Maintenance Stores Procurement Officer

• Work Life Balance - Based in YATALA

• Discounted Pet Food

• Stable and Growing Industry

At Real Pet Food, we’re on a mission to provide more pets with fresher, more nutritious food so they can live healthier, happier lives. To support our fast-paced manufacturing site in Yatala, we’re looking for an experienced Maintenance Stores & Procurement Officer to take ownership of our engineering stores, inventory, and MRO procurement activities.

⚠️ Important: This is a wet manufacturing site that processes raw meat. You must be comfortable working in this type of environment.

The Opportunity

Reporting to the Maintenance / Engineering & Reliability Manager, this role is critical to keeping our plant running reliably by ensuring:

• The right spare parts and consumables are available at the right time

• Engineering stores are organised, accurate, compliant and audit-ready

• Inventory is well managed to improve equipment uptime and cost control

• Planned maintenance activities are fully supported with on-time BOM availability

You’ll be a key member of the site maintenance team, driving continuous improvement in stores, inventory management, 5S, and CMMS (MEX).

Key Responsibilities

Stores & Procurement Operations

• Coordinate engineering stores, purchasing, receipting and inventory control

• Maintain accurate item masters, pricing, vendor data and stock records in CMMS (MEX)

• Manage spare parts and consumables for breakdowns, shutdowns and planned maintenance

• Ensure all purchasing complies with RPF P2P and financial policies

• Ensure on-time receipting of all inventory and consumables

• Proactively manage stock levels to minimise stock-outs and excess inventory

• Support shutdown planning with BOM costing and procurement

• Drive 5S, housekeeping and best-practice stores layout and organisation

• Seek opportunities to reduce vendor count and improve commercial outcomes

Inventory, Compliance & Stocktake

• Execute cycle counts and manage annual stocktakes

• Investigate and report inventory variances

• Ensure stores are audit-ready at all times (financial and quality)

• Ensure food safety, quality and compliance controls are upheld in stores (e.g. foreign object control, labelling, shelf life, chemicals, inks, etc.)

Stakeholder & Supplier Management

• Work closely with Maintenance, Production, Quality, Safety, Finance and Planning teams

• Manage supplier relationships, performance and disputes

• Enforce preferred supplier agreements and compliance

• Support engineering and operations with purchasing and sourcing

Reporting

• Prepare inventory and maintenance cost data for weekly and monthly reporting

• Support R&M budget tracking and inventory valuation reporting

• Analyse variances and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives

About You

You’re organised, commercially astute, and calm under pressure. You thrive in a manufacturing environment and take pride in running a tight, well-controlled stores operation.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Experience in maintenance / engineering stores or MRO procurement in FMCG or manufacturing

• Strong inventory control experience (cycle counts, stocktakes, variance analysis)

• Experience managing mechanical and electrical spare parts

• CMMS experience (MEX highly regarded) and/or ERP systems (SAP, QAD, etc.)

• Strong Excel and computer skills

• Understanding of basic inventory accounting principles

• Ability to source parts quickly during breakdown situations

• Strong negotiation, communication and stakeholder management skills

• Comfortable working in a wet food manufacturing environment

Desirable

• Experience in food or FMCG manufacturing

• Exposure to Lean, 5S, Kanban, FIFO

• Trade background (Mechanical or Electrical) or Engineering qualification

What We Offer

• A hands-on site-based role with real impact on plant performance

• A values-driven business: Work as a Pack, Make Your Mark, Lead with Passion, Change the Game

• A growing, successful FMCG business with purpose

• Supportive team environment with strong leadership and the opportunity to develop your career with us

If you’re a hands-on, detail-driven Maintenance Stores / MRO professional who loves running a tight operation and being at the heart of site reliability — we’d love to hear from you.

Next Steps:

• 2 face to face interviews including a site visit

• Pre Employment Medical

• Relevant background checks including 2 work related references