Supply and Distribution Manager

Ironbrij; Sydney; On-site; AUD 82,000 - 92,000; Full time

Job summary

Ironbrij in Sydney seeks a Warehouse & Supply Chain Lead to implement just-in-time inventory, forecast demand, and manage stock levels for Dari's Kitchen.

You will coordinate with Commercial Sales, Operations, and Customer Service to ensure on-time, in-full delivery, oversee WMS, and lead the warehouse team through audits and cycle counts.

This permanent full-time role offers exposure to supplier negotiations, data integrity, and risk management to sustain supply chain resilience.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning to ensure just-in-time inventory and optimal stock levels based on lead times and forecasts.
• Identify and engage suppliers, negotiate procurement contracts to meet quality, cost and delivery requirements.
• Oversee storage and inventory in the Warehouse Management System to meet supply requirements.
• Audit and manage warehouse team with cycle counts to ensure accurate inventory records.

Job description

Job Type: Permanent position | Full time position

Job Description

POSITION SUMMARY

• Work with the Commercial Sales Team in order to implement strategic Sales and Operational planning processes to lead the preparation and implementation of plans to ensure just in time inventory and maintenance of optimal levels of stock based on lead times and production forecast is achieved as part of overall Operational effectiveness and to forecast demand and manage inventory levels

to avoid shortages or excesses.

• Identify, evaluate, and establish relationships with suppliers and vendors including negotiating procurement contracts with suppliers to meet quality, cost and delivery requirements based on seasonal availability and transport costs.
• Oversight and review of the storage and inventory systems in Datapel Warehouse Management Systems to meet supply requirements.

Ensure transactions are carried out in a timely manner and be accountable for auditing and management of the Warehouse team undertaking periodic cycle counting and stock takes to ensure accurate record of inventory values aligning physical and book stock levels.

• Responsible for master data integrity including set up new Bills of Materials and being responsible for using the Warehouse management system to track all movements of supplies and finished goods, and ensuring re-ordering and re
• stocking at optimal times and to ensure that physical and system entry is accurate and reviewed for data integrity at all times.
• Responsible for the delivery of the production plan through liaising with the Operations teams and Customer service teams to ensure requirements for finished goods and associated customer deliveries are completed on time and in full on the order date.

Prioritisation of Work in progress and management of Warehouse, operations and dispatch teams to achieve 99% DIFOT (delivery in full on time)

• Managing the kitchen and warehousing teams in the prioritisation, batch control, stock rotation and delivery to warehouse location and directly monitor Ensure attainment to plan is recorded and communicated to management and reason for variation clearly defined
• Ensure health & Safety and quality procedures are followed and all compliance checks around contamination and metal detection are adhered to and recorded at critical control points
• Develop and implement risk management strategies to mitigate supply chain disruptions including working with internal and external stakeholders on a full operational BCP (Business Continuity Plan) for Dari's Kitchen

Expected Salary: $82,000 - $92,000 AUD per year