Warehouse & Inventory Coordinator

J.R. Simplot; City of Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 70,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading Australian food manufacturer is seeking a Warehouse & Inventory Coordinator to join their team in Melbourne. This role involves managing inventory accuracy and ensuring quality standards while supporting the Supply Chain & Customer fulfilment department. The ideal candidate will be detail-oriented, have solid organizational skills, and be proficient in MS Office and Power BI. Join a friendly and high-performing team committed to operational excellence.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Employee Reward and Recognition Program

Bonus incentives

Health Insurance

Opportunity to purchase additional annual leave

Qualifications

• Experience managing and reconciling inventory.
• Continuous improvement mindset.
• Ability to work autonomously and in a team.

Responsibilities

• Support inventory accuracy and warehouse operations.
• Resolve delivery disputes and maintain standards.
• Ensure quality control of products entering the marketplace.

Skills

Inventory Management

Organizational Skills

Attention to Detail

Communication Skills

Problem Solving

Tools

MS Office Suite

Power BI

JDE System

Job description

In Australia, the J.R. Simplot Company's core operations are food manufacturing and agriculture, encompassing potato, vegetable, seafood and sauce operations. We supply a wide range of frozen, shelf-stable and chilled products to major retail and foodservice customers in Australia and New Zealand. The Simplot Global Food business includes 17 food manufacturing and processing sites, serving retail and foodservice customers in 37 countries, with 8,000 people across North America, Latin America and Asia Pacific. Globally, the J.R. Simplot Company employs 15,000 people, driving innovation and excellence across diverse industries.

Within the Australian market, we are a leading provider of quality, nourishing and sustainable food, focussed on creating meals that maximises value from the best Australian-grown produce and global seafood. Our iconic brands have been an integral part of Aussie life for generations, and include Leggo's, Birds Eye, Edgell, John West and Chiko.

Culture and Benefits

At Simplot, we are fuelled by our purpose: We Contribute to Feeding Our World. We imagine a better future and set goals to reach it. We are committed to working as one Simplot and are guided by our shared values:

• Respect for Resources
• Spirit of Innovation
• Passion for People

We embrace diversity, equity, and inclusion. We care about creating an environment that promotes safety and wellbeing and where our people feel supported, respected and empowered. We do not tolerate any form of discrimination and are committed to providing equal opportunities for all our team members.

Simplot is passionate about cultivating a future where good ideas and inspiring possibilities have the chance to grow. We want our team members to build exciting and fulfilling careers with us and offer professional and personal growth opportunities.

The Perks

• Flexible working arrangements and a variety of engaging Health and Wellbeing programs
• Diverse Leadership Development Programs and Professional Development Support
• Employee Reward and Recognition Program
• Bonus incentives and discounted Health Insurance
• Sensory Club Program – Enjoy and taste our new product launches and access to our Culinary cooking sessions
• Novated Car Leasing Agreements
• Income Protection Insurance
• Opportunity to purchase additional annual leave

Simplot values the creativity and meaningful relationships that grow through face-to-face connection while also recognising the importance of flexibility for our team members. Our hybrid work environment includes four days in the office, with Wednesdays as our dedicated ‘Connect Day' bringing everyone together to strengthen our successful culture of innovation and collaboration.

About our role

• Reconcile stock variances and action disputes daily
• Support the day to day operational requirements of National 3PL’s
• Australia’s leading food manufacturer
• Based at our corporate head office in Mentone/Moorabbin

We now have an opportunity for a Warehouse & Inventory Coordinator to join our team based at our head office in Mentone. A unique role that is a mix for both warehouse operations and inventory control.

What you will do

Reporting to the Logistics Warehouse & Inventory Manager you will ensure that all finish goods warehouses perform and maintain the standards as set out by Simplot Australia to deliver operational excellence, data integrity, and supply reliability to Simplot’s customer base. You will ensure controls are in place to ensure only product approved for distribution enters the marketplace and customer fulfilment requirements are met, as well as support ensuring that customer orders are fulfilled in full and on time:

• You will support the Supply Chain & Customer fulfilment department to maintain inventory accuracy & warehouse operations at 3PL warehouses nationally.
• You will work alongside our 3PL partners to work through daily operational issues and challenges as well as identify CI opportunities across both businesses to operate more efficiently.
• You will work with our production sites to improve work practices, correct EDI errors when required to ensure customer orders are not impacted as well as resolve delivery disputes to ensure no disruption to customer supplies. Further to this you will answer daily queries around stock balances and availability to support business operations.
• Key to this role also includes interacting with the Logistics team (Operations, Transport & International), Deployment, Customer Service, QA and our Sales and Marketing teams as well as our external 3PL & Transport teams.

Most importantly you will ensure quality held and out-of-spec products do not enter the marketplace, monitor daily transactions and detect and fix discrepancies to prevent data integrity issues. Your continuous improvement mindset will assist projects to manage inventory & operations more effectively and efficiently.

About you

• You are experienced managing and reconciling Inventory, ideally through Third Party provision.
• Energetic, motivated and highly organised individual with a continuous improvement mindset.
• Ability to work autonomously as well as part of a team.
• The ability to make well considered decisions’ and prioritise tasks balancing business imperatives in your decision-making process.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Outstanding written personal and communication skills.
• Exceptional computer literacy across MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook) & Power BI.
• Ideally experienced with or capable of learning the JDE system.
• Ideally experienced within warehousing, transport or manufacturing.

This is a great opportunity to join a successful Australian food manufacturer, further develop your logistics career and work with a friendly and high performing team.

If this sounds like you, then please apply online now.

Applications close Friday 7th November 2025. Simplot reserves the right to commence recruiting activity prior to closing date.

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Job Requisition ID:23834

Travel Required:Less than 10%

Location(s):GF Chifley Business Park Office - Melbourne

Country:Australia

Simplot is an equal opportunity employer and encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to apply. If you feel you would be a great addition to our team please apply online today, we would love to hear from you. If you require technical assistance, please email us at [e-mail]