MRO / Jr Buyer

Job description / Role

PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Ensure adequate MRO materials are available and on site for production/maintenance requirements
• Manage service contracts for the plant (Grainger, Motion, Cleaning, Grounds, etc.)
• Develop and maintain cooperative relationships with suppliers, align needs and values with suppliers capabilities, assess suppliers against established performance criteria, and handle non-conforming or sub-standard vendor performance
• Perform administrative tasks associated with purchases
• Ensure that all purchasing activities are conducted within the Global Procure to Pay Policy and Procedures
• Ensure that Corporate Supply Chain initiatives are implemented
• Assist with the development of the annual budget on spend
• Manage specialized equipment inventory and reporting
• Designs and implements maintenance strategies, procedures and methods and maintains a MRO inventory
• Maintain and improve storeroom organization and cleanliness to enhance daily operational efficiency and to ensure a safe work environment
• Supervise, monitor, develop staff performance, training, and cross training, ensuring a work environment that is team oriented, supportive, respectful, and accountable
• Ensure Procurement Spend Portfolio spend is leveraged in improved contracts / agreements at lowest possible total cost;
• Develop supplier partnerships to identify and develop ongoing total cost reductions;
• Continually review supplier markets, develop alternative supply options; identify value-engineering opportunities, cost avoidance and e-commerce solutions;
• Build annual budget;
• Manage price risks linked to markets through the right strategy;
• Manage every month reporting on price purchasing variance running detailed analysis on budget prices, real prices, volumes, contract coverage.

Requirements

EDUCATION AND WORK EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor’s degree with relevant experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Strong written, verbal, and listening skills
• Ability to effectively negotiate and influence business decisions and change.
• Strong Analytical, Planning and Execution skills.
• Effective at establishing trust and building effective business relationships and getting things done through others.
• Priority Setting – Spends his/ her time and the time of others on what’s most important. Eliminates roadblocks and creates focus.
• 3-5 years of purchasing / materials inventory management
• Basic knowledge of inventory management including purchasing contracts
• Solid ability to work/partner with Plant Management Team
• Excellent Experience with SAP system
• Excellent Excel knowledge(Macros, Pivots etc – entry test required)
• Proven planning and organizational skills
• Proven ability to manage talent

About the Company

Jindal Films is an expert in the development and manufacture of specialty films for flexible packaging and labeling markets.

Our products help solve your packaging and labeling problems, improve your total costs and support dazzling package designs that help you sell more.

Within Flexible Packaging, Jindal Films provides films that lead the market in terms of barrier to moisture, oxygen, and flavor & aroma. These barriers protect package contents and extend the shelf-life of consumer products so our customers can expand their product distribution channels, reduce stales and keep products tasting 'first day fresh'. Our barrier technology is available in our range of Bicor, Metallyte and Oppalyte films.