Procurement Specialist
Pubblicato il 15-08-2026 - Affinity Petcare in Castelgomberto
Your Role
We are looking for a Procurement Specialist, within the Purchasing department, who will report to the Global Procurement Manager at the Castelgomberto plant. In this role, you will be responsible to grant the availability on time and in full of materials and packs used in the Castelgomberto plant.
What you will do
- Plan and coordinate the supply of materials and packs with different suppliers to cover requested productions according to MRP and consumptions, and considering the specific factors of every supplier.
- Daily follow up production and sourcing plan to ensure right stock and service level.
- Detect and prevent supply risks to minimize these with proper actions on time to avoid shortages in the plant.
- Control and optimize stocks according to the production needs plan and avoid overstocks, obsolescence and supply gaps.
- Evaluation of capacity following deliveries and requested needs. Also, considering contract levels negotiated by buyers.
- Coordination and collaboration with Scheduling and Production planning teams to follow up productions plans and risk assessments.
- Manage proper set ups in the system to ensure an efficient and optimal sourcing plan. And place the PO’s in the system according to the alignments with suppliers.
- Supervise and validate invoices not automatically approved by the system due to price/quantity differences. And manage indirect Purchase Orders in order to authorize differences driven by specific costs.
- In collaboration with the team, identify and implement new initiatives on processes and tools to continuous improving and growing.
- Assure a collaborative approach and fluid communication with the team, suppliers and the different departments involved in daily tasks (Purchasing, Sales&Op;, Production Planning, Logistics, Formulation, Quality…).
What we are looking for
- Proven experience of two years in Procurement/Planning/Logistics. Experience in the petfood, food or FMCG industry is highly valuable.
- Knowledge