Ensure ETA's for out of stock materials are up to date
• Review and action Daily Outstanding Purchase Order Report
• Create purchase orders as appropriate
• Advise Inward Goods of priorities in receipting related to demands for immediate release to despatch critical/urgent items.
• Review delivery discrepancies and advise Inwards Goods of action to be taken
• Ensure all unit of measure changes or code changes notified by the supplier are referred to the appropriate Product Manager for correction.
• Regular review and update of product demand against forecast
• Resolving internal and external queries
• Expediting purchase orders and review reports for ordering anomalies

• You will enjoy paying attention to detail and have an interest in the supply chain function - with all-round numeracy, purchasing administration and computer skills (SAP is used, but as long as you have used something similar and enjoy using spreadsheets too)
• A team player, you will be naturally inquisitive and aware that all you do has a flow-on effect in the system. Email is the most common form of communication
• Able to meet challenges eg customer expectations re ETA's, and suppliers inability at times to provide them in a timely manner

• Start from early May, a role where you will be providing assistance to and receive a fantastic handover by working closely with a team member (who will then be taking leave from mid June, returning mid July), then you will take over the role solely in their absence - a busy role that is relatively involved, ie a higher level than Purchasing Administrator

• Join very stable and long serving workforce (eg up to 30 years) and training within the role on their methods
• Start early May, a Temp assignment for approximately 2 ½ months but with possible future opportunities
• Free onsite parking
• 30 to 5pm (not flexible due to these being the clients/suppliers hours of business too)
• $31.32/hour (includes 8% holiday pay)

Kinetic Recruitment