About The Company
Our client is a leading manufacturing organisation with a strong commitment to quality, continuous improvement, and operational excellence. They offer a collaborative team environment and the opportunity to contribute to a dynamic supply chain function.
Role Overview
Reporting to the Purchasing Manager, you will be responsible for managing material planning activities, purchase order administration, inventory control, supplier coordination, and expediting activities. You will play a key role in ensuring materials are available on time and in full to support production operations.
About The Person
You are a detail-oriented and proactive supply chain professional who enjoys working in a fast-paced manufacturing environment. You possess strong analytical skills, excellent communication abilities, and can effectively manage multiple priorities while building positive relationships with suppliers and internal stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities
- Run and review MRP outputs to determine material requirements.
- Generate and manage purchase orders in line with production plans and inventory targets.
- Monitor supplier performance and expedite deliveries as required.
- Coordinate stock transfers between sites and manage associated transactions.
- Maintain accurate inventory records and safety stock levels.
- Analyse inventory trends and identify stock risks.
- Investigate inventory discrepancies and data integrity issues.
- Participate in supplier meetings and support supplier relationship management.
- Process purchasing documentation, supplier confirmations, invoices, and credits.
- Provide reporting and updates to support planning and purchasing activities.
- Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives across the supply chain function.
- Minimum 2 years' experience in materials planning, inventory management, purchasing, or production scheduling.
- Experience working with MRP/ERP systems such as JD Edwards, SAP, or Oracle.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
- Strong analytical, organisational, and problem-solving abilities.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Experience within manufacturing or FMCG environments is highly regarded.
- Knowledge of batch sizing, MOQ management, supplier expediting, and inventory control is advantageous.
- Experience within food, beverage, or related production environments will be highly regarded.
- Current driver's licence required.
For more information, please contact Tammy Anderson on 0485 041 023
