About
GRA Careers
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.
Current positions available include:
Opportunities for Defence Engineers (multiple locations)
Consultant/Senior Consultant (Canberra)
Consultant/Senior Consultant (Sydney)
Inventory Manager (Melbourne)
Stock Take / Supply Customer Account (SCA) Manager (Melbourne)
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
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 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 or (03) 9421 4611.
Inventory Manager
Primary Location
Melbourne
About the Role
Conduct the cataloguing, inventory management and purchasing functions on behalf of the Client.
Accountabilities
Sustainment
- 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
Contracts and Purchasing
- 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.
Codification and Cataloguing
- 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
Essential
- 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
Desirable
- Inventory Management Advanced
- ROMAN ePurchasing
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 or (03) 9421 4611.
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 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 or 0478 480 278
Testimonials
"GRA worked closely with us to develop a comprehensive supply chain strategy to strengthen our business in a rapidly changing retail landscape. The level of interaction and engagement with our team was exceptional, ensuring a high degree of buy-in for the strategy."
– Brett Kelly, National Supply Chain Manager, Officeworks
Typical results
- 20-40% inventory investment reduction
- increased service levels ranging up to 99.9%
- 10%-15% reduction in supply chain operating costs
- 5%-20% spend management savings
- the ability to fund business initiatives from operating cash flow (OCF) improvements
- improved return on capital employed (ROCE)
- a minimum 3:1 ROI (10:1 to 30:1 typical)