Automotive Purchasing

**General Information**:

- Date Published- 05-Nov-2024- Advertising Ends- 19-Nov-2024- Country- New Zealand- Location- Hamilton & North Waikato- Role Type- Manufacturing- Work Type- Fixed Term- ID#- 10500**Position Description**:
**Our Co-operative**

**Fonterra’s strength is in the collective | Te Mātāpuna toa takitini**

We are a Co-operative created and owned by Aotearoa New Zealand dairy farmers. Since our beginnings, collaboration, innovation, and passion have enabled us to share the goodness of our dairy with the world. We're committed to caring for the land, our animals, and every drop of milk, producing nutritious food with safe, quality ingredients loved here in New Zealand and around the world.As part of the Fonterra Co-op, you'll be solving for a better future alongside a team connected by solid values as we strive to be a leader in dairy sustainability, dairy innovation and science, with a focus on New Zealand milk.When you join Fonterra, you'll open yourself to a career of opportunities where you can grow with us by developing your skills, sharing your knowledge, and exploring diverse career paths that ignite your passions.
- **About us | Whakapā mai**

Recognised as the best in Milk collection, our National Transport team brings together expertise to lead our people, delivering safe and efficient milk collection for the ongoing success of our Co-Op.Our Build Team is responsible for the successful decommission and build of up to 70 Milk Collection trucks and trailers. This programme of work requires extensive planning, vendor engagement, co-ordination and precise execution to deliver a successful annual build.
- **About the opportunity | Te whai waahi**

Joining us on a fixed term contract until 15th August 2025, as Automotive Purchasing and Inventory Co-ordinator at our Morrinsville site reporting to the Automotive Purchasing and Inventory Manager for the North Island, you will be an integral member of our Build Services Team.Working closely with the Fleet Build workshop team, you’ll primarily be office based championing vendor management, accurately managing inventory and creating and managing purchase orders but will also have plenty of variety with the picking and packing of orders, cycle counting, reconciliations, material creates and management of inwards/outwards goods for our Inventory Store.
- **About you | Moe koe**

This is an exceptional opportunity to work in a fast paced environment on our innovative Tanker build projects.To be successful in the role you’ll be a quick learner, great communicator and be able to self-manage and work autonomously.The ideal person will be project and process driven along with strong attention to detail, able to analyse data with excellent organising and prioritising skills.Key skills include:
- Experience in an inventory role and/or project environment
- Ability to work well with little supervision
- Intermediate to advanced computer skills (Experience with SAP and Microsoft Suite, including Excel and Word)
- OSH certified forklift licence with F endorsement (not essential but would be an advantage)
- Join our team and contribute to our vision to be a premium dairy operation delivering premium solutions and a future we and our communities can be proud of.
- **Our story | To Tatou Korero**

Being part of Fonterra means being part of a unique history, realising the potential of dairy for generations to come, and solving for a better future together.
- Whanaungatanga, our Co-operative spirit, guides a common strength and purpose
- Manaakitanga is how we care for all our people at the heart of what we do
- Kaitiakitanga ensures we care for the land, farming in a way that regenerates our farms and environment for future generations
- Whakaohooho inspires us all with excellent career development opportunities, benefits, flexibility, and balance to suit everyone's lifestyles and choices
- Our Co-operative is a place where everyone can be themselves, feel empowered to do their best, and are empowered to create goodness for generations.Sound good to you? Come join our whānau and let’s solve for better, together. You, me, us together.