Supply Chain Planner

**Supply Chain Planner**

**This opportunity offers**:

- Ongoing employment
- Full time role & 35 hour working week
- Attractive annual salary of RFS 8/9 - $111,756 - $123,700 p.a. plus 11.5% superannuation
- Location: Glendenning

**Join Our Team: Protect, Serve, and Make a Difference**

We are the Rural Fire Service (RFS), a dedicated community of volunteers providing fire and emergency services to approximately 95% of NSW. When you work with the RFS, you join a passionate team committed to protecting our neighbours, the wider community, and the environment from the threat of bushfires and other emergencies. With over 70,000 volunteer members and staff, we embody the spirit of mutual respect, support, friendship, and camaraderie. We are one team with many players, united by a single purpose. If you share our passion for community service and environmental protection, we want to hear from you Become a part of our mission to safeguard lives and our cherished NSW landscapes.

**What You’ll be doing**:
Ready to take the lead in ensuring frontline services get the right equipment, in the right place, at the right time? As a Supply Chain Planner with the NSW Rural Fire Service, you'll play a vital role in supporting emergency operations across the state. Reporting to the Inventory Lead, you'll use data, market insights, and logistics know-how to forecast demand, coordinate sourcing and delivery, manage inventory, and mitigate supply risks. From fire seasons to daily preparedness, your ability to plan and problem-solve under pressure will be key. You'll work closely with internal teams and external partners to keep the supply chain moving - no matter the challenge.

We’re looking for a proactive, data-savvy professional who thrives in a fast-paced, purpose-driven environment. You’re a critical thinker who can draw insights from data to inform smart decisions and provide clear, evidence-based advice. You have experience with logistics systems, can work independently and collaboratively, and are confident engaging with a wide range of stakeholders - from vendors to volunteers. If you're resilient, self-motivated, and eager to contribute to a team that supports real-world emergency response, we want to hear from you.

The commencing salary will be considered in alignment with skills and experience.

If you are interested in finding out more about this opportunity, please access the **role description**.

**Why work for us?**
- Corporate uniform available
- Attractive leave entitlements including **4 weeks**annual leave per year, plus more
- Free access to our Member Assistance Program (MAP) for all RFS members, and their immediate family
- Salary packaging options available
- One ‘Agreed Absence’ leave day per calendar month
- Ongoing learning and professional development programs (RFS is a Registered Training Organisation giving you access to various internal courses)
- Partnership with Fitness Passport for eligible RFS staff and their families to access more than 845 gyms and pools

**Looking for more information?**

Why not reach out to our role expert, Bhairav Desai, Inventory Lead, for a confidential chat on 0484 189 662.

**To ignite your RFS journey**:

- A **cover letter** in PDF format, addressing how you meet the essential requirements of the role, outlining your suitability and why you are interested in this opportunity;
- Describe a time when you used data to forecast demand or identify trends that informed a key supply chain decision. What approach did you take, and what was the outcome?
- Share an example of a challenging situation where you had to work with multiple internal and external stakeholders to resolve a supply or logistics issue. How did you manage competing priorities and ensure a successful resolution?

**Important recruitment Information**
- A **recruitment (talent) pool** may be created through this recruitment process to fill future ongoing, temporary, casual and term, full time or part time opportunities.
- We value a diverse and inclusive workplace and are committed to ensuring our employees represent the diversity of communities that we serve.
- Learn more about how RFS members support communities across NSW below_

**Vacancy Reference: R25/131**

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This may not be the role for you, however you can check out other vacancies in the RFS **here**, or consider **volunteering** with your local Brigade.