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Purchasing Manager - Food / FMCG - Craigavon
Job Description
Fantastic opportunity for an experienced Purchasing Manager to join a thriving Food manufacturing company (one of the largest in Ireland, and the most Modern).
Working hours - Mon - Thursday 8:30 - 17:00
Friday 8:30 - 15:45
(Monday - Friday) - Office is based in Craigavon - Permanent role
Salary
Fully Negotiable + Additional Fantastic Benefits and Perks
Responsibilities:
- The Purchasing Manager is responsible for the safe operation and day to day control of the Purchasing function on the Craigavon site.
- To develop relationships with other key internal departments eg. Planning, Operations, Commercial and Procurement teams.
- To work with supply base to initiate and develop optimised ordering arrangements, respecting MOQ, Minimum Stock levels, leadtimes, scheduling of deliveries.
- To assist in cost saving initiatives.
- To work closely with the Central Procurement and Operations teams to maximise efficiencies within the company.
- To identify areas for development within the department and evaluate current working practices and implement KPI's.
The Ideal Person:
- Experience in similar role
- Previous experience with ERP systems and Microsoft office
- Successful track record of project and people management.
For further information on this opportunity, or any other position in Northern Ireland, please apply via the link below or contact Jack Groves via Vanrath in the strictest confidence.
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