Procurement Specialist

First Mode is a carbon reduction company developing creative, clean energy solutions for heavy industry's toughest problems.

We hope you'll join us in building a brighter future for people and planet.

**Position Responsibilities**
- Actively collaborate with vendors, subcontractors, and project teams to deliver project success
- Develop, execute, monitor and receive request for request for quotes, purchase orders
- Ensure orders are managed utilising the project's work breakdown structure and in line with budgets
- Provide reporting to the supply chain management team on the quantities of material available and the quality of works performed
- Liaising with project staff in relation to the purchasing requirements
- Ensure correct materials and quantities are assigned to the relevant work packages
- Plan and manage procurement and expediting of goods and services according to operational requirements and time frames
- Goods receiving of deliveries into ERP systems
- Assisting in warehouse tasks including physical goods receiving, labelling, allocation and storage.
- Assisting in managing inventory and inventory within ERP system
- Assisting in quality action items relating to supplier management
- Support the development and maintenance of First Mode's best practices, specifically procurement best practices

**Basic Qualifications**
- 4+ years of experience in a similar purchasing, procurement, buyer, or inventory management role preferably within an engineering, mining, or manufacturing environment

**Preferred Qualifications**
- Ability to review contract language and other regulatory requirements, and understand the impacts to project requirements and execution
- Accountability and ownership traits with strong teamwork and interpersonal skills
- Strong communication skills with the ability to develop a rapport with key internal and external stakeholders
- Strong data entry skills
- Working knowledge of international procurement and logistics
- Previous exposure to early stages of warehouse set-up and operation in a manufacturing environment
- Strong experience with Microsoft Office suite and Atlassian Suite
- Strong experience with ERP systems for order placement, expediting, goods receiving, inventory management
- Solid analytical skills, high attention to detail and ability to meet tight deadlines consistently
- A knack for thinking about how the parts of a system and project work together
- Flexibility and responsiveness in a fast-paced, dynamic, small team environment
- Ability to work independently and as part of a high functioning team
- Forklift ticket desirable but not essential

**Location**
- This position will be located at First Mode's office in Perth (Northbridge), WA

**Eligibility**
- Applicants must be eligible for employment within Australia

**Benefits & Perks**
- Competitive compensation and bonus structure
- Paid-for private health insurance (hospital & benefits)
- 12 week paid parental leave for all parents both secondary and primary carers
- A culture that encourages professional growth with learning and development reimbursements
- Open and collaborative workspaces with free office snacks and lunches
- Hybrid work model

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- First Mode is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with First Mode is governed _on the basis of_ merit, competence, and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status._