Senior Purchasing and Production Specialist
1. Manufacturing
2. Purchasing / Procurement
3. Canterbury
4. Permanent / Full Time
07 Oct 2024
5. Combine outdoor lifestyle with your career
6. We are BCorp accredited and are passionate about our impact on our planet
About Kathmandu…
Kathmandu is a leading global outdoor lifestyle brand whose journey began in Aotearoa New Zealand over thirty years ago, born out of the passion for the outdoors. We’re on a mission to improve the wellbeing of the world by getting more people outdoors, because nature has a positive transformative effect on us all. It makes us more happy, open, free and fun. And that’s why we’re all about creating the best sustainably made outdoor gear - to get people to experience nature’s benefits more often.
We've been out there for over 30 years living our best lives. Now you can too. Join us on our mission to improve the wellbeing of the world through the great outdoors.
A little bit about the role…
As a Senior Purchasing and Production Specialist at Kathmandu, you will be involved in accurately purchasing and tracking end to end placement and delivery of regional Purchase Orders. The role is full-time and located in our Christchurch office. Day to day you will be:
7. Accurately placing purchase orders and managing the supplier confirmation process
8. Managing production milestones to achieve on time delivery to freight forwarders
9. Programme planning with suppliers, collaborating with the planning, shipping and buying team
10. Co-ordinating the on-boarding process of new suppliers, ensuring supplier data is correct and maintained in all systems
11. Building supplier profiles and data impacting sourcing and purchasing decisions including MOQ / MCQ information, payment terms, factory closure dates, regional events impacting delivery etc
12. Managing production tracking tools and communicating with all key stakeholders
What we are looking for…
13. Strong communication skills
14. Ability to build and maintain effective and productive relationships with staff, stakeholders, and suppliers.
15. Keen attention to detail and accuracy
16. Able to work well under pressure and handle emergency and stressful situations
17. Apparel or equipment experience within a similar role
18. International Production / Purchasing Experience
19. Advanced Excel and Competent in Microsoft Word and Outlook.
20. Preferred experience in Apparel or outdoor equipment
21. Preferred familiarity with an integrated Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system would be beneficial