Purchasing Assistant

1 month ago


Ashbourne, United Kingdom Trouw Nutrition Full time

As part of a small local team you will support purchasing activities to acquire raw materials, equipment and services in a cost effective and timely manner. You will assist the development of purchasing solutions at the lowest cost aligned with local and divisional guidelines and initiatives. This is a varied role in a fast paced commercially driven organization with opportunities for further development.
- Send out RFI and RFQ’s to suppliers and assist in the analysis of vendor offers. Raise Purchase Agreements to ensure coverage meets the Raw Material Needs plan plus ad-hoc requests from Material Planning and fix volumes to de-risk and manage volumes needed for customer tenders.
- Maintain agreements to enable Material Planners to create their PO’s.
- Develop & manage suppliers to provide regular raw material forecasts, build and maintain good working relationships and look for value creating opportunities.
- Work with internal stakeholders and suppliers to establish expected costs for locally purchased items needed for tenders.
- Prepare and analyse coverage report and recommend actions needed to manage our raw material positions.
- Prepare monthly cost report and analyse changes.
- In conjunction with the Quality team, initiate the approval of new raw materials & suppliers.
- Liaise with Nutreco Central teams including Procurement & Master Data Management.
- Analyse invoice queries, investigate and liaise for payment or query with the supplier.
- Provide absence cover within local Procurement.
- The ability to work both autonomously and as a part of a team with Regional Procurement, Material Planning, Pricing and Quality Assurance.
- Knowledge of Procurement is an advantage but more critical is the ability to work accurately and to deadlines in a fast paced commercial environment to meet the needs of our customers.
- The ability to prioritise workload but flexibility to respond to priority changes.
- Proficiency in the MS Office suite of programs is required, with advanced knowledge especially in the use of Excel. Power BI and ERP experience would be an advantage but is not essential.



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