Purchasing Manager

Join Amcor and you can be part of the team that makes the packaging of the future better for people and our planet.

Here at Amcor, we work together every day to make a positive impact on the lives of millions of people across the globe by providing packaging for essential products, including food, beverages, pharmaceutical, medical, home and personal care.

We are sustainability leaders in our industry, and we were the first global packaging company to commit to making all our products recyclable or reusable by 2025. In addition, our products play a vital role in a circular economy as we are working toward 30% recycled material across our portfolio by 2030, and we are one of few packaging companies committed to using science-based targets and achieving net zero emissions by 2050.

We are always looking for talented and passionate individuals who are motivated to make a difference. Working at Amcor means you will have a unique opportunity to be a part of an organization that is committed to innovating and driving new solutions to create more sustainable packaging solutions.

To find out more about our commitment to sustainability and about Amcor, visit www.amcor.com

Role Overview

We are seeking a dynamic and results-driven Purchasing Manager to lead purchasing activities at our site. This role is critical to ensuring the timely and cost-effective sourcing of raw materials, consumables, and services that support production and customer fulfillment.

Key Responsibilities

• Team Leadership: Lead and develop a team of purchasing specialists, monitor KPIs and foster a culture of accountability and excellence.
• Operational and Tactical Purchasing: Manage daily purchasing activities, supplier relationships, and ensure the availability of materials and services to meet production needs.
• Planning & Forecasting: Align purchasing plans with sales forecasts and production capacity. Support S&OP processes to ensure supply meets demand.
• Inventory Management: Optimize inventory levels, reduce aged stock, and improve turnover while maintaining service levels.
• Customer Fulfillment: Ensure customer orders are delivered in full, on time, and to specification (DIFOT).
• Continuous Improvement: Drive cost-saving initiatives and support lean manufacturing and CI programs.

Qualifications/Requirements

Formal Qualifications And Experience

• University/Master’s degree in field of Supply Chain or similar (Preferably)
• Minimum 3 years of purchasing experience
• ERP, MRP, SAP, APO knowledge
• Data analysis with strong Excel capabilities
• Experience in optimizing the use of the ERP (nice to have)
• Proven experience of leading change management activities successfully.

Specific Skills And Abilities

• Strong team player & talented team leader
• Perfect communication
• Problem solving oriented
• Strong decision making
• Time management champion
• Knowledge of operations
• Proactive and self-starter
• Dynamic and open mind oriented
• Flexible and able to adapt to a fast-changing environment
• Very result driven, entrepreneurial, keen to learn and open minded
• Ability to drive faster adoption, higher utilization, and proficiency with changes
• Ability to work with various stakeholders, to coach supervisors and team members to integrate innovative changes
• Ability to monitor progress and adjust strategies as needed to achieve desired outcomes

Why Join Amcor?

• Work with a global leader in packaging innovation.
• Be part of a purpose-driven company committed to sustainability.
• Enjoy opportunities for career growth and development.
• Competitive compensation and benefits.

Amcor Leadership Framework & Values

Leading Self

• Drive Vision & Purpose – Can identify personal meaning in contributing to the vision &strategy of Amcor. Is optimistic and contributes in a supporting way to their business environment.
• Strategic Mindset – Contributes in practical planning of work processes. Understands and evaluates consequences of own decisions and actions. Pays attention to trends and issues that may impact own work in the future.

Leading Teams

• Engage People & Teams – Provides the team with insights and background behind goals and required actions. Assigns tasks, setting clear, specific performance objectives, standards and accountability across all people. Respects concerns and encourages the open expression of ideas and opinions. Builds consensus and involves others in decision-making.
• Attracts & Develops Talent – Attracts and selects diverse & high caliber talent. Places a high priority on developing others through coaching, giving feedback, providing exposure within the organization, and identifying stretch assignments. Aligns employee career development goals with organizational objectives.

Leading the Business

• Customer Focus – Creates a sense of urgency throughout the organization on the importance of meeting customer needs, e.g. defines their customer’s perspective. Identifies opportunities to modify internal processes, services, and structures to improve the ability to serve their customer. Identifies and tracks emerging customer segments and trends, shifts in suppliers and their offerings, and how they will affect how business is carried out. Understands how competitors serve different segments and where opportunities lie against them.
• Set Priorities & Drives Results - Sets the right priorities and stretching goals on a group, team and individual level. Pushes the organization to achieve results. Eliminates obstacles that affect organizational performance and supports the organization in overcoming setbacks.
• Cultivates Innovation – Engages others by making the case for innovation and explaining their role in it. Removes barriers and creates a climate within the organization that encourages innovation e.g. mistakes are accepted, failures are opportunities to learn.

About Amcor

Amcor is a global leader in packaging solutions for consumer and healthcare products. With industry-leading innovation capabilities, global scale and technical expertise, we help our customers grow and meet the needs of millions of consumers every day. Our teams develop responsible, more sustainable packaging in flexible and rigid formats across multiple materials. Supported by a commitment to safety, ~70,000 colleagues across ~140 countries bring our global capabilities to local customers and provide local access to global brands. Our work is guided by our purpose of elevating customers, shaping lives and protecting the future. NYSE: AMCR; ASX: AMC www.amcor.com | LinkedIn | YouTube

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