Buyer - Agri-Commodity

### **Job Description****Join Our Purpose - Feeding the Future**Role: Purchasing Assistant (Contract)Location: OkotoksHours: Full-Time. 40 hours per week.**Why join us**Get ready to Own Impact as a Purchasing Assistant (Contract) at Trouw Nutrition, Okotoks, a Nutreco company with good chances to be converted to a full time role. As global leaders in animal nutrition and aquafeed, our shared purpose of Feeding the Future is making a positive global impact for generations to come. Join us in this impactful role and help deliver the production of feed, in a sustainable way to a growing population. **Own your direction, Own your development and Own your path.****What you’ll do**Purchasing Assistant plays a vital role in provides clerical and administrative office work such as data processing, document processing, as well as record and file maintenance, supporting the purchasing/procurement department.- **Purchasing:** Reviews, processes, and executes weekly mill and warehouse order requests, ensuring supply, and following through until delivery to ensure timeliness, and accuracy. Create and administers contract purchase orders from bookings made by buyer.- Reviews, processes, and executes daily formulation requests, ensuring accuracy, legality, and our ability to manufacture as formulated. Handles inbound trucking and ingredient issues as needed.- **Data, document and information processing:** Receives, classifies, consolidates, and/or summarizes documents and information. Processes data and information in various systems / databases according to the relevant work instructions.- Processes invoices, expense statements and other financial documents. Maintains records or documents and data processed.- **Communications:** Occasionally contacts customers, suppliers or organization employees outside the immediate work area to exchange information.**Who we’re looking for**- Detail-oriented and confident in Excel- Oriented in work, organized and accuracy should be high- Experience to work on Contracts, a lot data entry, and reconciliation of invoices- Comfortable performing repetitive tasks in a fast-paced physically demanding environment- Comfortable working in a dusty, noisy, and variable-temperature environment**You’ll also need**- 1–3 years of experience in feed and grain environment- Background in grain buying and agri business preferred- Class 5 driver’s license is an asset- Good communication and interpersonal skills- Basic computer skills with attention to detail- Strong problem-solving and decision-making abilities**What you’ll receive**As part of Nutreco, you’ll be a member of the SHV family, a diverse group of companies with global footprint. Join us and you’ll gain access to a wide network of expertise and global career paths. You’ll also benefit from the backing of one of the world’s largest privately owned businesses, known for its stability and long-term focus.**In addition, you’ll receive**- Robust pension plan with employer matching that begins on Day 1- Competitive health benefits - Medical/Dental/Vision/HSA, that start on Day 1- Short-term/Long-term Disability and Mental Health spending allowance- Maternal top-up and Tuition Reimbursement- 15 vacation days to start (tiered)- Annual bonus**How and why to find out more**We can offer you a rewarding career with real meaning and purpose. Where you’ll feel proud of the impactful role you perform every day and the part you play in Feeding the Future. So, if you’re interested in joining us, get ready to Own your progress, your potential and your career. We aim to review all applications within five business days and will get back to you as soon as possible.#**Ownit**Please note that candidates applying to Canadian job openings must be authorised to work in Canada. Employer Sponsorship is not available for this position.**Final candidates who are offered the position will be required to undergo a criminal background check.**#SPTN