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Job Title


Head of Supply Chain


Company : Michael Page Australia


Location : Melbourne, Victoria


Created : 2026-03-18


Job Type : Full Time


Job Description

About Our Client Fastgrowing consumer goods brand. Operates across ANZ with multiple contract manufacturers and 3PL partners. Lean, handson environment requiring agility, prioritisation, and problemsolving. Highly entrepreneurial culture - pacey, collaborative, and innovationdriven. Leadership team expects accountability, clear communication, and commercial thinking. Business is maturing its systems, planning processes, and supply chain infrastructure. Job Description Lead endtoend supply chain across multiple contract manufacturers, ensuring accurate rolling forecasts, PO management, cost control and production continuity. Own sourcing and procurement, negotiate commercial terms, and build strong supplier and CM relationships. Manage domestic and international freight, optimising costs, routes, and reliability. Oversee 3PL and warehouse performance, enforce SLAs/KPIs, and drive accuracy, efficiency, and inventory discipline. Lead demand planning, forecasting and inventory management to maintain healthy stock levels and cash flow. Build scalable supply chain processes, tools and futureready systems (preERP environment). Own supply chain budgets across manufacturing, freight, warehousing and logistics, with strong financial governance. Drive QA standards, product specifications, COAs and supplier compliance. Develop and mentor a small but growing supply chain team, building capability, accountability and operational rhythm. Support international expansion through supply chain readiness, new market onboarding and network scalability. The Successful Applicant A proven endtoend supply chain leader with deep experience managing multiple contract manufacturers, rolling forecasts, PO cycles, and production schedules. Strong in procurement and commercial negotiation, able to build longterm supplier and CM relationships. Handson operator who understands freight, 3PL performance, warehousing flow, inventory health, and costtoserve. Skilled in demand planning, but not limited to it - able to balance planning with leadership, supplier management, and execution. Comfortable working in fastgrowth, lowsystem, preERP environments, with the ability to build processes and structure from scratch. Financially savvy, with strong competency in budgets, cost analysis, cash cycle improvement and inventory optimisation. A calm, mature, accountable leader who develops people, drives accountability, and brings energy, clarity and direction. Strong communicator who collaborates well across Sales, Finance, Marketing and Operations. Agile thinker able to move quickly between Plan A, B and B.1 as the business scales locally and internationally. Experience scaling a business from smalltomid and midtolarge, ideally within FMCG, consumer goods. What''s on Offer A senior leadership role with full ownership of an endtoend supply chain during a highgrowth phase. Opportunity to shape the supply chain function and lead the shift from current revenue to future growth. Autonomy to redesign processes, build scalable systems and influence operational strategy. Direct impact through managing multiple contract manufacturers, suppliers and 3PL partners. A growing team you can mentor and develop as the business expands locally and internationally. Scope to drive major commercial outcomes across procurement, forecasting, freight and inventory. Fastpaced, entrepreneurial environment where ideas are welcomed and innovation is encouraged. Access to a supportive executive team that values accountability, communication and continuous improvement. #J-18808-Ljbffr