The Institute of Mine Seismology (IMS) is the world's largest independent research organisation focused on developing methodologies, technologies, and services to monitor and manage the seismic rock mass response to mining. IMS has a significant presence in 43 countries and serves over 300 clients globally. IMS has offices in Australia, Canada and South Africa. For more information about IMS, visit http://www.imseismology.org.
Our Production Department in Kingston, Tasmania, seeks a dedicated and detail-oriented Logistics Administrator to join our team. As Logistics Administrator, you will play a crucial role in supporting our production and shipping processes. This is a permanent position, and the ideal candidate should have excellent communication and interpersonal abilities, enjoy working in a small team, be enthusiastic, flexible, self-motivated and show attention to detail.
Your primary responsibilities will include:
- Inventory management: Stock counting, monitoring and replenishment.
- Opening of jobs: Receiving purchase orders, liaising with the production team to decide on deadlines, opening of jobs and customer order confirmations.
- Shipping: Work closely with the production team to ensure accurate shipping documentation, efficient dispatch of finished products (both in Australia as well as Internationally), and timely resolution of any shipping-related aspects.
- Third-party orders and tracking: Create purchase orders for required third-party materials or components, tracking order status and delivery receipts.
- Quality control checks: Conducting visual inspections of hardware components and finished products for defects, reporting any discrepancies.
- Material receiving and inspection: Verifying deliveries against purchase orders, checking condition and quality of received materials and adding to inventory.
- Collaborating: Being a helping hand to the production team to meet production goals and deadlines.
- Basic knowledge of inventory management systems or principles.
- Ability to multitask
- Organised
- Quick learner with a can-do attitude
- Fluent in English
- Demonstrate meticulous attention to detail, prioritising quality and reliability
- Embody exceptional time management, a strong work ethic, self-motivation, and autonomy