Inventory & Logistics Specialist

Location: Asia Pacific, Australia, Sydney- Ref: DETECTIONAPAC01032- Division: Smiths Detection- Job Function: After Sales Service RepairAbout Us

**SMITHS DETECTION MAKING THE WORLD A SAFER PLACE**

Every minute of every day, in nearly every country across the globe, Smiths Detection people and technology make the world a safer place. We safeguard people, business and infrastructure with the latest innovations and screening technology for aviation, ports, borders, defense, and security across 55 countries around the globe

Life At Smiths
- **Global leader**: We impact critical systems every day with sites in 17 countries and six centers of research excellence. From pioneering to powering life-changing innovation, we’re delivering threat detection and screening solutions to safeguard the world from threat
- **Digital growth**: A key part of our capability is the integration of digital technology across our business and our operations in more than 55 countries, will be critical to our continued success
- **Exciting opportunities**: Our growth is creating exciting opportunities to work with experts in physics, chemistry, electronics, mechanics, production, computer science, and AIML
- **International environment**: With some projects, work requires global collaboration and the potential to travel and grow with the business

**Job Description**:
We are seeking a highly energetic, motivated, and enthusiastic individual, with strong local experience in the management of domestic freight requirements in Australia and New Zealand, best warehousing management practices and inventory management protocol.

The individual must have a solutions/outcomes-based approach supporting the variety of functional stakeholders across the business to meet the logistics requirements of the market. They shall be a good communicator, and able to engage with both internal and external stakeholders alike.

Duties & Responsibilities

What you'll do:

- Create supply chain strategies that increase efficiency and speed of parts replenishment
- Collaborate with other departments to close operational Gaps. Optimize warehouse functions.
- Plans manages and coordinates all activities related to Logistics & warehousing functions for AU & NZ
- Ensure appropriate inventory levels, warehousing procedures and compliance with those procedures at Stock On Site (SOS) locations
- Provide hands on support at SOS locations to ensure effective coordination and movement of goods
- Arrange couriers for freighting of goods and/or provide direct support to ensure parts are sent to sites as required
- Act as the first point of contact regarding goods-in and goods-out processes for the Australia/New Zealand business, educate stakeholders about the correct processes and report any non-compliance issues to the local management team
- Help to hold external warehousing vendors accountable for service levels, directly with the vendor or by reporting issues to the local management team
- Conduct periodic audits of warehousing practices, provide reports and recommendations to the local management team, and provide hands on support and follow-up to ensure actions to improve are executed
- Partner with 3rd party labor hire and internal personnel to execute improvements of warehousing practices on the ground
- Plan inventory levels and parts movements
- Review open orders and back orders to support part movements and replenishments
- Search for availability of parts at different locations as required
- Coordinate and follow-up cycle counts and inventory counts, identify and follow-up any discrepancies
- Support domestic shipping arrangements for original equipment, spare parts and consumables - follow-up vendors and internal stakeholders
- Carry out service administration, Order to Invoice and Programs admin tasks from time to time

The Individual

What you'll definitelty need:

- Bachelor’s degree in business administration or related field advantageous
- 5+ years in a similar role
- Strong organisational skills, ability to multi-task and manage time
- Previous stakeholder management skills
- Bachelor’s degree in business administration or related field advantageous
- Relevant industry specific accreditations
- Intimate and highly detailed knowledge of the Australian & New Zealand geography, including domestic freight lanes
- High level of initiative & desire to succeed. Self-starter and highly motivated.
- Act with minimum supervision.
- High level of customer/stakeholder focus.
- Fast learner
- Excellent written and oral communication skills in English
- Ability to travel

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**Join us for a great career and competitive compensation & benefits whilst keeping the world a safer place.**

**Diversity & Inclusion**:
We believe that different perspectives and backgrounds are what make a company flourish. All qualified applicants will receive equal consid