Associate Buyer

Overview:
**Fulltime - **12 Months Fixed Term Contract

**Location**:Brisbane, Eight Mile Plains

**Hyrbid** - work from home 1-3 days a week.

Are you passionate about improving patient health outcomes? Would you like to join an organisation on a 12 Months Fixed Term contract with an established history where you can work on high-risk medical devices? This role will allow you to tap into your drive, initiative, creative solutions-based thinking, and negotiating abilities.

Reporting to the Procurement Manager, Global Procurement and Supply Chain, you will bring your buying experience to our collaborative procurement team.

**Responsibilities**:

- Ensuring that procurement activities are executed in line with category guidance, and in compliance with relevant global policies, standards, guidelines, and operating procedures
- Collaborating with approved suppliers globally and locally to develop supplier relationships based on Cook Values
- Actively participating within a Cook cross functional global team to understand business requirements and execute work based on procurement processes
- Collaborating with the Procurement teams on entity supply issues as required to maintain supply
- Execute the procurement requirements as defined by the business, keeping stakeholders top of mind
- Process purchase orders accurately and in a timely manner, ensuring alignment with inventory levels and sales forecasts
- Monitor shipment schedules and communicate with suppliers to ensure timely delivery of products

Qualifications:

- Previous experience in similar role desired
- Willigness to learn various procurement systems, tool, police and procedure is a must and be able to follow guidelines under management direction
- Diploma in related field desired
- Understanding of demand planning and inventory management
- Excellent time management, planning and organising skills essential
- Intermediate proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite
- Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills

**_ Please note only applicants that have full working rights within Australia are eligible to apply. _**

**_ Shortlisting may commence immediately after advertisement posted._