Maintenance Storeperson

Join leading FMCG company
- Based at Moorebank, working Monday to Friday day shift
- Excellent career development opportunity

About Goodman Fielder
Goodman Fielder Australia (GFA) is one of the largest branded food manufacturers and suppliers in Australia, serving customer needs with a portfolio of iconic, trusted food brands that Australians have grown up with and enjoy every day. We have 12 manufacturing sites and over 1,500 employees who produce a wide range of high quality baked and grocery items including bread, spreads, flour, dips, dressings, mayonnaise, frozen pasty, cake mix, and cooking oils. Our company occupies the number one or number two positions in most of the larger product categories in which it competes, with sales to almost 8,000 outlets in Australia every day including supermarkets, route outlets and food service customers.

**The opportunity**:
Reporting to the Maintenance Manager, the Maintenance Storeman is primarily responsible for the coordination and management of the stores, purchasing and receiving functions for the Moorebank maintenance department. To assist in the preparation of financial, maintenance and management reporting as well as internal control of business systems.
Organisation, optimisation and maintenance of the stores, its inventory and systems and coordination with the maintenance team on a daily basis. Obtaining optimal prices from preferred GF suppliers and continually challenging the status quo in order to ensure value adding for every purchase. A systems approach to stores management needs to be adopted with stock optimization and availability as the backbone.

**Key responsibilities**:
Management of Purchasing
- Ensure purchasing procedures are in accordance with Goodman Fielder company policy
- Ensure purchasing - receiving process is efficient and cost effective

Supply Agreements
- Research and understand maintenance purchasing requirements
- Prepare formal agreement documentation where required
- Monitor compliance to supply agreements and seek opportunities to improve compliance
- Research and understand maintenance purchasing requirements to improve competitive position

Internal Control
- Monitor the adequacy of factory systems and internal controls, and identification and implementation of system improvements
- Ensure compliance to Goodman Fielder policy and procedures
- Ensure adherence to Australian Accounting Standards and International Financial Reporting Standards
- External Audit support as required, Internal Audits as required

Accounts Payable
- Provide support to Accounts Payable function to resolve transaction issues and supplier payment issues
- Process overseas payments
- Ensure payments are accurate and timely Review issues and resolve

Financial maintenance
- Ensure all accounts are reconciled and reviewed in accordance with
- Balance Sheet Reconciliation
- Ensure expenditure is classified correctly
- GL reporting accuracy

Freight
- Process and validate inwards cartage freight accounts
- Freight cost analysis
- Ensure payments are accurate and timely

Vendor Management
- Seek opportunities to optimise the number of vendors we deal with on a regular basis
- Monitor supplier performance and work with vendors to improve performance where necessary
- Mediate between supplier and site in the event of disputes
- Review factory requirements and supplier performance

Stores management
- Fully integrate SAP maintenance system into stores
- Manage stores inventory through utilization of electronic stores management system (SAP)
- Optimise inventory levels and re-order levels and quantities.
- Optimise stores management system and efficiency
- Management of consignment and PMA stock
- Utilise GF group agreements to further improve stock efficiencies and values
- Maintain a critical stock inventory register and consolidate across Goodman Fielder sites

**What you will Need**:

- Mechanical / Electrical aptitude
- Forklift licence essential
- Inventory/stores control or related qualification
- Leadership by influence is essential to the success of this role, by excellent communication and engagement skills
- Must be an adaptable and quick thinking proactive learner
- Experience using SAP Material Management system