Supply Chain Administrator

Martin & Pleasance (M&P) is a natural health and well being company. Our head office is in Port Melbourne, Victoria and our manufacturing plant is based in Loganholme, Queensland. We are dedicated to offering high quality, innovative health solutions that are honest and true to their purpose. Our products are distributed in grocery, pharmacies and health food stores throughout Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the UK. Under our umbrella are well known brands such as All-In-One, Vital Protein, Rest and Quiet, Harmony, Ki, Zen, Ener-C and Schuessler Tissue Salts.
www.martinandpleasance.com   

We are looking for a Supply Chain Administrator who is ready to be responsible for planning, establishing, implementing, and maintaining all purchasing, supply chain, warehouse receival and distribution requirements. 

This position is full time and reports to the National Supply Chain Manager  

Responsibilities:

• Assist with overall management of stock.
• Stock reconciliation and reporting.
• Assist with supplier benchmarking
• Purchasing of raw materials
• Assist with development of SOP/ demand forecast
• Suggest solutions for process improvements and cost reductions
• Choose, build and maintain good relationships with vendors
• Management of the site materials budget
• Liaise with supervisors/managers on the day to day operations to ensure material supply is consistent with the production plan
• Liaise with QA/QC to ensure vendors are a suitable choice to supply materials according to the M&P Supplier Validation
• Where necessary, implement procedures for direct import purchases, their documentation and supply timelines
• Liaise with suppliers and transport in respect to all requirements, documentation etc within the whole supply chain
• Manage the allocation of freight and additional expenses, such as testing and treatment with respect to cost of goods

Experience and Qualifications:

Essential

• Minimum 2 years experience in a supply chain role
• Understanding of accounting and finance.
• Hands on experience with supply chain management software preferably SAP B1
• Proven problem solving ability.
• An ability to read and understand the supply chain agreements.
• Intermediate to advanced excel skills.

Competencies:

• Someone who loves numbers and spreadsheets. 
• Communication is key to a variety of internal and external stakeholders by email, phone and face to face.
• Excellent negotiation skills.
• Never assume - you always check.
• Someone who likes to create value, decrease problems and solve issues with supply, planning, inventory control and operationally.

If you wish to apply and have all the above attributes and experience we would love to hear from you with your covering letter, CV and the answers to the questionnaire accompanying this job vacancy.