Warehouse & Inventory Manager

Why You’ll Love Working With Us

Some of the key benefits for the position and employment at Programmed, include:

• Attractive pay: Competitive pay range with annual performance and remuneration review program.
• Company vehicle: Fully maintained, company supplied vehicle.
• Exclusive employee perks: Access discounts and benefits with over 600 retailers, including Coles, Woolworths, BWS, Dan Murphy’s, The Good Guys, JB Hi-Fi, BCF, SuperCheap Auto, and many more!
• Investment in you: We're passionate about personal and professional growth, offering access to certificates, webinars, mentorship, and practical training to help you thrive in your career.
• Your well-being, our priority: Strong safety culture, generous paid parental leave and access to our Employee Assistance Program, including tailored well-being initiatives designed to support your personal and family needs.

About the Opportunity

A fantastic opportunity for a Warehouse & Inventory Manager to join Programmed working on our Melbourne Water contract. Your role will be responsible for the leadership, coordination, and operational excellence of store operations across multiple Melbourne Water sites. You will play a critical part in driving store efficiency, developing high-performing teams, and fostering an inclusive and engaged workforce culture.

The successful candidate will be a proactive and hands-on leader with the ability to work autonomously and implement continuous improvement initiatives to elevate performance, safety, and service delivery standards. This permanent full-time position will be based in Collins Street office, with travel to our Melbourne Water sites within the metropolitan area.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and develop a team of five employees across geographically dispersed warehouse locations.
• Drive a culture of safety, accountability and continuous improvement.
• Coordinate resource planning, scheduling, and logistics to meet service and delivery targets.
• Develops and provides stock reports/counts when required
• Identify and implement process improvement initiatives to optimize workflow, inventory management, and supply chain efficiency.
• Standardize warehouse and store procedures across sites and support adoption through change management.
• Completes hazard and inspection audits in accordance with IMS schedule
• Equipment is regularly serviced in accordance with manufacturers’ recommendations and accurate records of servicing history are maintained

About You

You are an experienced and proactive leader with a strong background in inventory management and multi-site operations. You’re skilled in optimizing workflows, enhancing safety standards and driving operational consistency across teams and locations.

• Proven experience managing warehouse operations across multiple sites
• Strong understanding of inventory control, scheduling and coordination
• Adheres to all (Quality, Safety, Environmental) policies and procedures
• Excellent problem-solving and decision-making skills
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
• A continuous improvement mindset and the initiation to drive change

About Us

Programmed is a leading provider of operations and maintenance services across all industry sectors including education, health, infrastructure, manufacturing, transport and mining in Australia and New Zealand. Our Facility Management business unit partners with our valued clients to deliver facility management and industrial maintenance services across multiple key and essential industries. We encourage career development, support flexibility and care about your personal wellbeing and safety. Join the Programmed team today.

Work With Us

Join us in our mission to build outstanding people, strong customers and great communities. Apply today.

Our Commitment

Programmed and PERSOL supports a workplace culture of zero harm and encourages this in all that we do.

Programmed and PERSOL strives for diversity, inclusion and equality of our people. We seek a workforce that is representative of the communities we work in. We encourage people of all cultures, gender, age, sexual orientation or abilities to apply.

To learn more about working with Programmed and PERSOL, we encourage you to visit our website.