Supervisor, Operations and Logistics

Be part of an organisation with a meaningful purpose and impactJoin a university ranked in the17% superannuation contributions and 17.5% annual leave loadingBased at the St Lucia CampusAbout UQAs part of the UQ community, you’ll have the opportunity to work alongside the brightest minds, who have joined us from all over the world.Everyone here has a role to play. As a member of our professional staff cohort, you will be actively involved in working towards our vision of a better world. By supporting the academic endeavour across teaching, research, and the student life, you’ll have the opportunity to contribute to activities that have a lasting, real-world impact.Join a community where excellence is at the core of our culture, contributions are valued and a range of are available, such as:26 weeks paid parental leave or 14 weeks paid primary caregiver leaveHealth and wellness discounts – fitness passport access, free yearly flu vaccinations, discounted health insurance, and access to our Employee Assistance Program for staff and their immediate familyOn campus childcare optionsDiscounted parking (from just $5.75 a day)Salary packaging optionsAbout This OpportunityWe are seeking for an Operations and Logistics Supervisor for developing and managing logistic processes to ensure that they are optimised and support UQ strategies in relation to the supply and distribution of goods across all campuses. This role is to build relationships with key stakeholders in a large, complex faculty / institute / administrative organisation, as well as with Maintenance staff and service providers, ensuring that effective channels of communication are maintained.Duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:Liaising day-to-day with the University Schools representatives in order to ensure that the warehousing and mail functions are efficient across the University.Formulate and manage Service Level Agreements with departments.Management of the associated budgets, contracts, and resources of the section, including reporting and value management.Develop procedures relating to operation and utilisation of UQ warehouses supporting business continuity risk mitigation strategies which are consistent with the Enterprise Risk Management Framework.Develop and maintain appropriate systems to manage inventories and assets stored within warehouses.Monitor and review work practices and procedures and identify and introduce improvements.Assist with the development of logistics section budgets and monitor financial statements.Provide advice to Director, Campus Operations, in relation to emerging trends, threats or opportunities that may impact logistics.Provide broad direction to Supervisors, team leaders, and service providers in the day to day operations for Gatton Warehouse, St Lucia Warehouse and Mail Rooms.Any other duties as reasonably directed by your manager.This is a Full-time, 100% FTE Continuing (Permanent). At HEW Level 7, the full-time equivalent base salary will be in the range of $96,649.64 to $105,244.58 plus a generous super allowance of 17% superannuation. The total FTE package will be in the range $113,080.08 to $123,136.16 per annum.About YouA Bachelor’s degree in business or other relevant discipline with four (4) years relevant experience, or an equivalent combination of relevant experience and/or education/training.Demonstrated ability to use initiative and commitment to deliver a high level of customer service.Demonstrated experience in managing budgets and fiscal responsibilities associated with mailroom and Logistics operations across multiple sites and requirements, including account management and revenue recovery.Demonstrated high level of interpersonal and communication skills, including the ability to provide advice, negotiate and liaise to achieve desired outcomes.Previous experience leading and motivating a team of professional staff to deliver routine services at consistently high levels, and to identify and implement improvement opportunities as they arise.Sound level of proficiency in standard computer software packages, including Microsoft word processing, spreadsheets, Microsoft Outlook and Internet.Demonstrated experience in the management of the supply of goods in a large, complex organisation and the ability to manage relationships to deliver agreed outcomes through a cooperative professional engagement with all stakeholders.Excellent organisational skills and the ability to prioritise tasks.Ability to work collaboratively and professionally with colleagues and stakeholders.DesirableExtensive knowledge of logistic services in a large institutional context.Extensive experience and expertise in the management of stores/inventory systems.Experience managing the use of scarce resources and scheduling their use to meet conflicting demands.An understanding of or the ability to acquire knowledge of University operations, policies, procedures and protocols.In addition, the following mandatory requirements apply:Work Rights: You must have unrestricted work rights in Australia for the duration of this appointment to apply. Visa sponsorship is not available for this appointment.Background Checks: All final applicants for this position may be asked to consent to a criminal record check. Please note that people with criminal records are not automatically barred from applying for this position. Each application will be considered on its merits.Questions?For more information about this opportunity, please contact Mr Craig Schaumburg, Manager, Transport Systems atFor application queries, please contact stating the job reference number in the subject line.Want to Apply?All applicants must upload the following documents in order for your application to be considered:Cover letter addressing the ‘About You’ section.ResumePlease note that you will be asked to add all documents into the one upload box labelled ‘resume’, which is step one of the application form.Other InformationAt UQ we know that our greatest strengths come from our diverse mix of colleagues, this is reflected in our ongoing commitment to creating an environment focused on . We ensure that we are always attracting, retaining and promoting colleagues who are representative of the diversity in the broader community, whether that be , , , , or . Accessibility requirements and/or adjustments can be directed to .If you are a current employee (including casual staff and HDR scholars) or hold an unpaid/affiliate appointment, please login to your staff and visit the internal careers board to apply for this opportunity. Please do NOT apply via the external job board.Applications close Tuesday 2 July 2024 at 11.00pm AEST (R- 39885).