Real Pet Food Company (RPF) is passionate about feeding our pets the real food they deserve – filled with nutrients, free from harmful substances and full of flavour. At RPF we believe in staying real and doing the right thing by our pets, our fellow pet parents, and our planet. We strive to lead the industry through thoughtful innovation with real and recognisable ingredients, ethical and sustainable sourcing, and limiting processed food our pets consume. We want pets to live their best lives – helping them to grow up strong, healthy, and happy.

We are a fast-growing, innovative FMCG Manufacturer with strong ethics and a love for keeping it real. Our success comes from having a great team of people behind your pet favourite brands such as Ivory Coat, Farmers Market, Nature’s Gift, Trilogy & Fussy Cat!

We are excited to be looking for a new Maintenance Stores Procurement Officer to join our fast-paced and passionate team based at our Ingleburn Site. You will be joining a team that is easy-going, loves working for a business that believes in innovation, loves working close to home and is always up for some good banter. 

This role is responsible for coordinating the timely procurement and delivery of manufacturing equipment components at the Ingleburn manufacturing facility. Organisation and maintenance of the stores, its inventory, as well as adherence to budget and systems and processes are crucial to this position’s success. You pride yourself on being about to juggle multiple tasks without dropping a ball!

As a key member of the maintenance team, this position drives initiatives and improvements, including the setup of stores in a new CMMS (We use MEX and would love it if you have used it too!) You will be systematic, highly organised with excellent attention to detail, and able to pre-empt the requirements of the maintenance team to ensure the smooth operations of the factory.

Key Responsibilities in this role will require you to:

• Coordinate the Engineering stores, purchasing and receiving functions
• Control all aspects of the stores and its systems
• Gain prices and parts from supplies to meet deadlines within the department as set by the business
• Seek opportunities to minimise the number of vendors we deal with on a regular basis
• Monitor supplier performance and work with vendors to improve performance where necessary
• Ensure that store information in CMMS system is accurate and up to date
• Overview factory process and provide QAD support
• Ensure purchasing procedures are in accordance with RPFC policy
• Ensure purchasing - receiving process is efficient and cost effective
• Provision of appropriate and accurate measures for key business drivers on which operational decisions can be based on a timely basis
• Monitor compliance to supply agreements and seek opportunities to improve purchasing/stores opportunities
• Research and understand factory purchasing requirements to improve competitive position
• Monitor the adequacy of factory systems and internal controls, and identification and implementation of system improvements

Why we want you to join us - you have:

• Previous experience with FMCG company/industrial food production environment preferable.
• Proven ability to stock control
• Previous experience in engineering stock control
• Highly organized with excellent attention to detail and a systematic approach
• Good written and communication skills
• Ability to cope with pressure and still deliver results with shifting priorities
• Ability to negotiate and manage new existing supplier contracts
• Be customer focused (both internal and external)
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to deal effectively with people of all levels of the organization
• Intermediate Excel and experience using purchasing software such as QAD, SAP or similar
• Computer literate, CMMS knowledge/experience such as MEX

What we’re about

Welcome to RPF, where we believe in keeping it Real. Since 1994, we have been Australia and New Zealand’s pioneers in fresher dog and cat nutrition. Our story is one of passion for a better way to care for pets, a belief in fresher nutrition, and an unwavering commitment to delivering this to pet parents and pets worldwide.

We're dedicated to fostering authentic partnerships, encouraging real ambition, and providing real career opportunities for our employees to make a difference. Real means fresher ingredients and fresher methods.

We'll never stop expanding, innovating, and trying new things. We compete in every pet category and channel, creating favourite brands such as Ivory Coat, Nature’s Gift, V.I.P. Petfoods, and Love ‘Em & Fussy Cat!

Since the establishment of RPF, we have grown to over 900 people across Australia and New Zealand, China, Southeast Asia and Europe. With the pet industry growing rapidly (a $15 billion industry!) and pets becoming increasingly important in our lives and homes, this is a unique opportunity to be a part of our remarkable growth story and advance your career.

Why join us?

Do work that matters. We’re pioneering in a new area of pet food, always striving for fresher. We’re restless, creating a better life for our pets.

Make an impact and change the game. You won’t be another ‘cog in the wheel’ here. We give full trust and autonomy for you to do your best work – and to make a real difference.

Growing and global. We’re growing fast! We now have global presence across APAC, and Europe regions and we’re only getting started!

Work with a pack of awesome, genuine people who are passionate about what they do.

Grow your career with us. We’re big believers in lifelong learning. You’ll be given access to LinkedIn Learning, plus opportunities for internal mobility and leadership training to fast-track your career.

Pets our part of our family: access our Pawrental leave when you adopt a new cat or dog, pet carer and compassionate leave.

Generous perks including day off for your anniversary, product discounts, volunteering days to help the community, novated leases, a rewards program and parental leave!

What’s next?

If you're ready to unleash your potential and make a real difference in the booming pet industry, then we want to hear from you! If you are successful in progressing to the next stage, you will be required to:

• Attend 2 interviews (including an initial phone screen and on-site interview)
• Provide 2 references
• Undergo a Pre-Employment Medical

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Diversity’s not a buzzword here, it’s in our DNA. Diverse perspectives shape our culture and make our work better. That’s why we’re committed to building inclusive teams that represent a variety of backgrounds and skills. If you need any reasonable adjustments, accessibility assistance or would like to note which pronouns you use at any stage of our hiring process, just contact us at: careers@realpetfoodco.com.au