Maintenance Buyer

About Kerry

Kerry is the world's leading taste and nutrition company for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries. Every day we partner with customers to create healthier, tastier and more sustainable products that are consumed by billions of people across the world. Our vision is to be our customers' most valued partner, creating a world of sustainable nutrition. A career with Kerry offers you an opportunity to shape the future of food while providing you opportunities to explore and grow in a truly global environment.

About the role

The Maintenance Buyer is responsible for ordering, tracking, and inventorying all maintenance materials/parts as required to keep production facilities operable.

Key responsibilities

•  Monitors and maintains critical spare parts inventory to prevent production downtime. Quickly locate new parts.
•  Provides timely responses to requests to obtain price quotations and prepare purchase orders for needed spare parts.
•  Follows-up on capital project and plant improvement project spare parts lists and obtain parts needed to support operation.
•  Tracks monthly parts and maintenance expenses within written budget.
•  Obtains quotations properly to support engineering and operations.
•  Accurately prepares purchase orders and receivers for purchased materials. Review and code invoices for proper accounting and payment.
•  Manages multiple priorities and multiple projects.
•  Meets all safety requirements, audits and procedures.
•  Performs follow-up on back-ordered parts to ensure timely receipt
•  Develops innovative ways to reduce local supplier costs and minimize emergency pickups.
•  Orders and maintains VMI supply arrangements and assures accountability. Maintains the plants consumables such as compressed gasses, oil, lubricants, and other items.
•  Assists MRO staff with the organization of MRO parts and the stock room. May fill in for MRO staff when required.
•  Leads with expert understanding of Kerry Purchasing Systems, Invoicing Systems, Business System (SAP) and Maintenance Management System(CMMS). Assists others with these systems as a Kerry Superuser.
•   Performs other duties and responsibilities as required.

Qualifications and skills

•  Associate or bachelor’s degree or 3 years of related experience preferred
•  5+ years of experience within a maintenance environment preferred.
•  Strong mechanical aptitude.

•  2-5 years of experience buying/purchasing, working & communicating with vendors, creating purchase orders for manufacturing or maintenance preferred.

Kerry is an equal opportunity employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law. Kerry will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditional upon the successful completion of a background investigation and drug screen. EEO is the Law poster can be found here. Additional information can also be here .                                       

Beware of scams online or from individuals claiming to represent us. A Kerry employee will not solicit candidates through a non-Kerry email address or phone number. In addition, Kerry does not currently utilise video chat rooms (e.g., Google Hangouts) to conduct interviews. Refuse any request that asks you to provide payment to participate in the hiring process (e.g., purchasing a “starter kit,” investing in training, or something similar). Kerry will not ask you to pay any money at any point in the hiring process with the exception of reimbursable travel expenses. In addition, any payments made by Kerry will be from official firm accounts bearing the Kerry name.