Logistics Specialist

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 Australia and New Zealand’s major retail and foodservice customers and are part of Simplot’s Global Food business. With 17 food manufacturing and processing sites, Simplot Global Food serves retail and foodservice customers in 37 countries, and employs 8,000 people across North America, Latin America and Asia Pacific.

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

**Culture and Benefits**:
At Simplot, we are fueled 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**:

- Annual incentive (bonus) programme
- Discounted health insurance options
- Income Protection Insurance
- Novated car leasing agreements
- Fully supplied and laundered uniform, boots + PPE
- Training and development opportunities
- Opportunity to purchase additional annual leave
- Discount options on gym memberships, hire cars, and Microsoft Office products

**About Our Role**:
An exciting opportunity exists for a highly motivated and experienced **Logistics Specialist **at our Bathurst vegetable and snack lines processing plant. Simplot Bathurst employs over 200 people and having been a part of the local community since 1926, continues to produce Edgell products, as well as products for Birds Eye and Chiko.

An investment of $90 million is currently being made at the site. This investment will transform the site into a frozen vegetable centre of excellence, enable increased production capacity, and ultimately help boost local and export volumes. The works which are anticipated to be completed in late 2024, will see the sites facilities upgraded, the extension of existing production areas, and the installation of new equipment, including new vegetable processing technologies.

Reporting to the Logistics Area Manager, in this Mon-Fri day shift role, the Logistics Specialist will lead and manage inventory movements to support production and packing requirements - delivering value through inventory accuracies, reduced logistics spend, improved on-time and accurate delivery and operational excellence.

**What You Will Do**:
Working closely with our wider Production & Packing teams, duties will include (but are not limited to):

- Monitor and control inventory movements
- Support the Logistics department in generation and deployment of KPI figures
- Monitor effective up-time and availability of forklift fleet
- Stock control disposition (aged & held stock) and reporting
- Forecasting & inventory control
- Facilitate tier 1 daily meetings - capturing & addressing any safety, quality and operational concerns
- Attend cross functional tier meetings
- Analyse data trends to determine process improvement opportunities
- Contribute to site Continuous Improvement (CI) activities
- Development of SOPs

**About You**:

- 100% commitment to health and safety in the workplace
- Possess a demonstrated background in logistics / inventory control / load planning with food processing experience being advantageous.
- Exceptional troubleshooting and problem resolution skills
- Strong attention to detail
- High level of both verbal and written communication skills
- Intermediate user of Windows based systems
- Ability to self start whilst contributing to team activities
- Possess an analytical mindset with the ability to provide daily, weekly and monthly reporting to stakeholders
- Customer / vendor management experience
- Willingness to undergo a pre-employment medical assessment (incl. urine based drug & alcohol testing)

**APPLICATIONS CLOSE MIDNIGHT MONDAY 07th OCTOBER - Simplot reserve the right to commence recruitment activities prior to advert closing date.**

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**Job Requisition ID**:19955

**Travel Required**: Less than 10%

**Location(s)**:GF Bathurst Pla