Hybrid Dairy Packaging Category Buyer (ANZ)

Danone; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hybrid working

3pm finishes Fridays

Health and life insurance

Paid parental leave

Employee share plan

Performance reviews

Job summary

Danone ANZ is seeking an ANZ Category Buyer Packaging in Sydney on a 6-month fixed-term contract within the Cycles & Procurement team. You will drive the Dairy Packaging strategy for Australia and New Zealand, lead negotiations, support sourcing and productivity projects, and maintain pricing data in SAP.

You will collaborate across functions and manage supplier relationships while delivering cost and efficiency improvements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business or Management is required.
• Minimum five years of procurement experience, ideally packaging in FMCG.
• Strong packaging sourcing and supplier management experience.
• Experience in cross-functional project management.
• Ability to draft, review and negotiate supply contracts.
• Strong relationship management and stakeholder engagement.

Responsibilities

• Develop, execute and support the Dairy Packaging category strategy.
• Lead packaging contract negotiations and manage contracts, tracking and approvals.
• Make supplier decisions considering liability, risk, payment terms, price, quality and delivery.
• Initiate and lead dual-sourcing and productivity projects locally.
• Support Innovation and Renovation packaging projects following PM processes.
• Build relationships with packaging suppliers and lead regular reviews.
• Prepare monthly supplier performance and price reports and rolling forecasts.
• Maintain SAP outline agreements with pricing and validity dates.
• Collaborate with Quality, Supply Chain, R&D, Finance and other teams.

Skills

Packaging sourcing

Supplier management

Negotiation

Cross-functional collaboration

Data analysis

Excel

SAP

MRP systems

PowerPoint

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business or Management

Tools

SAP

MRP systems

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Danone ANZ is seeking an ANZ Category Buyer Packaging in Sydney on a 6-month fixed-term contract within the Cycles & Procurement team. You will drive the Dairy Packaging strategy for Australia and New Zealand, lead negotiations, support sourcing and productivity projects, and maintain pricing data in SAP.

You will collaborate across functions and manage supplier relationships while delivering cost and efficiency improvements.