Purchasing Officer

Universal Fans; Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working arrangements

Exposure to AI-supported purchasing &d

Collaborative team environment

Local and international supplier scope

Job summary

Universal Fans, a leading Australian retailer and distributor of cooling and ventilation products, is seeking an experienced Purchasing Officer to join our team. This is a broad, hands-on role covering day-to-day purchasing, stock replenishment, supplier management, pricing analysis and imported products.

You'll work closely with our Procurement Lead to ensure we have the right stock available at the right time and at the right cost. Hybrid working arrangements apply after probation.

Qualifications

• Several years of experience in purchasing, procurement or supply chain.
• Strong analytical and numerical abilities.
• Excellent commercial judgement and problem-solving ability.
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
• Experience with stock replenishment and purchasing decisions.
• Confidence negotiating and communicating with suppliers.
• Experience using ERP or inventory management systems (MYOB Advanced).
• Strong Excel skills and ability to work with sales, stock and purchasing data.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and follow issues through to completion.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day purchasing across local and international suppliers.
• Monitor stock levels, sales demand, supplier availability and replenishment requirements.
• Set and review stock replenishment levels.
• Prepare and manage forward orders, adjusting timing and quantities as requirements change.
• Determine appropriate order quantities considering demand, stock cover, supplier price breaks, pallet quantities and freight efficiencies.
• Build strong supplier relationships and negotiate pricing, quantities, lead times and purchasing arrangements.
• Monitor outstanding purchase orders and proactively follow up availability, deliveries and supply issues.
• Analyse supplier and competitor pricing and identify opportunities to improve buying costs and margins.
• Investigate and resolve supplier, stock, delivery and order-related issues.
• Support container planning, imported stock purchasing and shipment coordination.
• Maintain accurate purchasing, supplier and product information within company systems.

Skills

Purchasing

Analytical skills

Commercial judgement

Attention to detail

Stock replenishment

Supplier negotiation

Excel skills

Multitasking

Supplier communication

Tools

MYOB Advanced

Job description

About us

Universal Fans is a leading Australian retailer and distributor of cooling and ventilation products. We import and distribute a range of leading brands, operate a large eCommerce business across multiple websites, and work with local wholesalers and suppliers across Australia.

With a broad product range and a mix of local and international supply, purchasing plays an important role in keeping products available, competitively priced and moving efficiently through the business.

About the role

We're looking for an experienced Purchasing Officer to join our team. This is a broad, hands-on role covering day-to-day purchasing, stock replenishment, supplier management, pricing analysis and imported products.

You'll work closely with our Procurement Lead and purchasing team to ensure we have the right stock available at the right time and at the right cost.

We're looking for someone with a few years of purchasing experience who is comfortable analysing information, working with suppliers and making practical, commercially sensible buying decisions.

Key responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day purchasing across local and international suppliers
• Monitor stock levels, sales demand, supplier availability and replenishment requirements
• Set and review stock replenishment levels
• Prepare and manage forward orders, adjusting timing and quantities as requirements change
• Determine appropriate order quantities considering demand, stock cover, supplier price breaks, pallet quantities and freight efficiencies
• Build strong supplier relationships and negotiate pricing, quantities, lead times and purchasing arrangements
• Monitor outstanding purchase orders and proactively follow up availability, deliveries and supply issues
• Analyse supplier and competitor pricing and identify opportunities to improve buying costs and margins
• Investigate and resolve supplier, stock, delivery and order-related issues
• Support container planning, imported stock purchasing and shipment coordination
• Maintain accurate purchasing, supplier and product information within company systems

About you

you'll ideally have:

• Several years' experience in purchasing, procurement or supply chain
• Strong analytical and numerical skills
• Good commercial judgement and problem-solving ability
• Excellent attention to detail
• Experience with stock replenishment and purchasing decisions
• Confidence negotiating and communicating with suppliers
• Experience using ERP or inventory management systems. We use MYOB Advanced
• Strong Excel skills and confidence working with sales, stock and purchasing data
• The ability to manage multiple priorities and follow issues through to completion

Experience with imported products, international suppliers, freight or container purchasing would be highly regarded.

What we offer

• A varied role with genuine involvement in purchasing decisions
• Exposure to both local and international suppliers
• Opportunity to work with evolving AI-supported purchasing and demand-planning tools
• Hybrid working arrangements upon completion of probation period
• Supportive and collaborative team environment

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