Main characteristics
- Location
- Sydney, New South Wales
- Company
- Randstad
- Salary
- AU$100,000 - AU$110,000, per year, super + fuel
- Employment type
- permanent
- Category
- transport & logistics
Job summary
job detailsPurchasing Specialist
- Leading Design and Construction company
- To implement purchasing processes
- 2 Locations: work in Macquarie Park or Wynyard
About The Company
Our client has a groundbreaking track record on some of Australias largest infrastructure projects.
About the Role
This is a hands-on role, involved with implementing processes for purchasing and procurement, supporting a team of engineers with purchasing everything from stationery to heavy plant machinery.
You must have a good understanding of the construction industry and have good negotiation skills. Key areas of focus for the role includes:
- Placing orders
- Evaluating vendors, negotiating contracts and preparing reports
- Ensuring optimum levels of stock are available to meet sales, engineers and customer delivery requirements
- Negotiating contract terms and pricing.
- Tracking orders and ensuring smooth delivery.
- Receipt of goods
- Reconcile invoices against purchase orders
- Ensure all stock inventory transactions are completed in accordance with procedures
- Investigating discrepancies and completing invoice requirements
- Provide support for processing return inventory
- Assessing and monitoring the quality of products.
- Provide general administrative assistance to the team when required
The Successful Applicant will demonstrate the following skills and attributes:
- Experience in the construction industry is essential
- 3 years experience in purchasing
- Tertiary qualifications relating to inventory control / purchasing would be highly regarded
- Ability to work within a high pressure multi tasking environment, meeting deadlines and have the ability to prioritize.
- Strong attention to detail, accuracy and a high standard of work.
- Exceptional computer literacy skills: Microsoft Word, Excel and strong written skills.
- Commitment to high quality work, confident, a positive attitude and prepared to do hands on work
- Great attention to detail and willingness to learn.
- Experience dealing with direct imports from several countries outside of Australia.
- An understanding of the freight forwarding process and technicalities of each country
- Needs to be across the strategy of pricing across both Freight and Suppliers
Next steps
If you are ready to submit your resume please select Apply Now..
At Randstad, we are passionate about providing equal employment opportunities and embracing diversity to the benefit of all. We actively encourage applications from any background.
At Randstad, we are passionate about providing equal employment opportunities and embracing diversity to the benefit of all. We actively encourage applications from any background.
Purchasing Specialist
- Leading Design and Construction company
- To implement purchasing processes
- 2 Locations: work in Macquarie Park or Wynyard
About The Company
Our client has a groundbreaking track record on some of Australias largest infrastructure projects.
About the Role
This is a hands-on role, involved with implementing processes for purchasing and procurement, supporting a team of engineers with purchasing everything from stationery to heavy plant machinery.
You must have a good understanding of the construction industry and have good negotiation skills. Key areas of focus for the role includes:
- Placing orders
- Evaluating vendors, negotiating contracts and preparing reports
- Ensuring optimum levels of stock are available to meet sales, engineers and customer delivery requirements
- Negotiating contract terms and pricing.
- Tracking orders and ensuring smooth delivery.
- Receipt of goods
- Reconcile invoices against purchase orders
- Ensure all stock inventory transactions are completed in accordance with procedures
- Investigating discrepancies and completing invoice requirements
- Provide support for processing return inventory
- Assessing and monitoring the quality of products.
- Provide general administrative assistance to the team when required
The Successful Applicant will demonstrate the following skills and attributes:
- Experience in the construction industry is essential
- 3 years experience in purchasing
- Tertiary qualifications relating to inventory control / purchasing would be highly regarded
- Ability to work within a high pressure multi tasking environment, meeting deadlines and have the ability to prioritize.
- Strong attention to detail, accuracy and a high standard of work.
- Exceptional computer literacy skills: Microsoft Word, Excel and strong written skills.
- Commitment to high quality work, confident, a positive attitude and prepared to do hands on work
- Great attention to detail and willingness to learn.
- Experience dealing with direct imports from several countries outside of Australia.
- An understanding of the freight forwarding process and technicalities of each country
- Needs to be across the strategy of pricing across both Freight and Suppliers
Next steps
If you are ready to submit your resume please select Apply Now..
At Randstad, we are passionate about providing equal employment opportunities and embracing diversity to the benefit of all. We actively encourage applications from any background.
At Randstad, we are passionate about providing equal employment opportunities and embracing diversity to the benefit of all. We actively encourage applications from any background.
- key responsibilities
- Placing orders Evaluating vendors, negotiating contracts and preparing reports Ensuring optimum levels of stock are available to meet sales, engineers and customer delivery requirements Negotiating contract terms and pricing. Tracking orders and
- experience
- 3 years
- skills
- purchasing
- procurement
- contract negotiation
- heavy plant machinery
- evaluating vendors
- engineers
- qualifications
- Tertiary qualifications relating to inventory control / purchasing would be highly regarded
- education
- Secondary School/High School
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