National Asset Manager

We're looking for a **National Asset Manager** who will report to National Sales Manager based in Clayton, Victoria. You will deal with daily and long-term strategic management of PPG assets across the Architectural Coatings ANZ business. **Responsibilities** - Collaborate with and draw up contracts for services and equipment from external suppliers including purchasing, delivery and instillation ensuring cost efficiencies. - In liaison with procurement, manage contract negotiations between PPG and suppliers. - Manage placement, removal, transfer, changeover, maintenance and repairs of all store and customer site-based PPG assets (tint equipment, colour walls and semi-permanent POS) - Manage spare parts. - Record management with finance team for any proposed or actual assets movement (acquisitions, transfers, valuations, or disposals) - Manage and conduct an asset audit schedule that ensures all assets are audited, assessed, and accounted for at a minimum every 2 years. - Manage storage of non-allocated assets and include in audits. - Ensure all assets are serviceable and suitable for purpose. - Manage asset upgrades and changeovers. - Coordinate training on equipment use and maintenance. - Develop equipment performance reviews: Sales Return per Asset and Optimised location - Develop reports on assets. - Prepare asset development plans to ensure that PPG assets continue to deliver the best in store service and efficiency. - Prepare asset plans that provide medium/long-term projections of capital investment and ongoing maintenance/placement costs. - Raise purchase orders and initiate requests for material codes. - With finance, build and present ACTs for asset purchases. - Monthly meeting with finance to review asset status, issues, and capital expenditure. - Establish a SOP for the position. - Implement necessary forms for managing the management of assets. **New Stores and Store Refits** Help with: - Asset orders, placement, and training of customer staff on equipment and stock - Stock/POS order, delivery, and merchandising, - Coordinate communication between Bunnings, PPG HO, Independents and Company Owned Stores and the field. - Build relationships with other teams and external agencies and regular field visits - Maintain company procedures while performing role following PPG corporate values and promoting a safe work environment. **Qualifications** - 1+ years’ experience in asset management or retail store operations - Experience managing important projects, develop budgets and secure cost savings through the creation and implementation of vendor and asset management strategies. - Intermediate skills with MS Word, Access, Excel, Power point, Outlook. - Experience with SAP or equivalent platform. **About us**: **PPG: WE PROTECT AND BEAUTIFY THE WORLD** **The PPG Way** Every day at PPG: **We partner with customers to create mutual value.** We are insightful, dedicated, and proactive. We have intimate knowledge of the market and our customers. We focus on practical solutions that make a difference. **We are "One PPG" to the world.** We are better and stronger together. We use our scale to reach new markets and introduce technologies as we differentiate and improve our markets. **We trust our people every day, in every way.** We empower our people to make the right decisions. We are inclusive, transparent, and respectful. Our feedback is clear and relevant. **We make it happen.** We have experience with winning. We achieve. We deliver with discipline and integrity. We bring our best energy to our work. We decide and act intelligently and quickly. **We run it like we manage it.** We respect one another by being responsible and accountable. We always act in the best interest of our company, customers, shareholders, and our communities. **We do better today than yesterday - everyday.** We learn. We develop our people to grow our businesses.