Supply Chain Manager

Waimea Group NZ supplies commercial operators with EWP equipment, bucket trucks and crane trucks, compact cranes, wastewater and vacuum trucks.

Summary:

Reporting into the Operations Manager, you'll take full ownership of Waimea's end-to-end supply chain. Leading a team covering international and domestic procurement, production, warehousing and logistics. You'll act as the strategic link between Sales, Production, Service, Finance and Logistics, ensuring materials flow efficiently across all Waimea’s business units while improving service levels, protecting margin and controlling cost.

This is a hands-on leadership role in a fast-paced manufacturing environment. You'll need to be across the detail of procurement, inventory, fabrication and freight, while mentoring and developing a growing team.

Responsibilities:

• Lead, coach and develop the supply chain team, driving accountability and a high-performance culture.
• Own procurement strategy across international and domestic suppliers.
• Oversee warehouse operations, including receipting, dispatch, stock accuracy and continuous improvement of pick/pack/ship processes.
• Manage domestic and international freight, negotiating best-value rates and service levels.
• Manage external and offshore production and fabrication relationships, supporting an internal tendering model that keeps Waimea’s in house production team competitive.
• Build and maintain supplier quality processes, from onboarding new suppliers through to sign-off and repeat ordering.
• Partner with the Innovation team on sourcing for new product development and R&D projects.
• Support After Sales with parts availability, stock levels and reliable lead times for our customers and service agents.
• Lead monthly demand planning meetings with Sales, Production and Service, and report on inventory accuracy, on-time delivery and cost performance.

Qualifications:

• Extensive, senior-level experience across supply chain, procurement, warehousing and logistics, ideally 15+ years.
• A strong purchasing and procurement background covering both domestic and international suppliers, including hands-on negotiation experience with overseas suppliers.
• Practical exposure to manufacturing, fabrication or assembly environments, so you can assess supplier quotes and production tenders with confidence.
• Proven leadership of a warehouse or supply chain team, including performance management and team development.
• Strong commercial acumen and negotiation skills, balanced with the emotional intelligence to read people and situations and adapt your approach.
• Experience managing inventory, demand forecasting and vendor contracts, ideally using systems such as Unleashed, CartonCloud or similar.
• The maturity and resilience to hold your ground with key stakeholders, and the pace to get up to speed quickly in a fast-moving business.

If you have the depth of supply chain experience to take the business into its next phase of growth, we'd love to hear from you.

Applicants for this position should have NZ residency or a valid NZ work visa.