O-I is the leading glass packaging supplier in Asia Pacific with ten glass plants and one mould shop located in Australia, New Zealand, China and Indonesia.

The people at O-I Asia Pacific deliver excellence in quality, service and innovation to ensure glass provides the perfect package to appeal to consumers and expand customer brands.

O-I Asia Pacific understands the consumer and translates this knowledge into a wide ranging and attractive product portfolio which meets the needs of the food, beverage and pharmaceutical markets.

O-I's success derives from continually challenging its people to improve their ability to design, produce and deliver consumer-preferred packaging for customers.

The Asia-Pacific region represents over 10% of O-I worldwide sales, generating revenue in excess of $780 million USD. O-I Asia Pacific traces its glass container manufacturing history back well over a century.

The Melbourne Glass Bottle Works Company was established in 1872 in South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia by two pharmacists --- Alfred Felton and Fredrick Sheppard Grimwade. Soon afterwards, the company moved to Spotswood, near Melbourne, and changed its name to Australian Glass Manufacturers (AGM).

The company became a major entity when it merged with six other glass companies in 1916. In 1939, the company changed its name to Australian Consolidated Industries (ACI). By this time glass container manufacturing plants were established in Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane, Perth and New Zealand. ACI was acquired by O-I in 1997 and has become an integral part of the global O-I footprint.

O-I’s procurement function manages the interface with third party suppliers of raw materials, energy, factory consumables, capital equipment and goods and services.

The procurement department ensures costs are competitive. Quality and service are delivered, ensuring what is purchased meets business needs. Best practice procurement recognises the need to manage total spend in a disciplined manner.

Procurement practitioners need to be confident, lateral thinking and able to see beyond functional boundaries in order to deliver value-added solutions to the organisation.

Formal qualifications in any business discipline are preferred, especially if coupled with a technical qualification

Based in Hawthorn (O-I’s Asia Pacific regional headquarters) the department operates under a category management structure and is closely aligned with the corporation’s worldwide sourcing team based in its global headquarters based in Toledo, Ohio.

O-I’s sourcing function operates within the company’s supply chain department. It is responsible for executing the strategic sourcing activities of the business, with the more transactional purchasing elements of the operations being undertaken at the various sites.

The function is held in high regard by the wider business with the head of supply chain sitting on the executive management board

From a candidate perspective, the department offers prospective procurement and supply chain employees a passionate environment symbolised by the current incumbents loyalty and pride in their brand as well as the low turnover of staff experienced in recent years.

The business runs its operations on Lean Six Sigma principles and relies on innovation throughout every aspect of its operations. This means that creative sourcing executives, with Six Sigma qualifications and a demonstrable track record of working alongside NPD within a manufacturing environment will find O-I a very rewarding place to work.