Senior Loan Kit Team Lead

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Job Function:

Supply Chain Deliver

Job Sub Function:

Warehouse & Distribution

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

Norwood, South Australia, Australia

Job Description:

About Orthopaedics

DePuy Synthes provides one of the world’s most comprehensive orthopaedics portfolios. Our solutions span joint reconstruction, trauma, craniomaxillofacial, spinal surgery and sports medicine, helping advance patient care while delivering clinical and economic value to healthcare systems.

With more than 125 years of orthopaedic innovation, we are reimagining care through medical technologies, enabling solutions and digital surgery. Guided by our vision to Keep People Moving, we work to improve the orthopaedic experience for patients, surgeons and care teams today and tomorrow.

The Opportunity

An opportunity has become available for a results-driven Senior Loan Kit Team Leader to join our team in Adelaide, South Australia.

In this pivotal role, you will lead daily loan kit operations and develop a high-performing team to ensure orthopaedic surgical kits are delivered accurately, efficiently and on time. You will drive operational excellence, quality and continuous improvement, helping support patient safety and outstanding service to healthcare customers.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily loan kit warehouse operations across dispatch and receiving, delivering high standards in safety, quality, compliance, service and cost.
• Coach and develop the team through clear objectives, regular feedback, performance dashboards and structured development plans.
• Drive team performance to ensure customer orders are processed, packed and dispatched accurately, efficiently and on time.
• Identify and implement process improvements that enhance operational efficiency, resolve kit issues and strengthen customer outcomes.
• Partner with sales representatives, customer service and freight providers to resolve issues, manage outstanding orders and optimise freight costs.
• Maintain inventory accuracy, current training records and full compliance with quality systems, SOPs and the Five Quality Principles.

About You

• Proven success in leading a team, in a high volume and complex environment is a must.
• Ability to identify opportunities for process improvement and lead this in an organised manner.
• Lead with empathy and by example to drive team member KPI’s and development.
• Ability to handle SAP/ERP systems.
• Strong relationship building skills with suppliers and customers.

Why Choose Us:

• Competitive remuneration package
• Continuous training and support
• Award-winning leadership development programs
• Equal opportunity employer supporting diversity and inclusion

Our Benefits:

• Up to 18 weeks of parental leave to support new parents
• 4 days of volunteer leave to give back to the community
• Option to purchase up to 2 weeks of additional annual leave for extra time off
• Enjoy a dedicated Wellbeing Day to prioritise self-care
• Global Wellness Reimbursement of $780 per year for healthy eating, exercise, or mindfulness activities
• Access to an Employee Assistance Program for personal and professional support
• Enhanced leave provisions for compassionate (caregiver) leave, providing up to 30 days of additional support
• Life insurance coverage for added peace of mind

And much more...

Johnson & Johnson announced plans to separate our Orthopaedics business to establish a standalone orthopaedics company, operating as DePuy Synthes. The process of the planned separation is anticipated to be completed within 18 to 24 months, subject to legal requirements, including consultation with works councils and other employee representative bodies, as may be required, regulatory approvals and other customary conditions and approvals.

Should you accept this position, it is anticipated that, following conclusion of the transaction, you would be an employee of DePuy Synthes, and your employment would be governed by DePuy Synthes employment processes, programs, policies, and benefit plans. In that case, details of any planned changes would be provided to you by DePuy Synthes at an appropriate time and subject to any necessary consultation processes. 

All applicants must have rights to work in Australia.

Required Skills:

Preferred Skills:

Collaboration, Compliance Management, Cost Management, Demand Forecasting, Detail-Oriented, Developing Others, Distribution Management, Distribution Resource Planning (DRP), Inclusive Leadership, Inventory Optimization, Leadership, Operations Management, Order Management, Organizing, Performance Measurement, Strategic Supply Chain Management, Team Management, Transportation Management, Warehouse Management