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The Plant Buyer is responsible for executing plant purchases for plant operating supplies and plant maintenance requirements. He/she is also responsible for monitoring maintenance spare part inventory levels, and replenishing as required. The Plant Buyer makes contributions to improve longer term KPM (Key Performance Measure) results through leading and supporting various improvement initiatives. These contributions include organizing stock rooms, minimizing spare part inventory levels, and minimizing replacement part costs through supplier price checks and setting up alternate suppliers.
Responsibilities
Inventory Organization/Control – Tracks maintenance spare part and operational supply level inventories and ensures accuracy of the inventory database in SAP. This involves organizing stock rooms in a logical and neat format, increasing inventories accordingly as new parts arrive, and depleting inventories as parts are consumed.
Inventory Optimization – Analyses spare part and operating supply inventory targets on a regular basis in efforts to optimize inventory levels. Considerations involved in setting inventory levels include part availability, part cost, importance to the operation, # used in the plant, lead times, usage history, etc.
Reporting – Uses the plant Check book/SAP to track outstanding spending for maintenance parts and operating supplies; works with maintenance and production managers to establish month end accruals; tracks and reports performance against the following KMPs; (Monthly Spare Part Inventory Levels, Monthly Purchasing Activity, Monthly PMC Accuracy)
Good organization skills; High volume of requests, POs, packing slips, etc. good organization skills are a must. The Plant Buyer also organizes stock room layouts with very high invenotry count. Organizing these in a logical, user-friendly manner is a must for this job.
Effective communication skills; The Plant Buyer interfaces with all hourly Maintenance associates and most members of management in coordinating plant purchases. The Plant Buyer is also the local contact for most plant vendors. For both of these reasons, good communications skills are a definite “make” for this role.
Qualifications
Minimum 2 years related work experience, preferably in a consumer-packaged goods industry
Baseline plant equipment knowledge is required.
Supplier/Service Provider Knowledge is definitely required
Post-secondary education
Minimum 2 years related work experience, preferably in a consumer-packaged goods industry
Strong working knowledge of Microsoft applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), SAP and PMC software
Excellent communication, interpersonal and organization skills
About Us: Proudly Canadian and Independently Owned, We are Coke Canada!
Coca-Cola Canada Bottling Limited is Canada’s premier bottling company. We are an independently owned business encompassing over 5,800 associates, more than 50 sales and distribution centers, and 5 production facilities nationwide. For more information about Coke Canada Bottling, please visit cokecanada.com
Important
All offers of employment at Coca-Cola Canada Bottling Limited (“Coke Canada Bottling”) are conditional upon a successful background clearance obtained through our contracted third-party vendor. The standard clearance requirements depend on the position and may include some or all of the following: criminal clearance, employment verification, education verification and drivers abstract review. Please advise the Talent Acquisition team if you have any questions or concerns in regards to this once you are contacted for further consideration.
Coke Canada Bottling is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce with several programs, policies and resources in place to support our people. For individuals requiring accommodations or support throughout the recruitment process please contact our Talent Acquisition Services team by calling 1-844-383-2653 or email HR@cokecanada.com.
Seniority level
Entry level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Purchasing and Supply Chain
Industries
Manufacturing
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