Stores Coordinator - Guyra NSW

We are currently seeking an enthusiastic person to join our fantastic stores team supporting glasshouse and pack house operations in Guyra, NSW on a fulltime basis.

About the role:

In this role you will work as a part of team that ensures operational and customer requirements are met through the timely, efficient and accurate ordering, receipt, storage, distribution of stock and despatch of produce.

Key responsibilities include:

Effective management of consumables to meet the needs of the business including:

• Organisation of the storage of materials, optimising use of available space, maximising shelf life, complying with MDS and legislative requirements for storage and handling.
• Performance of weekly stocktakes/monitoring of consumables ensuring that stocks are adequate to meet operational requirements.
• Providing weekly reports on consumables for the weekly P&L.
• Performance and reporting of monthly stocktake.
• Provision of weekly waste reports on cardboard usage.
• Conduct stock rotation and other mechanisms to avoid stock wastage.
• Management of ordering of consumables to maintain stock levels and minimise wastage.

Ensure proper receival and accounting for goods received including:

• Unloading of all carriers/containers is managed in a safe manner.
• Verification of goods received.
• Documentation is maintained for every delivery to site.
• Distribution or storage of goods in a organise and timely manner.
• Management of pallets.

Coordinate purchasing and ordering to comply with Company financial and procurement policy, including:

• Liaison with procurement team.
• Sourcing from contracted and prequalified suppliers where possible.
• Placing orders, sourcing quotes and providing information on the most cost-effective source for materials whilst ensuring that they are the best available item for the purposes required.
• Developing good communication lines with all key suppliers and ensuring that product is tracked and delivered on time and that exceptions to DIFOT are managed through the appropriate organization lines internally and with the supplier.

About you:

To be successful in this position you will require the following skills/experience;

• Certificate IV in Logistics/Warehousing or a related discipline, or equivalent training and industry experience.
• Experience in SAP is highly desirable but not essential. 
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in supply chain activities including transportation, warehousing/logistics with a proven track record of making process improvements.
• Experience in managing and maintaining inventories.
• Proven ability to effectively communicate and coordinate all requirements within a supply chain.
• Experience in working in a dynamic production environment and proven ability to remain composed and make sound decisions under pressure.
• Computer skills with the capacity to use or learn systems.
• A commitment to working cooperatively and respectfully in a multicultural workforce.
• A willingness to work outside normal hours, including working night shifts if required.
• Promote and demonstrate the Costa Values of Passion, Determination, Accountability, Sincerity and Respect, and be prepared to stand behind these values.

About Costa

Costa is Australia’s leading grower, packer and marketer of premium quality fresh fruit and vegetables. From this market leading position, we work incredibly hard to keep improving the quality of our produce and the service we deliver to our consumers. 

With over 60 farms across Australia, our produce categories include: 

• Berries (Blueberries, Raspberries, Blackberries, Strawberries)
• Mushrooms
• Tomatoes
• Avocados
• Bananas
• Grapes
• Citrus (Oranges, Lemons, Mandarins, Tangelos, Limes, Grapefruit)

Our produce is supplied to all major Australian supermarket chains, as well as independent grocers and a range of food industry stakeholders. We also export to Asia, North America and Europe. 

Costa is committed to sustainable agriculture. Not only is it a key strategy for maximising our profitability, it’s also crucial to ensuring that our country’s natural resources are utilised in both an environmentally responsible and efficient manner. By taking this approach, Costa grows products which are healthy, safe and of the highest quality, while at the same time protecting and improving the natural environment.

About the Tomato Category

Our tomatoes are grown 365 days per year in one of Australia’s largest and most advanced glasshouse facilities, located in Guyra, in the beautiful New England Tablelands region of NSW.  Our state-of-the-art glasshouse technology puts Costa Tomatoes at the forefront of innovation in ecologically sustainable practices and sets us apart in the fruit and vegetable industry.