Full-Time
Procurement Specialist
Affinity Petcare
No salary listed
Castelgomberto, Italy
In Person
Bachelor's
Category
 Operations & Logistics (2) |
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Required Skills
Supply Chain Management
SAP Products
Excel/Numbers/Sheets
Requirements
- At least two years of experience in procurement, planning, or logistics.
- Knowledge of planning principles, including stock level, coverage, order point, and lead time.
- A university degree.
- Fluency in Italian and English.
- Experience working with SAP and a good level of Excel.
Responsibilities
- Plan and coordinate the supply of materials and packs with different suppliers to cover requested production according to material requirements planning and consumption, while considering the specific factors of each supplier.
- Follow up daily on production and sourcing plans to ensure the correct stock and service level.
- Detect and prevent supply risks and take timely actions to avoid shortages in the plant.
- Control and optimize stocks according to production needs and avoid overstocks, obsolescence, and supply gaps.
- Evaluate capacity based on deliveries and requested needs, considering contract levels negotiated by buyers.
- Coordinate and collaborate with scheduling and production planning teams to follow up on production plans and risk assessments.
- Manage system setups to ensure an efficient and optimal sourcing plan, and place purchase orders in the system according to supplier alignments.
- Supervise and validate invoices that are not automatically approved by the system because of price or quantity differences.
- Manage indirect purchase orders to authorize differences driven by specific costs.
- Identify and implement new initiatives on processes and tools with the team to continuously improve operations.
- Maintain collaborative communication with the team, suppliers, and the departments involved in daily tasks, including purchasing, sales and operations, production planning, logistics, formulation, and quality.
Desired Qualifications
- Experience in the pet food, food, or fast-moving consumer goods industry.
- Specific courses in procurement, planning, or logistics.