Senior Buyer

Phillips Online runs an online marketplace where homeowners book local handymen, cleaners and movers. Founded in 2018, we now have 90 employees.

Position summary

We are adding a Senior Buyer to our Purchasing team. We need a buyer who pushes back on price increases with data and keeps the production schedule fed. You can work from home anywhere in Australia. We have no office requirement. We do not have many meetings. Most updates happen in writing. Strong written English is important, since much of our work is async.

Essential duties and responsibilities

• Maintain supplier records, price agreements and contracts
• Identify cost savings and report them monthly
• Resolve invoice and receiving discrepancies with accounts payable
• Manage blanket orders and consignment agreements
• Qualify new suppliers with quality and finance
• Issue purchase orders from approved requisitions and MRP signals in SAP

Qualifications

• Strong negotiation skills, with examples of savings you delivered
• Bachelor's degree in supply chain, business or a related field, or equivalent experience
• Comfortable pushing suppliers on dates and price
• Organised with dozens of open orders at a time
• Occasional travel to supplier sites
• Experience with SAP, Oracle, NetSuite or another ERP purchasing module

Pay and benefits

Salary range: $94,000 to $125,000 per annum

• Superannuation on top of salary
• Paid parental leave
• 17.5% leave loading
• Annual bonus
• Employee share plan
• Flexible hours
• Above-award pay rates

Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Phillips Online.