Purchasing Coordinator

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Join a high-growth, New Zealand-owned manufacturing business with a strong global footprint as a Purchasing Coordinator. Known for innovation, quality, and smart partnerships, you will play a key role in supporting a dynamic supply chain operation, ensuring materials and resources are in place to keep production running smoothly and efficiently across multiple sites.

Description

Reporting to the Optimisation & Procurement Manager, as Purchasing Coordinator you will play a key role in supporting the direct procurement function and ensuring supply continuity for production. You’ll manage the purchasing of ingredients, packaging, and raw materials, maintain MRP data, and act as a key liaison with suppliers to ensure delivery, quality, and compliance.

You’ll work closely with sites, stores, and technical teams, coordinating incoming raw materials, managing supplier documentation, and helping prevent aged or excess stock. Your work directly supports production efficiency and operational success across multiple sites.

Key Responsibilities

• Execute vendor contracts and ensure obligations are met.
• Purchase packaging, ingredients, and consumables to meet production requirements.
• Maintain accurate MRP data and coordinate stock rotation.
• Balance raw material inventories across sites and minimise freight costs.
• Manage incoming raw materials plans to plants and stores, ensuring ETA accuracy.
• Ensure supplier documentation, import certifications, and regulatory compliance are accurate and up to date.
• Monitor inventory to prevent aged stock and ensure accurate stock records in ERP systems.
• Support invoice verification, credit creation, and financial accuracy for purchased materials.
• Assist with vendor identification, validation, and negotiations as required.
• Deliver on key KPIs including stock availability, aged stock prevention, and timely documentation.

Key Requirements

What’s in it for you!

This role offers the chance to make a tangible impact on a fast-growing manufacturing business. You’ll ensure production runs smoothly, maintain strong supplier relationships, and contribute to operational excellence. It’s an opportunity to develop your career in supply chain and purchasing within a dynamic, high-performing environment.

For more information or to reach out for a confidential discussion, please contact Sarah Kennedy on or

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