Buyer (1 Year Contract)

**Buyer**
(Based in Tuas, Singapore - Hybrid working mode)
**POSITION OVERVIEW**

**The Coca-Cola Company** - Coca Cola Pacific Refreshment is a strategic concentrate manufacturing plant in Asia. We are an export facility, specializing in the manufacturing of concentrates and beverage bases, with a complex portfolio, supporting the ASEAN, South Pacific and South West Asia business units. The plant just completed an Expansion wing, incorporating Industry 4.0 practices, which will take it to the next level of doubling its manufacturing capacity in the next 3-5 years.
- Pacific Refreshments Pte Ltd is a winner of 2020 HR Asia Best Companies to Work for.**KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES**
- Responsible for providing the supply of raw materials for manufacturing operations, in order to maintain operations across all factories in line with Sales and Operating Plans (SOP)
- Manage planning parameters and related processes and objectives
- Liaise with key stakeholders including supplier, production planner, procurement team, and logistics
- Participation in regular review meetings with production planning and logistics to ensure material coverage
- Proactively review long lead time materials to ensure timely creation of requisitions to prevent stock outs and maintain safety stock level.
- Management of raw materials inventory within agreed budget guidelines
- Facilitate timely and accurate reconciliation of invoices and documentation with suppliers / accounts
- Work closely with freight forwarders to coordinate the delivery and receipt of materials
- Plan and monitor inbound containers with freight forwarders/agents
- Drive the performance of UISS Ingredients programs across Asia Plants
**Data improvement initiatives**
- Develop metrics for MM Asia, utilizing SAP/BW/ other approved tools and leveraging metrics produced by the Global Teams
- Completion of centralized metrics for MM in Asia - one source of truth.
- Tracking and updating of Material Master Data to ensure adherence to global best practice standards.
- Retrieve, synthesize and present critical data in a format that is immediately useful to answer specific questions or improve system performance.
- Analyze historical data to identify trends and support decision making.
- Perform data exploration and foundational data analysis in support of long-term analytics objectives.
- Develop data-processing and technical workflows for delivery of data that driving performance improvement in MM and across the business by providing essential data and metrics to help better manage our business
- Ownership of MRP II / SCE measures for area of responsibility.
**QUALIFICATIONS & RELATED EXPERIENCE**
- Minimum 3 years of experience.
- Integrated supply chain concepts (MRP, ERP systems)
- Familiarity with SAP, knowledge and use of Data tools will be an advantage
- Strong communication and presentation skills
- Strong analytical abilities
- Customer service management abilities (Listen, empathy, proactivity)
**Our Purpose and Growth Culture**:
We are taking deliberate action to nurture an inclusive culture that is grounded in our company purpose, to refresh the world and make a difference. We act with a growth mindset, take an expansive approach to what’s possible and believe in continuous learning to improve our business and ourselves. We focus on four key behaviors - curious, empowered, inclusive and agile - and value how we work as much as what we achieve. We believe that our culture is one of the reasons our company continues to thrive after 130+ years. Visit Our Purpose and Vision to learn more about these behaviors and how you can bring them to life in your next role at Coca-Cola.