At a Glance
- Tasks: Negotiate with suppliers, manage orders, and solve supply chain challenges.
- Company: Join K Care Healthcare Solutions, a leading Australian family-owned business.
- Benefits: Gain hands-on experience in purchasing and logistics with career growth opportunities.
- Other info: Dynamic work environment focused on integrity, respect, and continuous improvement.
- Why this job: Make a real impact by ensuring assistive technology reaches those who need it.
- Qualifications: Experience in purchasing or supply chain management is preferred.
The predicted salary is between 56700 - 69300 $ per year.
K Care Healthcare Solutions is seeking a proactive Purchasing Officer to join our team in Epping, Victoria. This is an excellent opportunity for someone with purchasing, procurement or inventory experience who wants to develop their skills in a diverse role spanning supplier management, stock planning, logistics and international purchasing.
If you enjoy a fast-paced environment where attention to detail, relationship building and problem-solving make a real difference, we would love to hear from you.
About the Role
Reporting to the Purchasing Manager, you will play an important role in ensuring the right products and materials are purchased at the right time, at the right price and delivered where they are needed. You’ll work closely with suppliers, freight providers, warehouse teams, finance and internal stakeholders to coordinate purchasing activities, maintain accurate product and pricing information, monitor stock levels and resolve supply issues.
Key Responsibilities:
- Purchasing and order management: Prepare and process purchase orders, monitor outstanding orders and follow up with suppliers to ensure timely delivery.
- Supplier relationships and negotiation: Build effective supplier relationships, negotiate pricing and terms, manage supplier contracts and research potential new vendors.
- Inventory and stock management: Analyse sales history, monitor stock levels, maintain product and SKU information, identify slow-moving or obsolete stock and support stock optimisation.
- Demand planning and reporting: Monitor upcoming demand, analyse purchasing reports and contribute to achieving purchasing KPIs.
- International purchasing and logistics: Assist with overseas container orders, coordinate freight and deliveries, review freight costs and explore efficient transport options.
- Stock transfers and distribution: Arrange stock transfers between CCG stores and warehouses, coordinating with warehouse teams to support efficient storage and product availability.
- Pricing and product information: Maintain accurate purchasing records, supplier pricing and product item cards within business systems.
- Problem-solving and communication: Investigate supplier discrepancies, resolve delivery issues and communicate supply risks or product availability concerns to relevant teams.
- Continuous improvement: Monitor market pricing and new products, identify opportunities to improve purchasing processes and contribute to a safe, quality-focused workplace.
About You
You are a proactive and organised professional who enjoys balancing competing priorities and taking ownership of tasks from order placement through to delivery. You're comfortable communicating with suppliers, investigating discrepancies and using data to make informed purchasing decisions.
To be successful in this role, you will bring:
- Experience in purchasing, procurement, inventory management, supply chain or a similar operational role.
- Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple orders, deadlines and priorities.
- Excellent communication and relationship-building skills, particularly when working with suppliers and internal stakeholders.
- Strong attention to detail and confidence maintaining accurate purchasing, product and pricing records.
- Good analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to review sales and stock data.
- Confidence using Microsoft Excel and business systems to maintain records and analyse information.
- A practical, solutions-focused approach to resolving supply, freight and delivery challenges.
- A commitment to ethical conduct, workplace safety and continuous improvement.
Experience that would be highly regarded:
- Experience using an ERP or inventory management system.
- Exposure to international purchasing, importing, freight coordination or container shipments.
- Experience negotiating supplier pricing or managing supplier relationships.
- Experience in wholesale, retail, distribution, healthcare or medical equipment.
Why Join Us?
- A varied and hands-on role: Build experience across purchasing, inventory, supplier management and logistics.
- Broaden your supply chain skills: Gain exposure to international purchasing, freight coordination and stock planning.
- Make a meaningful difference: Help ensure assistive technology products reach the customers and healthcare providers who rely on them.
- Work with established brands: Be part of K Care Healthcare Solutions and its extensive product and distribution network.
- Join an Australian family-owned business: Work in an organisation guided by Integrity, Respect, Leadership, Passion and Accountability.
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