Livestock Buyer

Kilcoy Global Foods; Sunshine Coast Regional; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Live and work on Sunshine Coast

Discounted premium meat

Discounted health insurance

Job summary

Kilcoy Global Foods on the Sunshine Coast is seeking a Livestock Procurement Specialist to drive the procurement strategy and supplier relationships across grain-fed livestock categories.

You will translate sales demand into purchasing plans, manage pricing targets, and ensure timely supply while optimizing value.

Join a rapidly growing global food solutions provider committed to quality, sustainability and career development.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience within the livestock or agricultural supply chain.
• Strong negotiation and relationship management skills.
• Excellent planning, prioritisation and organisational skills.
• Effective communication and presentation skills.
• Data analysis and reporting capabilities.
• Genuine interest in Australian agriculture.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Procurement

Relationship management

Demand planning

Pricing strategy

Supply chain execution

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 anddemonstrate:

• 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.

About Kilcoy Global Foods

Kilcoy Global Foods is a multi-award-winning global food solutions provider, renowned for exceptional quality, innovation, and industry-leading sustainability practices. We are passionate about creating fresh, natural, healthy, and convenient solutions. Our premium beef, lamb, and high-quality protein brands are produced at our state-of-the-art Australian facilities and enjoyed by customers across the globe. If you’re passionate about quality and innovation too, we’d love to meet you. We’ll work well together.