AddressSimplot Australia is a food manufacturing and agriculture business encompassing potato, vegetable, seafood, and sauce operations that supply a wide range of frozen, shelf-stable and chilled products to Australia and New Zealand’s major retail and food service customers.
As a leading provider of quality, nourishing and sustainable food, we are focused on creating food Australians and New Zealanders love by maximising value from the best Australian-grown produce and global seafood. Our iconic brands have been an integral part of Australian life for generations, and include the likes of Leggo’s, Birds Eye, Edgell, John West and Chiko.
We have five manufacturing sites in Australia and six sales sites and employ almost 2000 people across these operations. We are an integral part of the global J.R. Simplot Company.
Culture and Benefits
Fuelled by our Purpose to Contribute to Feeding our World, we imagine a better future and set goals to reach it. We are committed to working as One Simplot and are guided by our shared values:
- Respect for Resources
- Spirit of Innovation
- Passion for People
We embrace diversity, equity, and inclusion. We care about creating an environment that promotes safety and wellbeing and where our people feel supported, respected and empowered. We do not tolerate any form of discrimination and are committed to providing equal opportunities for all our team members.
Simplot is passionate about cultivating a future where good ideas and inspiring possibilities have the chance to grow. We want our team members to build exciting and fulfilling careers with us and offer professional and personal growth opportunities.
The Perks
- Flexible working arrangements and a variety of engaging health and wellbeing programs
- Diverse leadership development programs and professional development support
- Employee reward and recognition program
- Bonus incentives
- Discounted health insurance and gym memberships
- Sensory Club Program – Enjoy and taste our new product launches and access to our culinary cooking sessions
- Novated car leasing agreements
- Income protection insurance
- Opportunity to purchase additional annual leave
Simplot in Australia values the innovation and relationship building that comes from face-to-face connection but also recognises the need for flexibility in the lives of our team members. This is why we have a hybrid work environment, with one dedicated day per week where we all come together to maintain our successful culture of innovation, connection and collaboration.
About our role
- International import and coastal operations
- Close knit, supportive working environment
- Well established food manufacturer based at our Head Office in Moorabbin
We now have an excellent opportunity within our International Logistics team Reporting to the International Operations Manager, you will enjoy a hands-on role and be a flexible team player that is prepared to undertake a variety of general shipping administration responsibilities. Key to this role will be your ability to innovate and seek continuous improvement across all import and export processes.
Your key challenges include:
- Identify and resolve all import / export issues.
- Coordinating and tracking the status of coastal shipments, finished goods, engineering projects and spare parts, and raw materials.
- Coordinating, reviewing and ensuring the accurate and timely completion of import shipping documentation including commercial invoices, packing declarations, bills of lading, health certificates, quarantine permits etc.
- Updating shipping information in our ERP system (JDE/SAP).
- Control and monitor all shipping costs.
- Communicate with a variety of stakeholders including major customers, overseas suppliers, custom agents, freight forwarders and internal stakeholders.
What you will do
- Be innovative and develop continuous improvement initiatives to drive costs down.
- Tracking service delivery (container tracking, vessel arrival and records accuracy).
- Documentation and certification.
- Report on key financial metrics.
- Identify cost savings and service level improvements.
About you
- A strong background in international trade or logistics with other relevant qualifications together with previous experience in a similar role.
- Ideally tertiary qualified, with a background within the FMCG or Food export industries will be viewed favourably.
- Energetic, motivated, highly organised and have a high attention to detail.
- Ability to work autonomously as well as part of a team.
- Have strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Outstanding written, personal and communication skills.
- Exceptional computer literacy across MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, Power Point and Outlook).
Most importantly you will have strong relationship management skills and the ability to influence change and drive process improvement that will set you above the rest.
Job Requisition ID: 17682
Travel Required: None
Location(s): Chifley Business Park Office - Melbourne
Country: Australia
Simplot is an equal opportunity employer and encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to apply. If you feel you would be a great addition to our team please apply online today, we would love to hear from you. If you require technical assistance, please email us at ***************@simplot.com
