National Purchasing Leader: Transform & Optimize

RX Plastics Ltd; Auckland; Hybrid; NZD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid role after initial training

Onsite parking

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Aliaxis New Zealand is seeking a National Purchasing Manager to lead the NZ Purchasing Team and elevate the purchasing function across five sites nationwide. You will balance day-to-day operational purchasing with strategic improvement initiatives and drive smarter ways of working.

You;ll modernise processes, deliver best practice, enhance reporting and automation, and engage stakeholders to strengthen purchasing capability while supporting growth and purpose-driven initiatives.

Qualifications

• Leadership experience managing and developing purchasing, buying or supply chain teams.
• Experience working within manufacturing, FMCG, plastic, building materials or similar operational environments.
• Strong purchasing and supplier management experience across high-volume, complex product ranges.
• Proven success driving process improvement, standardisation and operational excellence initiatives.
• Strong change management capability with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels.
• Advanced analytical skills with the ability to leverage data to drive better business outcomes.
• Experience working with ERP systems and reporting tools.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder engagement and relationship-building skills.
• A continuous improvement mindset and passion for implementing best-practice processes.
• Tertiary qualifications in Supply Chain, Business or a related discipline will be highly regarded.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the NZ Purchasing Team, fostering a high-performing and engaged culture.
• Drive purchasing activities across direct and indirect categories to support operational requirements.
• Review, streamline and standardise purchasing processes to improve efficiency, compliance and service levels.
• Identify and implement continuous improvement initiatives, automation opportunities and best-practice ways of working.
• Develop meaningful purchasing and supplier performance reporting to support business decision‑making.
• Build strong supplier partnerships and manage supplier performance through regular reviews.
• Support procurement and sourcing initiatives, including RFP activities and supplier engagement.
• Lead procurement compliance activities, including trade compliance and modern slavery obligations.
• Drive data quality, reporting capability and process readiness to support future system enhancements and business improvements.
• Partner with stakeholders across Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Planning, Finance, Sales and Marketing to deliver positive outcomes.

Skills

Leadership

Purchasing

Stakeholder engagement

Change management

Analytical skills

Communication

Supplier management

Continuous improvement

Cross-functional collaboration

ERP experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain/Business or related field

Tools

ERP systems

Reporting tools

MS Excel

Job description

Aliaxis New Zealand is seeking a National Purchasing Manager to lead the NZ Purchasing Team and elevate the purchasing function across five sites nationwide. You will balance day-to-day operational purchasing with strategic improvement initiatives and drive smarter ways of working.

You;ll modernise processes, deliver best practice, enhance reporting and automation, and engage stakeholders to strengthen purchasing capability while supporting growth and purpose-driven initiatives.