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Dale Farm Cooperative is a UK dairy farmer co-operative owned by over 1200 dairy farmers who supply us with fresh milk. Dale Farm has operations throughout the UK and Ireland producing and distributing a wide range of dairy products which it sells across the UK and Ireland as well as exporting to over 45 countries worldwide.
At Dale Farm virtually every career discipline is represented in our workforce, from production, engineering and distribution, to sales & marketing and food technology/quality assurance, to Finance, HR and IT through to general management. Our standards are high and when we recruit we are looking for those with energy and drive, who are keen for responsibility and motivated to succeed with a record of achievement and with the potential to develop as the company grows.
Culture
Our culture is based on setting best in class standards, working to-wards and delivering on committed objectives, striving for constant improvement and involving everyone in the company. We strive to develop our people and harness everyone's contribution to deliver a winning team.
Equal opportunities
The company is an Equal Opportunities employer and is committed to a safe, inclusive and relationship based workspace.
Benefits
In return, we offer a high degree of responsibility, plenty of challenge, good opportunities for learning and personal development and rewarding benefit packages, all within a fast moving and results oriented environment.
About us
Dale Farm is the largest UK farmer-owned cooperative, owned by 1,300 UK farmers. We supply a wide range of consumer and food ingredients dairy products including fresh milk, cheeses, milk powders, butter & dairy spreads, and ice cream into the UK, Irish and international markets.
Core to our success is our people, and we now have an exciting opportunity within our Procurement team, based at our Head Office in Belfast.
About the role
As part of this placement, you will play a core role within our Procurement Team.
Reporting to the Category Manager - Procurement, within this role you will look after the following responsibilities:
- Support Category Manager in tendering activities
- Manage tendering for small value spends
- Maintain Packaging Specification database
- Support Group Packaging Technologist in submission of Dale Farm biannual pEPR and completion of Customer Requests relating to packaging specifications
- Manage component set-up on to Dale Farm Navision system
- Manage new vendor set-up on to Dale Farm Navision system
About you
This opportunity calls for a placement student with first rate communication skills who will be a hands-on, results-oriented individual and who can demonstrate their creativity, skills, energy and ability to multitask effectively.
Candidates should be working towards a Business, Procurement or Supply chain related degree and have excellent administration skills with the ability to work flexibly to meet deadlines. You should hold a current clean driving license and ideally have access to your own transport. The successful candidate will have strong interpersonal skills and the desire to work with their team to drive forward success.
