Purchasing and Inventory Coordinator - YATALA

Real Pet Food Company; Gold Coast City; On-site; AUD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Onsite and Modern Offices

Discounted Pet Food

Work Close to Home

Job summary

Real Pet Food Company is seeking a hands-on Purchasing & Inventory Coordinator for our Yatala manufacturing site. You will own purchasing and inventory control of packaging materials, ensuring production needs are met while avoiding excess stock and wasting space.

You will work with Production, Planning, Warehousing and Procurement to maintain availability of packaging materials, primarily corrugates and films, and you’ll identify risks, optimise stock levels and improve supplier performance.

Qualifications

• Experience in purchasing, inventory control, materials coordination or supply chain within manufacturing or fast-moving operations.
• Strong Excel and systems skills with data interpretation.

Responsibilities

• Purchasing & replenishment: manage requirements and ensure timely delivery to meet production.
• Inventory control: maintain accurate records and investigate discrepancies.
• Forward planning: anticipate supply gaps and take proactive actions.
• Supplier management: build relationships and monitor delivery performance.
• Cost and waste management: balance stock, CAPEX and space.
• Reporting and analysis: use data to identify trends and inform decisions.
• Continuous improvement: identify opportunities to improve processes and accuracy.

Skills

Purchasing & inventory coordination

Forecasting

Supplier management

Problem solving

Tools

ERP software

Excel

Inventory management systems

Job description

• Work Close to Home!

• Onsite and Modern Offices

• Discounted Pet Food

The right product. The right place. The right time. Every time.

Are you someone who takes pride in getting the details right? The person who is meticulous, organised, naturally curious and always one step ahead? Someone people trust because they know you'll follow things through and nothing slips past you?

We're excited to announce we are looking for a hands-on Purchasing & Inventory Coordinator to join our down-to-earth manufacturing team at Yatala.

This is an important role in keeping our production operation running smoothly. You'll take ownership of the purchasing and inventory control of packaging materials, ensuring our manufacturing teams have exactly what they need, when they need it, without tying up unnecessary cash in excess stock or creating pressure on valuable warehouse space.

We're looking for someone who genuinely enjoys the detail, thrives on keeping things organised and understands that great inventory management is about much more than counting stock. It's about thinking ahead, anticipating problems, building strong supplier relationships and ensuring production never misses a beat.

What you'll be doing

Working closely with Production, Planning, Warehousing and Procurement, you'll be responsible for ensuring the availability and effective management of packaging materials, primarily corrugates and films.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Purchasing & replenishment: Managing purchasing requirements and ensuring packaging materials are ordered in the right quantities and delivered at the right time to meet production demands.

• Inventory control: Maintaining accurate inventory records, monitoring stock levels and investigating discrepancies to ensure our systems reflect what's physically on hand.

• Forward planning: Working ahead of production requirements, identifying potential supply gaps and taking action before they become a problem.

• Supplier management: Building strong, productive relationships with suppliers, monitoring delivery performance and following up on outstanding orders and commitments.

• Cost and waste management: Balancing stock availability with working capital, warehouse capacity, minimum order quantities and the risk of obsolete or excess inventory.

• Reporting and analysis: Using purchasing and inventory data to identify trends, monitor performance and make informed decisions.

• Continuous improvement: Identifying opportunities to improve purchasing processes, inventory accuracy, supplier performance and overall efficiency.

What will make you successful?

Ideally, you'll bring experience in purchasing, inventory control, materials coordination or supply chain within a manufacturing or fast-moving operational environment.

You'll also ideally have:

• Experience managing purchase orders, supplier deliveries and inventory replenishment.

• An understanding of stock control principles, inventory accuracy and forecasting.

• Strong Excel and systems skills, with the ability to interpret and work with data.

• Experience working with ERP, purchasing or inventory management systems.

• The confidence to investigate discrepancies, challenge inaccuracies and resolve issues.

• Exposure to packaging materials, manufacturing consumables or production planning would be advantageous.

Most importantly, we're looking for someone with the right mindset. Someone who understands that the smallest details can have a significant impact on production, cost and customer outcomes.

Why join Real Pet Food Company?

At Real Pet Food Company, we're passionate about creating fresher, healthier and more nutritious food for pets.

We're an Australian-born business with an ambitious vision and a growing portfolio of much-loved pet food brands. Our Yatala site plays an important role in bringing that vision to life, and the people who support our manufacturing operations are critical to our success.

Our values are at the heart of how we work:

Work as a Pack – We collaborate, support one another and achieve more together.

Make Your Mark – We take ownership, make a difference and take pride in what we do.

Lead with Passion – We bring energy, commitment and enthusiasm to our work.

Change the Game – We're curious, challenge the status quo and look for better ways of doing things.

If you're someone who loves getting things organised, takes pride in accuracy and wants to play an important role in keeping a busy manufacturing operation running at its best, we'd love to hear from you.

Come and be part of the pack!

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Diversity's not a buzzword here, it's in our DNA. Diverse perspectives shape our culture and make our work better. That's why we're committed to building inclusive teams that represent a variety of backgrounds and skills. If you need any reasonable adjustments, accessibility assistance or would like to note which pronouns you use at any stage of our hiring process, just contact us at accommodations: people&[e-mail]. We look forward to hearing from you.