Supply Chain Manager - Packing

Christchurch
Permanent
Full-time

20 days ago

You will be working in a dynamic, fast-moving environment with time, efficiency and product quality at a premium. You will be managing and improving efficient working structures to ensure that the Packing team provide a seamless transition between mushroom harvest and customer orders. Effective handling and packaging solutions ensure mushrooms remain fresh and protected during distribution with minimal time in storage, ultimately contributing to a positive customer experience.THE COMPANYEstablished in 1970 Meadow Mushrooms, www.meadowmushrooms.co.nz are pioneers in large scale commercial growing of mushrooms. They are now New Zealand’s leading mushroom producer, with four sites and a team of over 400 people (from Composters, Growers, Harvesters and Packers to Engineers, Quality Control and Professional services), delivering over 9 million mushrooms every week to supermarkets, fruit & vege stores and food service wholesalers & distributors, right across the country. They remain a family-owned business.OVERVIEW OF THE ROLEAs the Supply Chain Manager – Packing, you will oversee and manage the post-harvest handling of mushrooms through packaging, quality management and inventory control through to dispatch, ensuring efficient and timely distribution to customers at the highest quality and with minimal wastage. This will be achieved by:

Owning the end-to-end supply chain (from procurement, determining product required to managing receipt of harvested mushrooms and stock management through to fulfilment and dispatch of orders)
Determining mushroom sku’s and volumes needed and communicating harvest requirements to Harvesting Managers.
Managing the efficient Packing operations ensuring resourcing, materials, equipment, and supplies are managed in a timely and cost-effective manner.
Owning supplier management commercial terms and relationships relating to Packing operations.
Providing strong leadership and direction to all packhouse staff (80+) to support them in carrying out their roles.

YOUR SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTESRunning as a 7 day / week operation with a sizable number of staff, it is a dynamic, fast-moving environment which will offer plenty of unique challenges that come with the quick efficient turnaround required with perishable products matching orders with timely delivery. To be successful in this role we are looking for you to have several of the following:

Experience in supply chain, procurement, inventory management and order fulfilment.
Familiarity with the process of manufacturing or growing perishable products which are immediately shipped to fulfil client orders minimizing time in transit and storage.
Ability to concurrently function as a leader with both a medium term (6 months) and short term (1 day ahead) focus.
Excellent problem-solving, analytical skills and planning abilities are essential
Proven track record of managing and improving performance, ideally in an operational environment.
Strong leadership and team management skills, ideally in an operational context and with a large team.
Relevant experience in an agricultural or horticultural production settings working with short life produce is preferrable.

For a confidential discussion please contact Richard Foster on . Alternatively, to submit an application, press the APPLY button and follow the steps, include your CV as an attached Microsoft Word document.NOTE: FOSTERRA HR & Recruitment is exclusively managing the recruitment of this role.

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