Purchasing Coordinator
Perth | aus-essense.icims.com |
Overview:
As an international leader in bridal fashion, Essense of Australia has been making bridal dreams come true for more than 20 years. With offices in Lenexa, Kansas; Perth, Australia; and Zug, Switzerland, our designs are sold in over 1,500 retail stores across the globe, including our network of company-owned and franchise stores, True Society.
Located in the US and Europe, True Society is a collective of premier bridal shops that exclusively offers our designs and delivers the ultimate wedding dress shopping experience to brides of all styles, shapes, and sizes. Together, we are a dynamic and rapidly growing company focused on innovation, excellence, drive, and collaboration.
The Role:
The successful applicant will be self-motivated, with the ability to take a proactive approach and effectively prioritise work to ensure that all activities are completed quickly and accurately. Our ideal candidate will be analytical, detail oriented, not easily overwhelmed by a fast-paced, data driven environment and will approach each day with an enthusiastic sense of urgency.
This hands-on role will suit someone looking to contribute to the ongoing success of this dynamic team. The ideal candidate will be a highly organised and analytical person, with excellent problem solving and communication skills to collaborate with different departments across the organisation.
Responsibilities:
What We Expect:
• Preparation and analysis of purchase orders to overseas factories
• Regular tracking of factory orders
• Regular liaison with international factories
• Data analysis and reporting
• Procedure writing and continuous improvement
• Regular liaison with local and overseas Customer Service colleagues
• Maintain updated records of purchased products, delivery lead time information and invoices
• Collaboration with other departments to deliver exceptional solutions and customer service to our clients
• Ensure all imports, exports and local shipments are complete within the required time frame to meet client expectations
• Book, arrange and coordinate shipments
• Accurate and timely handling of import/export documentation
• Monitor shipment ETA’s and actual departures & arrivals and updating the system accordingly
• Liaise with suppliers and transport providers to resolve delivery issues
Qualifications:
What We Are Looking For:
• Demonstrated success in a similar role, with a minimum of 2 years' relevant experience
• Excellent communication skills, both professional and friendly
• Advanced, proven working knowledge in Excel
• Be a team player, yet also be able to work autonomously
• Thrive in a challenging environment, where multi-tasking is a must
• Exceptional attention to detail
• A high level of analytical and problem-solving skills
• The ability to meet deadlines consistently
• Strong procedure and process orientation
• Forecasting skills would be advantageous
• A passion for on time delivery, critical time path aware
• Driven by Lean methodologies and process improvement
• Experience in communicating with international suppliers and factories where English is not a first language is desirable but not essential
• Hands-on experience with purchasing software desirable
What We Offer
We look forward to welcoming the successful candidate to our fast-growing global team! In return for your skills, we offer you the opportunity to join an international industry leader and be part of a creative and collaborative culture that empowers its people, promotes teamwork and embraces sustainability.
We recognise and reward excellence, innovation, and loyalty. Our goal is to offer an inspirational and modern workplace that allows for talent individuals to
thrive. As such, we provide competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package, with significant opportunity for exceptional team members to grow with us as we continue to expand.
How to Apply
Applications will be accepted via our Careers Portal. Please submit your Cover Letter & Resume to:
https://careers-essensedesigns.icims.com
Please note: We believe cover letters are important to help us understand why you are interested in this position and your unique story and qualifications. If you sincerely desire to work with us, please take this into consideration when submitting your materials.
As an international leader in bridal fashion, Essense of Australia has been making bridal dreams come true for more than 20 years. With offices in Lenexa, Kansas; Perth, Australia; and Zug, Switzerland, our designs are sold in over 1,500 retail stores across the globe, including our network of company-owned and franchise stores, True Society.
Located in the US and Europe, True Society is a collective of premier bridal shops that exclusively offers our designs and delivers the ultimate wedding dress shopping experience to brides of all styles, shapes, and sizes. Together, we are a dynamic and rapidly growing company focused on innovation, excellence, drive, and collaboration.
The Role:
The successful applicant will be self-motivated, with the ability to take a proactive approach and effectively prioritise work to ensure that all activities are completed quickly and accurately. Our ideal candidate will be analytical, detail oriented, not easily overwhelmed by a fast-paced, data driven environment and will approach each day with an enthusiastic sense of urgency.
This hands-on role will suit someone looking to contribute to the ongoing success of this dynamic team. The ideal candidate will be a highly organised and analytical person, with excellent problem solving and communication skills to collaborate with different departments across the organisation.
Responsibilities:
What We Expect:
• Preparation and analysis of purchase orders to overseas factories
• Regular tracking of factory orders
• Regular liaison with international factories
• Data analysis and reporting
• Procedure writing and continuous improvement
• Regular liaison with local and overseas Customer Service colleagues
• Maintain updated records of purchased products, delivery lead time information and invoices
• Collaboration with other departments to deliver exceptional solutions and customer service to our clients
• Ensure all imports, exports and local shipments are complete within the required time frame to meet client expectations
• Book, arrange and coordinate shipments
• Accurate and timely handling of import/export documentation
• Monitor shipment ETA’s and actual departures & arrivals and updating the system accordingly
• Liaise with suppliers and transport providers to resolve delivery issues
Qualifications:
What We Are Looking For:
• Demonstrated success in a similar role, with a minimum of 2 years' relevant experience
• Excellent communication skills, both professional and friendly
• Advanced, proven working knowledge in Excel
• Be a team player, yet also be able to work autonomously
• Thrive in a challenging environment, where multi-tasking is a must
• Exceptional attention to detail
• A high level of analytical and problem-solving skills
• The ability to meet deadlines consistently
• Strong procedure and process orientation
• Forecasting skills would be advantageous
• A passion for on time delivery, critical time path aware
• Driven by Lean methodologies and process improvement
• Experience in communicating with international suppliers and factories where English is not a first language is desirable but not essential
• Hands-on experience with purchasing software desirable
What We Offer
We look forward to welcoming the successful candidate to our fast-growing global team! In return for your skills, we offer you the opportunity to join an international industry leader and be part of a creative and collaborative culture that empowers its people, promotes teamwork and embraces sustainability.
We recognise and reward excellence, innovation, and loyalty. Our goal is to offer an inspirational and modern workplace that allows for talent individuals to
thrive. As such, we provide competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package, with significant opportunity for exceptional team members to grow with us as we continue to expand.
How to Apply
Applications will be accepted via our Careers Portal. Please submit your Cover Letter & Resume to:
https://careers-essensedesigns.icims.com
Please note: We believe cover letters are important to help us understand why you are interested in this position and your unique story and qualifications. If you sincerely desire to work with us, please take this into consideration when submitting your materials.
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