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About us…
Since 1992, Device Technologies has been dedicated to improving patients’ lives through leading edge technology and services, supplying hospitals and healthcare professionals with high-calibre medical solutions from around the world. Over 30 years, Device Technologies has developed a reputation for the quality, dedicated service and ongoing support provided by our people.With HQ in Sydney, the company continues to grow, representing over 200 trusted brands, and employing over 1000 highly skilled staff located across Australia, New Zealand and Asia.
Geared towards optimal performance, our culture is built on empowering our people to achieve their goals, aligning with wider business objectives. We focus on productivity, continuous improvement, career development and leadership nurturing to foster a superior workforce.
The opportunity…
The Inventory Supervisor oversees all inventory management across Device Technologies sites, ensuring quality control in various processes such as receipting, stocktaking, and more. This role leads an inventory team, supports lifecycle management, optimizes returns processing, and manages excess and slow-moving inventory.
About you...
At Device Technologies, we succeed through our commitment to four key values:
Delivering Innovation – We encourage and reward fresh ideas and are committed to supporting our people to make change.Seeking Collaboration – We support each other in our combined mission to help others achieve their goals.
Taking Ownership – We believe in equipping our people to take responsibility and accountability in their roles and trust them to get the job done.
Practising Good Business – Our success is built on a mix of intuition and experience and we foster an environment where all voices are heard and nobody is afraid to make mistakes.
Our ideal candidate for this role aligns with these values.
Key Responsibilities:
- Leads a team that works closely with distribution centers to drive correct stock levels; work with stakeholders on inventory health activities from service improvement, supply issues and service risk mitigation to inventory health improvement activities and partners with Finance and Operations team to ensure site inventory accuracy is maintained and in compliance with auditors and inventory policy.
- Accountable for delivering contracted KPI’s pertaining to inventory control
- Utilizes analytics in identifying and liaising with stocking locations to centralize and share inventory
- Oversee reconciliation of SAP and WMS (Blu Yonder)
- Lead, communicate, coach the team on-site, Inventory controllers in secondary warehouses on stock accuracy and quality
- Manages a team that supports Identifying and investigation of all stock discrepancies and reporting
- Plans and executes annual stock take and cycle count process in collaboration with the business. Analyses results and provides recommendations to improve inventory health.
The team:
- Maintains WMS database in terms of parity between systems and report KPI variances
- Accountable for compliance and integrity of Stock conversions/adjustment transactions
- Assist with stock takes including scheduling, updating procedures, and reconciliation resources
- Recommend changes to systems and procedures to improve the overall inventory accuracy
- Provides Reporting and analytics around inventory that support decision making.
- Proactively assess non saleable product to achieve resolution including disposition management of SLOB materials
- Governance
- Develops and maintains processes to ensure consistency of stock control procedures and systems downtime
- Develop procedure and ensures compliance across Distribution center daily cycle counts and storage location checks
- Assist with training of inventory control concepts and methods of measurement and improvement
- Educates and train the Inventory teams and other relevant stakeholders in conforming to company and site operating procedures
Process Improvement:
- Plan inventory improvement initiatives which drive seamless execution of E&O & scrap reduction activities across all locations
- Identify areas of improvement and establish innovative or adjust existing work procedures and practices. Inclusive of technology that supports efficient Inventory management
- Recommend changes to systems and procedures to improve the overall inventory accuracy
Financial management responsibilities:
- Assist in the preparation of annual budgets.
- Manage Department expenditure in line with set budgets, based on volume driven activities.
- Maintain a compliant, efficient, and cost-effective operation
Experience required:
- Minimum of 3 years’ experience in supply chain planning or inventory management, ideally in the medical devices or FMCG sectors.
- Degree in Logistics or Supply Chain Management (preferred).
- Strong knowledge of warehouse management and RF systems.
- Experience with automated warehouse technologies is a significant advantage.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with a strong customer focus.
- Proven organizational and time management abilities.
- Advanced conflict resolution, negotiation, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work autonomously as well as collaboratively within a team.
- Strong leadership and people management skills.
- Demonstrated ability to implement process improvements and drive operational efficiency.
To apply for this opportunity, please click on the 'apply' button to be redirected to our candidate application portal.
At Device Technologies we are motivated by the opportunity our equipment provides to change people’s lives. We have a clear vision to ensure all our people feel valued and respected, can be themselves and can flourish as contributors to the success of our business.
Our promise is all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to diversity of race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, disability, age and all the other wonderful characteristics that make us different.
Please note: Device Technologies will undertake pre-employment checks via our accredited background check provider for the successful candidate to ensure that Device Technologies is meeting legislative obligations and the information a candidate provides is accurate.For all roles, an offer of employment will be subject to the following pre-employment checks: identity check, reference checks, right to work in location (checks for visa holders), police integrity. By proceeding and applying for the role, you acknowledge our hiring process and agree to undertake the required pre-employment checks if successful.
It is also a mandatory requirement for certain roles within our organisation, where the successful applicant may be required to present certifications and/or vaccinations status as per role requirements. Evidence of certificates or vaccination status will be requested during the interview process by management to qualify fit for role and prior to any offer.