Procurement Specialist

Moxie Search; Wellington; On-site; NZD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Vanguard is a New Zealand business focused on helping organisations create safer, more efficient workplaces by improving how people and vehicles move through their sites. The Procurement Specialist will own day-to-day procurement, manage supplier relationships, and coordinate inbound freight across New Zealand and Australia to ensure stock lands where needed on time.

This role suits someone comfortable switching between a wide product range and fast-changing priorities, with growth potential as

Qualifications

• Experience in procurement, supply chain or logistics.
• Ability to manage a wide, varied product range.
• Experience across multiple distribution centres or hubs.
• Confidence to propose options and make calls, rather than waiting to be told.
• NetSuite familiarity or NetStock exposure beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Place and manage purchase orders across a wide and varied product range.
• Own day-to-day supplier relationships, from communication through to order fulfilment.
• Coordinate inbound freight and logistics across New Zealand and Australia.
• Balance stock levels across multiple distribution hubs.
• Flag supplier or sourcing opportunities or risks to the Procurement & Product Manager.
• Collaborate with the wider team to keep goods moving from order to arrival.

Skills

Procurement experience

Supply chain

Logistics

Supplier relationships

Freight coordination

Education

Formal training in procurement

Tools

NetSuite

NetStock exposure

Job description

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About Vanguard

Vanguard is a New Zealand business focused on helping organisations create safer, more efficient workplaces by improving how people and vehicles move through their sites. Since 1991, the company has partnered with businesses across construction, infrastructure, logistics, manufacturing, and public spaces to deliver practical safety solutions that keep operations running smoothly.

Vanguard's product range is genuinely wide, from small fittings through to large-scale installations, sold primarily across New Zealand, with an Australian footprint that's growing impressively alongside. It is 100% family owned and runs on a culture where people take ownership, back their own judgement, and get stuck into solving problems rather than waiting to be told.

The Role

Vanguard is looking for a Procurement Specialist to own the day-to-day procurement and inbound logistics that keep the business moving. From placing purchase orders through to managing supplier relationships and coordinating inbound freight across New Zealand and Australia, you'll be the person who makes sure the right stock lands in the right place at the right time.

This role sits at the centre of a genuinely wide product range, small fittings one day, large specialised items the next, so it suits someone who's comfortable switching gears rather than working in one lane. It's also a role built to grow. As Vanguard scales, so does the scope of what this person owns.

Why This Role Stands Out

• Own the day-to-day supplier relationships and inbound freight across New Zealand and a growing Australian footprint
• Work across an unusually wide product range that keeps the job genuinely varied
• Take real ownership of the doing
• Join a business with a clear growth trajectory and a real pathway as the team and role scale
• Be part of a hands-on, family-run culture where people are trusted to make the call

Key Responsibilities

• Placing and managing purchase orders across a wide and varied product range
• Owning day-to-day supplier relationships, from communication through to order fulfilment
• Coordinating inbound freight and logistics across New Zealand and Australia
• Balancing stock levels across multiple distribution hubs
• Flagging supplier and sourcing opportunities or risks to the Procurement & Product Manager
• Working closely with the wider team to keep goods moving smoothly from order through to arrival

You'll likely bring:

• Procurement, supply chain, or logistics experience, ideally with some formal training behind it
• Comfort managing a wide, varied product range rather than one category
• Experience working across multiple distribution centres or hubs
• Confidence to bring options and make the call, rather than waiting to be told
• NetSuite experience helpful; NetStock exposure a bonus

Application process

• Applicants will need current New Zealand working rights.
• This role will close on 9th of October however, we will be reviewing applications as they come in to start the process.
• We anticipate a high level of interest in this role. If you don't hear from us straight away, we're still working through applications but we will respond when we can.