Purchasing Team Lead

Team Leadership & Development

• Manage the Traded Materials Purchase to Pay (P2P) process for all entities for Brenntag within Australia and New Zealand
• Lead, mentor, and develop a customer-focused team of Purchasing Officers, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Act as the central point of contact for all purchasing tasks, supporting internal teams including Sales, Operations, and Supply Chain.
• Collaborate with Regional stakeholders to deliver process improvements and strategic objectives.
• Serve as the first point of contact and escalation for the purchasing team regarding daily tasks.
• Lead by example to provide a problem solving, solution-based approach to issue resolution
• Perform other such duties and activities which may be assigned to you from time to time.

Purchase Order Management

• Assist the purchasing officers during high workload periods or as a backup for team absences.
• Liaise with Product Managers and Demand Planner should discrepancies arise
• Ensure prompt processing of all shipping documentation and follow up on missing documents at least 7 days prior to shipment arrival.
• Manage and maintain purchase orders from creation till goods receipts, ensuring continuous workflow, adherence to procedures, and satisfaction of internal and external stakeholders
• Coordinate procurement projects, including supplier onboarding, material sourcing, and process improvement initiatives.
• Complete ad hoc tasks and reporting as required.

Master Data Management

• Ensure Vendor and Contract pricing is entered into the systems as per agreed contracts or price lists.
• Communicate with Business Managers and other requestors/users to ensure correctness and completeness of data supporting requests
• Maintain with the assistance for SSC accurate data within the vendor master data
• Work closely with planning team to ensure accurate Leadtime and processing times are maintained in the material master data
• Coordinate with commercial team other procurement master data is maintain accurate in the material master data, for example manufacturer.

Customer Experience

• Manage and respond to enquiries via various digital platforms in 24 hours of query
• Engage and communicate with CS Team members on order updates into the business
• Liaise with CS Teams, Product Managers and Account Managers to minimize commercial impact on any delayed purchase orders
• Assist senior management and commercial teams with enquiries as required

Non-conformance management

• Review Sales force NCRs and follow through to action improvements, addressing areas of sub- optimal performance
• Manage and report all non-conformances, acting on repetitious non-conformances
• Identify and implement changes to ensure a measured reduction in non- conformances and overall operation efficiency gains and continuous improvement initiatives are achieved

General

• Consistently demonstrate Brenntag values and expected behaviors through exemplary standard setting
• Actively participate in the annual Performance, Planning & Review Process (PPM), establishing individual KPIs and monitoring performance to ensure targets and effective work outcomes are achieved
• Take ownership of learning and development opportunities by creating an Individual Development Plan (IDP), strengthening your personal and professional development
• Perform such other duties and activities which may be assigned to you from time to time

Brenntag provides equal employment opportunities to qualified applicants and employees of all backgrounds and identities to create a workplace where difference is valued because it forms a resilient and more innovative organization. We do not discriminate on the basis of age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity, race, religion or belief, parental and family status, or any other protected characteristic. We welcome applications from women, men and non-binary candidates of all ethnicities and socio-economic backgrounds.

Brenntag TA Team