Procurement Administrator

Lakeland Dairies Co-operative Society Limited (The Group) is the second largest dairy processor on the island of Ireland. The business is complex and ambitious with a milk supply pool of 2 billion litres of milk, drawn from over 3,200 family farms across 16 counties.

With the most modern dairy manufacturing facilities in 6 locations on a cross-border basis, the Group supplies to a broad customer base including some of the world’s foremost ‘blue chip’ companies across the dairy food ingredients, foodservice and consumer food channels on a domestic Ireland, UK, European and global basis. Internationally we export some 240 different products to over 100 countries worldwide.

The Group’s Agribusiness Division (Lakeland Agri) operates a state-of-the-art Animal Feed Manufacturing Facility and is a leading and innovative provider of the highest quality feeds and agricultural inputs to dairy, beef, and sheep farmers across the north and south of Ireland.

Location - Artigarvan or Ballyrashane

The Role

The Procurement Administrator is responsible for the effective administration and management of the purchasing of purchase of stock & non-stock items from approved suppliers in line with business requirements giving due care to quality, cost and inventory levels

Key Responsibilities (Not limited to)

• Creating purchase orders on the SAP system for non-stock items as directed by functional managers and schedule delivery that will ensure no interruption to the FI business
• Ensure that all purchase orders are administered through a systemised requisition approval process
• Liaise with suppliers to agree pricing and to communicate purchase order details so as to service the production plants and ensure continuity of supply
• Managing supplier records, collate new supplier set-up forms and ensure all relevant purchasing data is maintained on system in line with SAP vendor and material master requirements through SAP and Winshuttle Processes
• Follow up on supplier purchase orders, verifying invoices are correct and matching invoices with orders
• Liaise with the accounts payable function to perform a reconciliation of key supplier accounts

Qualifications and Experience

• Strong IT proficiency, particularly Microsoft Excel, with the ability to manage spreadsheets effectively
• Experience working with an ERP system (ideally SAP) would be advantageous.
• Previous experience in procurement, Accounts Payable (AP), or similar administrative role is desirable but not essential.

We are committed to equality and believe in building a diverse organisation that is representative of and responsive to the needs of our customers and stakeholders.

A NOTE FOR RECRUITMENT AGENCIES:

We prefer to hire people directly, but we do have a preferred supplier list for when we need a helping hand. We'll be in touch directly if we need you!

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