Purchasing Officer

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Opportunity for a Purchasing Officer to join our Eagle Farm team

Summary about this job

Purchasing, Procurement & Inventory

Company: Thales Australia & New Zealand

Location: Brisbane

Work type: Full Time

Salary: n\a

Phone: +61-2-1147-4576

Fax: +61-3-3173-3661

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Detail information about job Purchasing Officer. Terms and conditions vacancy

  • Fast-paced team environment
  • Utilise your strong purchasing administration skills
  • Based in Eagle Farm

Why work for Thales?

At Thales we’re committed to caring about the whole of you.  Creating an environment of trust and empowerment where your contribution is valued, where your well-being counts and you can manage the right work-life balance for you. We believe that embracing flexibility is a smarter way of working. We’re always open to discussing your individual needs, just let us know what works for you. 

Our commitment extends through our generous benefits package; that’s why Thales were the first Engineering company in Australia to pay the superannuation guarantee on unpaid primary carer’s leave.  Whether you want to work for 4 years and get paid to take the 5th off, or you just need help finding a childcare place, you’ll  have our support every step of the way.

Developing your career

We’re committed to giving you opportunities to be your best.  We believe in embracing the passion and potential of our people and to achieve this we offer market leading training, development and experiences, along with the opportunity to be mentored and coached by some of the smartest minds in the industry. We hire from within as our first priority, so you’ll have a myriad of opportunities within our diverse, global organisation.

 
About Thales and our opportunity

We’re inventing the future, right here, right now, at Thales.  We design the critical security solution of tomorrow by combining the curiosity to explore, the intelligence top question and the vision to create.  Together we clarify complicated problems by combining our experience in market with our leading research and development.

Due to an internal promotion we are looking for a Purchasing Officer to join our team at Eagle Farm! Working within a small purchasing team, this role is a transactional purchasing role focused on ensuring all the product, expense and commodity purchasing is carried out appropriately in order that we have the right products purchased from our various suppliers in the time required for our business.

Responsibilities

  • Purchase and supply of requirements for the site to ensure delivery dates for our customers are met
  • Analysing and reporting on supplier performance
  • Evaluating best cost options when selecting preferred suppliers
  • As part of a team contributing to forecasting procurement, inventory and support planning
  • Assisting with the annual review of a vendor prices list
  • Assisting to develop customer/supplier relationships

About you

  • Ideally experienced in a busy purchasing position within a large complex organisation
  • Have solid experience using Word, Excel (using V look ups, filtering, extracting data for reporting) and an ERP system like Pronto or SAP or similar
  • Great communicator both verbally and with your written work – clear and concise
  • Have the ability to negotiate and influence and you are keen to focus on progressing your career in purchasing

Special Requirements

Please note you must be able to obtain and maintain a Defence Security Clearance therefore only Australian citizens are able to be considered for this role.

The preferred candidate will need to pass a pre-employment medical and police check for this position.

At Thales we provide CAREERS and not only jobs. With Thales employing 68,000 employees in 50 countries our mobility policy enables thousands of employees each year to develop their careers at home and abroad, in their existing areas of expertise or by branching out into new fields. Together we believe that embracing flexibility is a smarter way of working. Great journeys start here, apply now!

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