Operational Specialist

6 days ago

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Fujitsu Full time

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About the Role

We are seeking a business-savvy Operational Specialist with deep expertise in red meat supply chains and processing. This role is crucial in bridging the gap between customer requirements and solution delivery by understanding operational challenges, interpreting customer and regulatory needs, and collaborating with technical teams to deliver impactful, business-aligned solutions.

Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

Customer Engagement & Requirements Gathering

Engage with meat processors, exporters, and supply chain stakeholders to collect and validate business needs across livestock procurement, processing, compliance, reporting, and customer markets (domestic and export).
Facilitate discovery workshops to document end-to-end processes and identify areas for improvement.
Translate business and regulatory requirements into structured process documentation, user stories, and other actionable formats.

Business Process Design & Optimisation

Map current and future-state business processes using BPM tools (e.g., BPMN, Visio).
Ensure customer requirements are aligned with industry standards such as NLIS, LPA, EU, Halal, and MSA.
Design traceable, compliant, and efficient workflows from paddock to plate.
Validate designs with stakeholders, ensuring alignment with business needs and system capabilities.

Solution Alignment & Implementation Support

Collaborate with product, technical, and delivery teams to ensure accurate interpretation and implementation of business requirements.
Support user demonstrations, user acceptance testing (UAT), and go-live readiness.
Act as a subject matter expert (SME) for red meat operations, bridging gaps between users and developers.
Monitor solution performance post-implementation to ensure business value is achieved.
Document and share best practices, reusable assets, and process templates.
Contribute to thought leadership in digital transformation within the red meat sector

Required Skills & Experience:

Minimum 5 years' experience in red meat processing and livestock supply chain operations.
Proven background in business analysis, process mapping, or solution consulting.
In-depth understanding of red meat regulatory frameworks (e.g., NLIS, EID, LPA, export requirements).
Strong ability to translate operational challenges into actionable requirements.
Experience with ERP, MES, or industry-specific systems.
Excellent communication, stakeholder engagement, and workshop facilitation skills

Requirements and Experience:

Minimum 5 years' experience in red meat processing and livestock supply chain operations.
Proven background in business analysis, process mapping, or solution consulting.
In-depth understanding of red meat regulatory frameworks (e.g., NLIS, EID, LPA, export requirements).
Strong ability to translate operational challenges into actionable requirements.
Experience with ERP, MES, or industry-specific systems.
Excellent communication, stakeholder engagement, and workshop facilitation skills.
Location: VIC / QLD / NSW – Hybrid

Desirable Qualifications:

Business Analysis certification (e.g., CBAP, CCBA, PMI-PBA).
Experience in digital traceability or industry-led transformation programs.
Familiarity with platforms such as Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central or Finance & Operations.
Understanding of data integration, workflow automation, or QA tools.
Exposure to Agile and/or Waterfall project delivery methodologies.

Why Fujitsu?

We are an organization with a strong set of values and a history of respecting fairness and equality, whilst promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion. We constantly push ourselves to do better and strive to bring together a diverse mix of perspectives and talents in an inclusive environment, where we encourage our people to bring their full selves to work. We call this Be Completely You.

We put people first. We believe in the power of diversity to drive innovation and our AWEI (Australian Workplace Equality Index) Gold Employer status, and Rainbow Tick certification for LGBTI+ inclusion show that we value an inclusive culture.
We offer tailored career paths across our global organization to support your professional and personal growth.
Our customers trust us. We have an excellent reputation across the region and globally.
Best in-class reward and recognition programs flexible work, volunteering leave, and more.
We live our values of aspiration, trust, and empathy, all day, every day.

Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

As an inclusive employer, Fujitsu aims to recruit a diverse range of talents to help us achieve our purpose. In line with our diversity, equity, and inclusion strategy, we highly welcome applications from women and gender-diverse people; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people; Māori and Pacific people; LGBTI+ people; people with a disability; culturally and linguistically diverse people; veterans, Australian Defence Force (ADF) and emergency responders. Transgender and gender-diverse applicants can request a copy of our Frequently Asked Questions to assist with the recruitment journey.

If you don't tick every box in this job description, please don't rule yourself out. Research suggests that underrepresented groups tend to only apply if they meet every requirement. We focus on hiring people who value inclusion, collaboration, adaptability, courage, and integrity, rather than ticking boxes so if this resonates with you, then please apply. For more information, please email careersapac@fujitsu.com.

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Due to the inherent requirements of the role, candidates must be Australian Citizens and hold an Australian Federal Government Security Clearance. The role will or will likely involve access to controlled technology and must satisfy additional restrictions and requirements as a consequence of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations and the Export Administration Regulations. As a consequence of these restrictions and requirements, applicants may be adversely impacted if they are not Australian citizens, are dual nationals, hold citizenship from proscribed countries, or are not of Australian national origin. Please refer to Discrimination (Fujitsu Australia Limited) Exemption 2017 (No 1) Notifiable instrument NI2020-672 (ACT).

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Seniority levelMid-Senior level

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IndustriesIT Services and IT Consulting

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