Supply Chain Specialist

16 hours ago

Melbourne, Australia Opal. Full time

**Thinking Careers. Discover Opal**

As part of the Nippon Paper Group, Opal is one of Australasia’s leading packaging and paper companies and we employ more than 4,000 team members across our operations. We manufacture goods that you see, touch and use every day and our customer base includes some of the biggest names in FMCG, Retail and Fresh Produce.

We stand for innovation, smart solutions and sustainability and this is an exciting time to join us as we build our own unique culture fuelled by confidence, energy and passion.

**Discover the Opportunity....**

We are committed to making the right strategic choices today to secure our global competitiveness into the future. The circular economy is driving fundamental change and Opal is dedicated to developing smarter sustainable packaging solutions and products for the evolving needs of our customers.

And our people are at the heart of this transition.

The purpose of this role is to support the Procurement & Supply Chain team by managing freight forwarder invoices, minimising detention, managing slow moving inventory, and various other supply chain initiatives.

You will contribute to the success of Opal by:

- Review freight forwarder invoices and cross-check invoices against rate cards for accuracy
- Manage disputes with freight forwarders.
- Investigating detention invoices to understand root cause and implement necessary corrective action.
- Update the monthly High Risk Inventory Report ensuring accurate and up-to-date information.
- Analyse supply chain data, use statistical methods and data visualization tools to gain insights into the supply chain operations.
- Analyse purchase prices to gain insights on pricing movements, quantity the impact of pricing movement.
- Supplier DIFOT and performance analysis.
- Implement process improvements aimed at enhancing workflow and efficiency in the shipping document processes.

**Discover Yourself.**

We are able to offer a varied career journey with experiential learning gained from cross-functional and lateral moves. We embrace diversity in all its forms and we look for curious individuals who thrive in an environment of change. Specifically for this role, we expect you will have;
- Extensive knowledge of shipping processes is essential.
- Understanding Supply Chain & Procurement Best Practices and Technology.
- Self-motivated and self-directed, able to progress issues and opportunities with mínimal supervision.
- Strong influencer, able to influence and manage across various functionals and levels across the business.
- Commercially astute with the ability to exercise mature judgement.
- Able to think logically, develop and deliver practical solutions to complex business problems.
- Able to clearly articulate ideas and opportunities and not be afraid to champion these ideas or speak their mind.
- Ability to negotiate and build relationships with internal and external parties and able to relate to individuals at all levels within the organisation.

For more information please contact Dean Jones on +614 91158351 or jump right in by sending us your CV.

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