Manager, Inventory Purchasing

2 weeks ago

Adelaide Region SA, Australia Liebherr-Australia Pty. Ltd. Full time

**The Opportunity**

The Inventory Purchasing Manager is responsible for the provision of robust and effective leadership to the Inventory Purchasing Team, administering the purchasing activities for all inventory from Liebherr Colmar, Liebherr Newport News, Liebherr Logistics and local suppliers. The Inventory Purchasing Manager ensures that purchasing activities support the appropriate level and type of inventory being maintained to provide customers with the utmost level of service, while maximizing return on investment.

**You’ll be great in this role because**:
You are technically competent and have a passion for leading and mentoring a developing team, with a dynamic personality to motivate and engage key stakeholders with your drive, enthusiasm and attention to detail. You have a solid understanding and experience in supply chain logistics and well-developed customer service, communication and problem-solving skills. Moreover, you are confident in your knowledge and abilities to present yourself in a professional manner.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Provision of effective leadership, coaching and direction to the Inventory Purchasing Team
- Oversee day to day purchase order management and approvals process
- Maintain and process supplier invoices accurately and on time
- Oversee and maintain relationships with suppliers and co-ordination of alternative sourcing where required
- Implement and maintain a KPI dashboard that tracks and communicates month to month department performance
- Ongoing Interrogation of purchasing performance data to define actions that can be undertaken to improve supply chain performance
- Support and provide on-the-job training to purchasing team and broader Liebherr supply chain in purchasing principles
- Maintain relevant compliance standards and implement continuous improvement initiatives.

**Skills & Qualifications**:
**Preferred**
- Degree in Supply Chain or equivalent with experience in an Inventory Management role
- Exposure in the use of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems
- Proficient use of Microsoft Office Suite

**Desirable**
- Exposure in the use of Baan IV EPR System

**How to Apply**:
**David Cockram - Senior HR Business Partner**

Interstate Travel may be required on an ad-hoc basis for this position.

No third parties or agencies please.**One Passion. Many Opportunities.**

**The company**:
Liebherr-Australia Pty Ltd is part of the Liebherr Group, which employs around 48,000 people, in more than 140 companies and 50 countries on every continent. Liebherr's decades of experience, knowledge, and dedication to the highest quality and most reliable technologies makes Liebherr a respected leader and a trustworthy partner to industry. Liebherr-Australia is responsible for selling and servicing earthmoving machines, mining machines, mobile cranes, tower cranes, maritime cranes as well as deep foundation machines throughout Australia and New Zealand. Though the company's 20 hectare Head Office Complex is based in Adelaide, Australia, the commitment to, and support of, New Zealand customers is unwavering.

**Location**:
Liebherr-Australia Pty. Ltd.

1 Dr Willi Liebherr Drive

5096 Adelaide

Australia (AU)

**Contact**:
David Cockram

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