Buyer

Division: ESCO

Location: 25 Trade Street, Lytton, QLD, 4178

Hybrid

Purpose of Role: The Buyer, prepares purchase orders for the procurement of goods, services and supplies for customer-related business processes for internal or external use. Ensure that Weir purchases have favorable terms, volume discounts and long-term formal contracts with suppliers. Managing and tracker vendor performance ensuring all vendors meet or exceed Weir standards.

Why choose Weir:
Be part of a global organization dedicated to building a better future: At Weir, the growing world depends on us. It depends on us constantly reinventing, quickly adapting and continually finding better, faster, more sustainable ways to access the resources it needs to thrive. And it depends on each of us doing the best work of our lives. It’s a big challenge - but it is exciting.

An opportunity to grow your own way: Everything moves fast in the dynamic world of Weir. This creates opportunities for us to take on new challenges, explore new areas, learn, progress and excel. Best of all, there is no set path that our people must take. Instead, everyone is given the support and freedom to tailor-make their own career and do the best work of their lives.

Feel empowered to be yourself and belong: Weir is a welcoming, inclusive place, where each individual’s contribution is recognized and all employees are encouraged to innovate, collaborate and be themselves. We continually focus on people and their wellbeing. We believe in fairness and choose to be honest, transparent and authentic in everything we do.

Key Responsibilities:

- Purchasing: Manages all purchasing, approves requisitions and provides monthly reports on the delivery performance for direct purchases. Prepares and places indirect and direct purchase orders, schedules deliveries, and follows up to expedite delivery and shipment as required to meet production, operations or customer requirements. Responsible for identifying alternate purchasing opportunities that will enhance product throughput and reduce inventory and cycle time for local purchasing
- Vendor management: Monitors parts, suppliers and commodities, supplier negotiations, RFQs/RFPs, pricing, service level, contract compliance, and new supplier/part set-up. Evaluates market trends, supplier performance and capabilities, and cross-site opportunities to reduce risk and optimise costs.
- Pricing: Manages short and long term pricing with external suppliers, balancing considerations for quality, JIT delivery, freight and payment terms to ensure the lowest total delivered cost.
- Stakeholder management: Liaise with stakeholders to update order progress details. Lead efforts to understand the root cause and develop corrective actions for system and process failures relating to ordering issues or system inefficiencies.
- Safety First: Demonstrate 100% commitment to our zero harm behaviors in support of our drive towards developing a world-class safety culture.

Job Knowledge/Education and Qualifications:

- Relevant professional qualification in purchasing or supply chain with 3 year related experience in buying/procurement
- Oracle experience (preferred)
- Demonstrate initiative, takes responsibility and execute tasks through to completion (mandatory)
- Develop solid working relationships with internal stakeholders to ensure clear line of sight for business queries, technical issues
- High customer service orientation - help solve problems in an amicable way

Founded in 1871, Weir is a world leading engineering business with a purpose to make mining operations smarter, more efficient and sustainable. Thanks to Weir’s technology, our customers can produce essential metals and minerals using less energy, water and waste at lower cost. With the increasing need for metals and minerals for climate change solutions, Weir colleagues are playing their part in powering a low carbon future. We are a global family of 11,000 uniquely talented people in over 60 counties, inspiring each other to do the best work of our lives.

**Benefits**:

- Extended Parental Leave: 12 weeks paid Parental leave.
- Employee Referral Program: Successfully refer a friend and receive $2,500.
- Superannuation: Additional employer superannuation contribution.
- Workplace flexibility: We have a hybrid remote-working model to support you in balancing your career with personal commitments.
- Employee Assistance: Free and confidential counselling services for all employees and their families.
- Weir is committed to an inclusive and diverse workplace. We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability, age, or any other legally protected status._

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