MRO Buyer

McCain Foods; City of Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

McCain Foods is seeking an MRO Buyer to join the ANZ Procurement team on an 18-month contract. This fast-paced role supports maintenance teams across manufacturing sites, handling day-to-day purchasing, quotes, SAP purchase orders, and supplier issues.

You will work with the Procurement Director and site teams across Ballarat, Smithton and Timaru, driving process improvements and ensuring timely availability of parts and services to keep operations running smoothly.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of experience in a Buyer, Purchasing Officer, Procurement Officer or similar role.
• Strong SAP purchasing experience and confidence with purchasing systems.
• Excellent organisational and time management skills with ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to process accuracy.
• Ability to work autonomously and make sound decisions within guidelines.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Numerical, analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and the broader Microsoft Office suite.
• Experience in manufacturing, maintenance, industrial or FMCG environments preferred.
• Coupa experience advantageous but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Manage the end-to-end purchasing process, including sourcing supplier quotes, raising purchase orders and maintaining purchasing records.
• Convert requisitions into purchase orders in SAP while ensuring accuracy and compliance with established processes.
• Support maintenance teams across Ballarat, Smithton and Timaru with purchasing requirements.
• Liaise with suppliers to resolve pricing, delivery, invoice and order-related issues.
• Maintain supplier pricing and purchasing data within SAP.
• Monitor and follow up on outstanding purchase orders to support business continuity.
• Prepare procurement reports, spend analysis and purchasing-related documentation.
• Build strong working relationships with internal stakeholders and external suppliers.
• Identify opportunities to improve purchasing processes and efficiencies while maintaining compliance with procurement procedures.
• Prioritise and manage a high volume of requests in a reactive operational environment.

Skills

Buyer experience

Procurement systems

Stakeholder management

Time management

Attention to detail

Autonomous work

Communications

Analytical thinking

Problem-solving

Excel proficiency

Tools

SAP

Coupa

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Office

Job description

In every role, McCainers are ambitious, curious, and passionate about creating exceptional work experiences - together. With a customer-first mindset, we make doing business with McCain easy.

About the role.

We're looking for an MRO Buyer to join our ANZ Procurement team on an 18-month contract.

This is a fast-paced, hands-on purchasing role supporting maintenance teams across our manufacturing sites. While you'll contribute to reporting and continuous improvement initiatives, the majority of your time will be spent managing day-to-day purchasing activities, sourcing quotes, creating purchase orders in SAP, and resolving supplier and purchasing-related issues.

Working closely with the Procurement Director, Senior MRO Buyer, site maintenance teams and suppliers, you'll play a critical role in ensuring parts, materials and services are available when needed to keep our operations running smoothly. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys structured, process-driven work, can manage competing priorities, and thrives in a dynamic environment where no two days are the same.

What you’ll be doing.

• Manage the end-to-end purchasing process, including sourcing supplier quotes, raising purchase orders and maintaining purchasing records.
• Convert requisitions into purchase orders in SAP while ensuring accuracy and compliance with established processes.
• Support maintenance teams across Ballarat, Smithton and Timaru with their purchasing requirements.
• Liaise with suppliers to resolve pricing, delivery, invoice and order-related issues.
• Maintain supplier pricing and purchasing data within SAP.
• Monitor and follow up on outstanding purchase orders to support business continuity.
• Prepare procurement reports, spend analysis and purchasing-related documentation.
• Build strong working relationships with internal stakeholders and external suppliers.
• Identify opportunities to improve purchasing processes and efficiencies while maintaining compliance with procurement procedures.
• Prioritise and manage a high volume of requests in a reactive operational environment.

What you’ll need to be successful.

• Minimum 2 years of experience in a Buyer, Purchasing Officer, Procurement Officer or similar purchasing role.
• Strong SAP purchasing experience and confidence working within purchasing systems.
• Excellent organisational and time management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to process accuracy.
• Proven ability to work autonomously and make sound decisions within established guidelines.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Numerical, analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and the broader Microsoft Office suite.
• Experience within manufacturing, maintenance, industrial or FMCG environments will be highly regarded.
• Coupa experience is advantageous but not essential.

About the team.

You’ll join the ANZ Procurement team and work closely with the Senior MRO Buyer to support maintenance operations across our manufacturing sites. The team partners with stakeholders across multiple locations to ensure critical goods and services are sourced efficiently, helping our sites operate safely and effectively.

Reporting to the Procurement Director, this role offers the opportunity to work with a broad range of stakeholders while gaining exposure to purchasing, supplier management and continuous improvement activities within a global organisation.

About McCain.

At McCain, our leadership principles guide how we engage with customers, collaborate as a team, and achieve success. We focus on understanding customer needs, driving innovation, empowering people, and taking ownership to clear obstacles and deliver results.

AI & Digital Capabilities

At McCain, AI and digital capabilities are part of how we work and innovate. We value curiosity toward emerging technologies and the thoughtful, responsible use of AI-enabled tools to improve outcomes as part of our future-ready culture

The McCain experience.

We are McCain. This statement is a testament to our collective strength and our individual value. Your contributions play a vital role in our success. Our winning culture is rooted in authenticity and trust, empowering us to bring out the best in one another. Here, you’ll find opportunities to learn, grow, and thrive. Join us and experience why we’re better together.

Our purpose is grounded in building meaningful relationships. We're big believers in the power of working together in person. It helps us stay connected, collaborate more effectively, and grow as a team. At the same time, we recognize the importance of flexibility. Most office-based roles follow a hybrid model, with the option to work remotely two days a week. There may be exceptions depending on the role and location, so we encourage you to speak with your recruiter for more details.

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McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. As a global family-owned company, we strive to be the employer of choice in the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that inclusion drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know and we will work with you to find appropriate solutions.

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Job Family:Procurement

Location(s): AU - Australia : Victoria : Melbourne