Junior Procurement Officer

**About us**:
Beleza School Uniforms is an Australian family owned and operated business based in the Southeast suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria. For over 35 years, we have supplied School uniforms to Public and Private schools ranging from Pre-School to Year 12 across Victoria and the rest of Australia. We believe that we are a part of every School community we service, as an employer in our Retail stores and a supporter of School initiatives, community programs and groups. Our goal is to provide students and families access to affordable School Uniforms that are of a high standard of quality which reflects their communities’ identity and values.

**About the role**:
We’re looking for a Procurement Officer to join our team based in our Head Office in Hallam. The goal of the procurement team is to procure high-quality and cost-efficient inventory/materials for our organisation, through suppliers both locally and overseas.

The role is a full-time position and our standard office hours are Monday to Friday 9am to 5:30pm; There are occasions and times during the year where some overtime will be required. This position is a great entry point into supply chain management and the procurement process.

Key responsibilities/duties would include:

- Using data to monitor and analyse inventory movements to anticipate demand
- Arranging orders for production: Production planning, purchase order generation, cost analysis and review/approvals
- Supply chain management including arranging logistics of materials/fabrics, shipment of overseas inventory (air and sea freight)
- Working alongside local production to problem solve supply concerns
- Inventory management: Working with local supply chain to maintain our inventory management system including loading purchase orders, updating production status, transactions and stocktaking
- Product sampling: Including arranging samples to be sent to and from overseas production facilities, quality control and review
- Quality control: Product/material testing and review to ensure they meet our quality and specification standards
- Communicating with our suppliers and production facilities to arrange production orders and maintain status updates on current orders
- Communicating with our stakeholders (both within and outside Beleza) regarding product orders and if any matters arise.

**About you: Skills, qualities, qualifications and experience**
- Languages: Speak, write, and read both English and Chinese (Mandarin) (Essential)
- Previous experience in procurement/supply chain roles would be favourable but not essential.
- High attention to detail is critical.
- Excellent at problem-solving and agile to identify and action solutions quickly.
- Experience with Microsoft Office Suite: Excel, Word, Publisher, PowerPoint is highly regarded.
- Able to communicate effectively in both verbal and written formats.
- Experience with data analysis is well regarded
- Works well in a team environment and with others.
- Proof of right to work in Australia.

Pay: $50,000.00 - $60,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Employee discount

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Supplementary Pay:

- Annual bonus
- Bonus
- Performance bonus

**Education**:

- High School (Year 12) (preferred)

**Experience**:

- Microsoft Office: 1 year (preferred)
- Microsoft Excel: 1 year (preferred)

Work Authorisation:

- Australia (required)

Work Location: In person