Livestock Buyer

Kilcoy Global Foods; Gympie Regional; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Live on Sunshine Coast

Discounted premium meat

Diversity celebrated

Discounted health insurance

Job summary

Kilcoy Global Foods in Queensland is seeking a procurement professional to execute the livestock procurement strategy, maximise value creation, and align with sales demand. You will manage grain-fed livestock suppliers, monitor pricing targets, and coordinate with production planning.

Experience in livestock supply chains, strong negotiation and data analysis skills, and the ability to develop livestock programs to meet customer requirements are essential.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience in livestock, agricultural, meat processing or broader supply chain preferred.
• Strong relationship management and negotiation skills.
• Planning, prioritisation and organisational skills.
• Confident communication and presentation skills.
• Data analysis & reporting capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Support livestock logistics to ensure production timelines are met.
• Liaise with Livestock Coordinators to align procurement with production planning.
• Monitor, review and report livestock prices considering industry drivers.
• Identify and create purchasing opportunities through market and competitor analysis.
• Develop and maintain understanding of feedlot costing models.
• Update data consistently in the Livestock Central system.

Skills

Procurement

Relationship Mgmt

Demand & Pricing

Purchasing Execution

Education

Livestock/Ag background

Tools

Livestock Central system

Job description

As a rapidly growing world-class organisation with a global footprint spanning every step of the food journey - join us to create food the world loves to eat!

Our people are innovative, with a diversity of expertise, working together with our customers to create value at every opportunity.

We are constantly looking for problem solvers who combine creativity with passion in our quest in to deliver fresh, natural, and convenient food solutions across the globe.

THE OPPORTUNITY

This exciting opportunity will see you focusing on the execution of the livestock procurement strategy to meet the current and future requirements for the organisation, whilst maximizing value creation.

ABOUT THE ROLE AND YOU

You will have previous experience within the livestock supply chain and demonstrate:

• Procurement and relationship management of existing and new grain-fed livestock suppliers across varying livestock categories.
• An understanding of demand, pricing targets and production requirements across all livestock types.
• Purchasing execution to deliver against supply, specification and price targets.
• An ability to develop livestock programs to align with sales demand and customer requirements.

YOUR RESPONSILBITIES

• Support livestock logistics to ensure production timelines and targets are met.
• Liaise with Livestock Coordinators to ensure procurement and scheduling is aligned to production planning.
• Monitor, review and report against livestock prices with consideration to industry drivers.
• Identify and create purchasing opportunities through critical market, industry and competitor analysis.
• Support livestock logistics to ensure production timelines and targets are met.
• Liaise with Livestock Coordinators to ensure procurement and scheduling is aligned to production planning.
• Monitor, review and report against livestock prices with consideration to industry drivers.
• Identify and create purchasing opportunities through critical market, industry and competitor analysis.
• Develop and maintain understanding of feedlot costing models.
• Consistent and accurate updating of data into the Livestock Central system.

TO BE SUCCESSFUL

Experience / Qualifications Required

• Demonstrated experience within the livestock, agricultural, meat processing or broader supply chain environment preferred, but not essential.
• Demonstrated relationship management and negotiation skills
• Strong planning, prioritisation and organisational skills
• Confident communication and presentation skills
• Data analysis & reporting capabilities
• Genuine interest in and passion for the Australian agricultural and livestock industry.

BENEFITS

• Live and work on the beautiful Sunshine Coast.
• Access to discounted premium meat.
• An organisation where cultural diversity is celebrated.
• Access to discounted health insurance.

This is a long-term career opportunity, working for an enterprise business with Corporate Offices on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland. We have recorded business growth of 20% year on year with sales in excess of $3 billion. We are committed to building a work environment that fosters an agile plus flexible workplace and where employee wellbeing is paramount.

We are an equal opportunity employer and make every effort to select the best qualified individual for the job based on job related qualifications and experiences. Some of the information we collect via your application form and resume is "personal" information as defined by the Privacy Act. All information provided via your application form and resume is treated as confidential.