Location: Sydney Metro (Wetherill Park Area) | Salary: $110k – $140k + Super (Negotiable) | Goal: Define National Supply Chain Strategy
Are you a commercially driven, strategic leader ready to take full ownership of the national parts and inventory network for one of Australia's fastest-growing industrial businesses?
WOW Recruitment is seeking a National Parts & Inventory Manager for a leading, values-driven warehouse solutions company (forklifts, equipment, service). This is a highly autonomous, national leadership role that blends commercial acumen with deep operational excellence and strong people leadership.
You will play a defining role in building a parts and inventory engine that keeps Australia’s warehouses moving!
What’s On Offer:
- Impact & Ownership: Command the entire national parts supply chain P&L, from supplier negotiation and margin setting to national inventory control, with direct reporting to the Managing Director.
- Systems & Accuracy: Lead the ERP system utilization and operational excellence drive, implementing cycle count procedures to achieve a critical target of ≥ 98% stock accuracy.
- Strategic Growth: Play a defining leadership role in a rapidly expanding industrial company, building the national network and standardizing best-practice procurement, receiving, and distribution procedures across five national branches.
- Culture & Leadership: Join a down-to-earth, high-energy team whose culture is defined by Integrity, Drive, and Fizz, where you will mentor and coach the national Parts team
What You’ll Do
1. Commercial Leadership
- Own Commercial Performance: Take full ownership of the Parts Division’s commercial performance across all categories (MHE, automotive, and warehouse consumables).
- Pricing & Margin: Set and maintain gross margins for all national parts sales, driving profitability.
- Supplier Management: Manage key supplier relationships, negotiate pricing, and ensure strong contract performance.
- Cost Control: Achieve annualised savings or efficiency gains to drive business value.
- Inventory Ownership: Oversee all parts, consumables, and inventory across the business (forklifts, service vans, workshops, 3PL storage, and hardware).
- Accuracy & Control: Drive a target of 98% stock accuracy (verified through cycle counts) and lead the implementation of best-practice inventory control procedures.
- Supply Chain: Implement and standardize national procedures for procurement, receiving, kitting, and distribution.
- ERP/Systems: Serve as the parts system expert for the ERP, ensuring clean data, accurate reporting, and efficient workflows.
- Culture & Coaching: Lead, mentor, and coach the national Parts team, fostering a culture of ownership, safety, and accountability.
- Stakeholder Alignment: Work closely with National & State Managers, the CX Manager, and the Finance Team to ensure parts operations align perfectly with service delivery and financial goals.
What You Bring
- Experience: Proven track record in a senior Inventory, Parts, or Supply Chain leadership role, ideally within the industrial, logistics, or heavy equipment sector.
- Commercial Acumen: You know how to own the P&L and drive profitability through pricing and cost control.
- Systems & Process: Advanced ERP experience (managing purchasing and inventory data) and the ability to design standardized, best-practice operational procedures (SOPs).
- Leadership: Demonstrated ability to lead both people and process and be a pragmatic problem-solver who thrives in a growth environment.
Apply Today! Louise Anderson | Senior Recruitment Consultant | WOW Recruitment
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