Procurement Officer

About the Company

REMA TIP TOP is a market leading multi-national organisation, providing world-wide support services in the mining and industrial sectors, as well as a leading supplier of tyre repair materials in the automotive sector. We provide rewarding careers for well over 500 employees and due to growth and a renewed focus on providing tailored solutions to our customers, we are looking for a motivated and experienced Procurement Officer on a permanent fulltime contract to help us achieve our goals.

About the role

Reporting to the Procurement Lead,  your primary responsibilities will be overseeing procurement operations, including handling a high volume of purchase orders and managing vendor relationships through a thorough expediting process to meet the goals of Rema Tip Top Industrie.

What we offer you:

• 5:2 roster - Welshpool based and flexible working arrangements.
• Excellent and Competitive Remuneration.
• Career Progression: We value our people and encourage career development.
• Access to our exclusive "Rema Exclusive Benefits Program," offering discounts on a wide range of products and services.
• 4 weeks paid parental leave for the primary carer

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain strong relationships with key vendors to ensure timely and efficient delivery of goods and services.
• Conduct regular progress meetings and document status and actions agreed
• Undertake expediting of local and international goods and shipments to mitigate supply issues.
• Conduct procurement activities including request for quote or tender, sourcing, market analysis, evaluations, and contracting.
• Conduct analysis of supply chain, expenditure, operational costs and external inputs to determine options and recommendations for procurement and supply chain activity.
• Development and continuous improvement of expediting tools, processes.
• Manage Purchase orders and respond to stakeholder enquiries of the status
• Providing reports, updates, and information to stakeholders on the status of shipments, goods, and inventory.
• Understand and adapt to supply chain constraints.
• Generate regular reports on procurement and expediting activities, vendor performance, and order tracking.
• Providing effective problem solving and troubleshooting
• support RTT staff relative to procurement, supply chain, sales, stores, inventory, invoices, claims and supplier queries.
• Assisting the Procurement Lead and Commercial Manager with the development of processes and procedures.
• Back-up duties and coverage where required of purchasing administration.
• Maintain accurate and organised records, such as expediting reports, purchase orders, and supplier information.
• Identify and recommend process improvements related to Expediting, Supply Chain, and inventory control.
• Effectively communicate with all internal and external stakeholders in a timely manner.
• Ensure compliance and provide governance to RTT procurement policies.

About You:

Essential

• Strong knowledge of procurement processes in operations heavy environments
• Practical understanding of Procure to Pay (P2P) process and commercial acumen
• Experience in expediting delivery of purchases and associated Supplier documentation.
• Demonstrated expediting and vendor management experience.
• Practical experience of maintaining purchasing /expediting data in materials management systems.
• Intermediate computer skills including recent and ongoing experience with Microsoft Excel, and Pronto or similar ERP software
• Ability to analyse and solve problems.
• High level organisational and communication skills.

Desirable

• Experience with mining or heavy industrial industries.
• Experience with Global Logistics and landed cost evaluation and process.
• Experience developing Pronto Data Intelligence reports
• Relevant tertiary qualification in Commerce, Supply Chain, Warehousing, or similar.

REMA is dedicated to fostering an inclusive environment where everyone feels empowered to be their authentic selves. We strive to ensure that all voices are heard, all cultures are respected, and diverse perspectives are not only welcomed but are seen as vital to our success. We treat one another with fairness and dignity, regardless of race, gender, nationality, ethnicity, religion, age, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic that makes us unique.