GRA Supply Chain Consultants

GRA recognises its most important assets are its people. We pride ourselves on having a genuinely unique working culture that is only as good as its people; we are therefore highly selective with the individuals we employ.

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Current positions available include:

Opportunities for Defence Engineers (multiple locations)

Consultant/Senior Consultant (Melbourne)

Consultant/Senior Consultant (Canberra)

Manager (Brisbane)

Consultant/Senior Consultant (Canberra)

Consultant/Senior Consultant (Sydney)

Inventory Manager (Melbourne)

Inventory Manager (Newcastle)

Stock Take / Supply Customer Account (SCA) Manager (Melbourne)

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Our team members are not only experts in their field with high levels of skills, experience and intellect, but are also highly personable. The right personality fit is crucial for the enjoyment of the GRA work environment, as well as the interaction with our clients and their team members. In addition, change management can be difficult for some companies, but with the right person leading it can be made a lot easier. Whilst we are a results-focused organisation, we have a flat management structure where ideas are more important than hierarchy.

We are a company where each individual brings something different to the mix. Our senior members have held director-level roles in organisations turning over in excess of three billion dollars a year. Their experience covers international supply chain management, organisational transformation, demand planning and pricing. When recruiting for our entry level positions we look for high achieving academic individuals who also possess the attitude, character and interpersonal qualities that make for a professional consultant. We offer a range of roles including:

• Supply Chain Domain Experts – architecting and delivering supply chain solutions
• Consultants (Senior/Junior) – working with the Domain experts to analyse supply chains
• Coach/Mentors – sitting side-by-side with clients to help embed the culture change
• Supply chain educators/trainers – developing and delivering supply chain courses

The GRA social calendar is a busy one. Staff and their families enjoy bi-monthly events such as go-kart driving, rowing, Gold Class cinema, dinners and drinks, country race meets, outdoor cinema, lawn bowls and tennis. We believe our caring ‘family’ culture and satisfying work opportunities account for the exceptional tenure of our team members.

GRA offers opportunities to work with major Australian businesses at management and operational levels. We expect exceptional results and high levels of professionalism and in return offer a unique culture and flexible working environment with excellent potential for career development.

The video below shows GRA Partner Steve Bray explaining our recruitment process: who we are looking for; typical skills, expertise and experience; the benefits we offer our team; and what it's like to work with us.

Current positions available include:

 

Do you have a background in Defence Engineering?

 

Primary Location 

Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Canberra

About the Role

If you are at a crossroad and looking for a new challenge, how about exploring a career within the maintenance supply chain.

Whether current serving or ex-serving, with an active security clearance or the ability to reactivate one, we are looking for you.

Use your engineering skills and experience to be a part of Team GRA delivering the full suite of logistics and supply chain services.

Past experience in maintenance engineering is a highly desirable supply chain skill set and we are looking to grow our capacity.

Opportunities exist in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Canberra.

If interested please email your EOI to GRA Director Mark Leatham

Consultant/Senior Consultant

 

Primary Location 

Melbourne

About the Role

Adding to the capability of our Melbourne team, this new role will see you working on a range of commercial consulting engagements across a broad range of industries. With a flat reporting structure and part of a highly capable team of like-minded professionals, you will have opportunities not normally available to individuals at this level.

Responsibilities

Supporting GRA Project leaders with:

• Quantitative analysis
• Collecting client information
• Business process improvement
• Opportunity identification
• Performance management
• Business case development assistance

Skills & Experience

• Undergraduate Degree (Eng, Sci, Econ)
• 3 – 4 years out of University
• High Emotional Intelligence (EQ) with strong inter-personal skills
• Prior experience within a Professional Services firm is desirable (not essential)

Australian Citizenship

Essential

Remuneration

Attractive package commensurate with experience

If you would like to explore this opportunity to join GRA, please contact Steve Bray on sbray | at | gra.net.au or (03) 9421 4611.

 

Consultant/Senior Consultant
 

Primary Location

Canberra

About the Role

Supply Chain and Logistics – Program/Project Management, Consultancy, Business Intelligence and Analytical Services

Would you like to join a growing, enterprising and rewarding business? Over the last two decades GRA has worked with more than 200 organisations to turn their supply chains into a competitive advantage and have helped our clients identify combined savings of more than $10 billion in value. Defence and Government Opportunities currently exist in Canberra and we are looking to expand our team.

Job description

Reporting to the Director – Defence and Government Business your responsibilities may include but not be limited to:

• Supply Chain strategy and planning
• Supply Chain and logistics program/project management
• Supply Chain analysis and inventory optimisation and planning
• Logistics operational planning, improvement, risk management and process design
• Logistics support analysis and business intelligence
• Integrated Logistics Support management

The successful applicant

You will be a highly motivated and driven professional:

• A tertiary qualification in management, Logistics or Supply Chain, or Certificate 4 in Supply / Logistics and / or Procurement related training and equivalent work experience
• Analytical/process driven and able to identify, capture and deliver innovation
• Excellent computer skills and an in-depth knowledge of the MS Office Products
• Industry knowledge within supply chain & logistics, preferably with at least 5 years of experience
• Able to demonstrate an ability to think laterally and drive improvements across the supply chain
• Proven project management skills    
• Strong team player with good communication and negotiation skills
• Government or Defence experience highly desirable
• Experience in MRP/ERP systems and strong IT skills an advantage
• Australian Citizen with Defence clearance or the Ability to obtain and maintain an Australian Defence security clearance is essential.

If this sounds like the perfect role for you please contact Steve Bray on sbray | at | gra.net.au or (03) 9421 4611

Manager

 

Primary Location 

Brisbane (although will consider Sydney or Melbourne for the right candidate)

About the Role

An exciting opportunity to help GRA build its Brisbane-based capability, this new role is seeking a Procurement professional to help deliver its Procurement service offerings 

Responsibilities

Working as part of a GRA’s consulting team, responsibilities will include:

• Providing management advisory services in a range of areas including Procurement Strategy, Category Management, Strategic Sourcing, Contract Management, Supplier Relationship Management, and Purchasing
• Providing advisory services in relation to Procurement IT solutions (native ERP and Source-to-Pay solutions)

Skills & Experience

• 3-5 years' experience in category management and/or strategic sourcing
• Experience in procurement systems implementation highly desirable
• Consulting experience highly desirable
• Experience in an SAP and/or Ariba environment highly desirable
• Experience in asset intensive industries (rail, aviation, mining, processing) desirable

Australian Citizenship

Desirable

Remuneration

Attractive package commensurate with experience

If you would like to explore this opportunity to join GRA, please contact Steve Bray on sbray | at | gra.net.au or (03) 9421 4611.

Consultant/Senior Consultant

 

Primary Location 

Canberra

About the Role

An exciting opportunity to help GRA build its new Canberra-based capability, this new role will see you working on a range of Government and Commercial consulting engagements. With a flat reporting structure and part of a small (but growing), highly capable team of like-minded professionals, you will have opportunities not normally available to individuals at this level.

Responsibilities

Supporting GRA Project leaders with:

• Quantitative analysis
• Data extraction and manipulation 
• Collecting client information 
• Business process re-design
• Performance management 
• Business case development assistance

Skills / Experience

• Undergraduate Degree (Eng, Sci, Econ) 
• 1 – 4 years out of University
• High Emotional Intelligence (EQ)
• Supply chain experience is not essential

Remuneration 

$75k - $95k package

If you would like to explore this opportunity to join GRA, please contact Steve Bray on sbray | at | gra.net.au or (03) 9421 4611.

Consultant/Senior Consultant

 

Primary Location 

Sydney

About the Role 

Adding to the capability of our Sydney team, this new role will see you working on a range of commercial consulting engagements across a broad range of industries. With a flat reporting structure and part of a highly capable team of like-minded professionals, you will have opportunities not normally available to individuals at this level.

Responsibilities 

Supporting GRA Project leaders with:

• Quantitative analysis
• Data extraction and manipulation 
• Collecting client information 
• Business process re-design
• Performance management 
• Business case development assistance

Skills / Experience 

• Undergraduate Degree (Eng, Sci, Econ) 
• 1 – 4 years out of University
• High Emotional Intelligence (EQ)
• Supply chain experience is not essential

Remuneration 

$75k - $95k package

If you would like to explore this opportunity to join GRA, please contact Steve Bray on sbray | at | gra.net.au or (03) 9421 4611.

Manager/Senior Manager

 

Primary Location 

Canberra

About the Role

This is an exciting opportunity to help GRA build its new Canberra-based capability and will see you working on a range of Government consulting engagements. As the most senior consultant in our Canberra team, and answering directly to the General Manager, you will take on a project leadership role. This is a unique opportunity to help shape and build our Canberra business.

Responsibilities 

Working directly for General Manager, Government Business, you will be responsible for:

• Leading the delivery of supply chain consulting services
• Managing a team delivering supply chain services
• Assisting with the business development activities

Skills / Experience

• Deep supply chain and logistics experience
• Extensive experience in Defence or other Government sector
• Previous experience with professional services firm is highly desirable

Remuneration 

$150k - $175k package

If you would like to explore this opportunity to join GRA, please contact Steve Bray on sbray | at | gra.net.au or (03) 9421 4611

 

Inventory Manager

 

Primary Location 

• Conduct materiel sustainment activities including inventory optimisation, inventory min max settings, transition planning, re-provisioning activities, preparedness, disposals and material data management.
• Conduct Inventory demand planning and replenishment planning activities using the Clients corporate tools (MILIS and AIMS)
• Maintain and overview the network demand planning and replenishment planning activities and intervene when these activities contravene standard operating procedures.
• Provide timely and accurate feedback and responses to customer enquiries and requests.
• Manage and drive improved inventory performance
• Plan and manage the financial requirements relating to inventory management

• Prepare requests for tender, tender evaluations and contracts
• Source vendors and negotiate with technical, commercial suppliers and customers
• Manage the relationships with suppliers and monitor the overall performance of suppliers by reviewing supplier KPI’s.
• Complete purchasing activities including raising purchase orders, receipting, invoice payments and all associated records keeping.

• Manage and complete the codification and catalogue process for the Client
• Manage data requirements for disposals and archiving.
• Ensure asset data is validated, maintained and cleansed

Skills & Experience

• MILIS Inventory Controller/Repairable Item Manager
• AIMS Consumables/Repairable
• MILIS Purchasing
• ROMAN Procurement, Purchase Order Approval/Processing and Purchase Requisition Approval/Processing
• Simple Procurement competency and Authority to Act Instrument 

• Inventory Management Advanced
• ROMAN ePurchasing

Australian Citizenship

Current Defence Security Clearance

Renumeration

Stock Take / Supply Customer Account (SCA) Manager

Primary Location

Melbourne

Role

Manage the Clients stocktaking and the SCA responsibilities

Accountabilities

Stocktakes

• Develop and manage the network stocktake plan in accordance with the Clients stocktaking policy and ensure all stock holding entities are included on the plan.
• Ensure the approved plan is recorded in the Client ERP (MILIS)
• Ensure that the stocktake plan is conducted on schedule, and that the stocktake cycle is completed on time.
• Assist Client to conduct stocktakes and manage reconciliations
• Ensure initial assessment investigation into discrepancies are completed.
• Ensure final investigations have been complete, with delegation approval and stores adjustments completed.

Supply Customer Accounts

• Monitor the management, co-ordination and control of the accounting activities for all Unit SCAs.
• Ensure units maintain appropriate record keeping processes in accordance with the Client’s SCA policy. 
• Where discrepancies are identified, ensure the customer unit initiates immediate investigation and corrective action to reconcile the physical SCA balance with the ERP record (MILIS). 
• Where inspection has disclosed unsatisfactory state of record maintenance or stock management, recommend appropriate action to the Client. 
• Take appropriate action to correct any instances when an item recorded on an account is not identified correctly. 
• Educate SCA Holders of their custodial requirements in accordance with Client policy.
• Develop and manage an audit plan to ensure supply chain governance of processes and activities IAW Client policy.

Skills & Experience

Essential

• MILIS Codification 
• MILIS Cataloguer

Desirable

• MILIS Inventory Controller
• MILIS Disposal

Australian Citizenship

Mandatory

Current Defence Security Clearance

Highly desirable 

Renumeration

Attractive package commensurate with experience
 

If you would like to explore this opportunity to join GRA, please contact Steve Bray on sbray | at | gra.net.au or (03) 9421 4611.

Inventory Manager

Primary Location 

Newcastle, RAAF Williamtown (possible onsite / 'work from home' blend)

About the Role

Supply Chain and Logistics – Inventory Management, Equipment Cataloguing, Item Data Management.

Would you like to join a growing, enterprising and rewarding business? We have new opportunities to work with our Commonwealth client in Newcastle and are looking to expand our team. The nature of the work could allow for a blend of onsite and ‘work from home’ hours, subject to agreement.

Job description

Reporting to a manager, your responsibilities may include but not be limited to:

• Inventory management and optimisation
• Materiel cataloguing and codification for new items of supply
• Supply chain and item data management within the client’s information system (e.g. MILIS)
• Manage Supply Customer Accounts

The successful applicant

Is a highly motivated and self-starting professional with:

• Relevant qualifications/training and experience
• The ability to deliver high quality outcomes within a process compliance framework
• The ability to identify, develop and implement efficiency initiatives to deliver supply chain improvements
• Well-developed computer skills and working knowledge of the MS Office products
• Industry knowledge within supply chain and logistics, preferably with at least five years of experience
• Strong team player with good interpersonal communication skills
• MILIS qualifications and experience - essential
• Australian Citizen and the ability to obtain and maintain an Australian Defence security clearance – essential

If this sounds like the perfect role for you, please contact Mark Leatham on mleatham | at | gra.net.au or 0478 480 278

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