Purchasing Assistant

Pinewood Healthcare is a leading developer, manufacturer and marketer of healthcare products, currently employing over 300 people across two sites in Tipperary and Dublin. Originally established in 1976 to serve the renal care market in Ireland, Pinewood evolved over the years under indigenous Irish ownership until its sale in 2006 to the Wockhardt Group, an Indian global pharmaceutical and biotechnology company headquartered in Mumbai, India. Wockhardt employs over 7,000 people across 27 nationalities with a presence in the USA, UK, Ireland, Switzerland, France, Mexico, Russia and many other countries. It has manufacturing and research facilities in India, the USA and UK and a manufacturing facility in Ireland (Pinewood Healthcare).

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Procurement of Packaging Materials, Raw Materials, Consumables, Supplies and Miscellaneous items.
• Work closely with existing suppliers to ensure:
• Highest quality standards on a consistent basis
• Best practices and on time deliveries
• All documentation complies with the company's requirements
• Identify new and alternative suppliers for all materials
• Conduct price reviews and comparisons with alternative suppliers
• Conduct price negotiations and agree credit terms with existing suppliers
• Generate annual and monthly materials requirements in both quantity and value from customer forecasts
• Work closely with the company's Quality function in scheduling and agreeing Audits of suppliers' facilities
• Work very closely with Planning and Warehouse and QC Departments to ensure timely deliveries, allowing sufficient time for the approval of materials
• Responsible to ensure that relevant SAP master data is accurate
• Ensure that purchasing duties are carried out in adherence to company procedures and quality

JOB KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• Experience in a Purchasing role operating modern systems preferable
• SAP/MRP/MPS experience preferable
• Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel and PowerPoint, in particular).

Personal Attributes:

• Excellent organisational and time-management skills
• Ability to leverage/collaborate effectively with internal and external stakeholders
• Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills
• Strong problem-solver
• Resourceful
• Independent
• Critical thinker
• Comfortable working in a professional, team based environment.