Supply Manager
Ravensdown
Listing Description
Description
If you’re keen to grow your career, there’s no better place to nourish it than here. We’re committed to providing our people with all they need to positively thrive. So, isn’t it time you put your trust in the company that’s been trusted throughout New Zealand for over 40 years?
Smarter farming for a better New ZealandTM
Ka pūkekotia a Rongomātāne, ka poho kererū a Aotearoa
About the Company:
Aerowork is a 100% owned subsidiary of Ravensdown Ltd and is engaged in aerial application of fertilisers as an essential service for hill country farming. Our aircraft are fitted with GPS technology for accurate placement of fertiliser enabling our customers to maximise farm productivity whilst reducing the environmental impact.
The company currently has 13 operational aircraft supported by more than 35 Loader trucks capable of loading and spreading different fertilizer types across different regions in NZ. A complete Engineering department maintains aircraft and manufactures specialised aircraft parts.
About the Role:
As Supply Manager, you’ll ensure the efficient procurement, storage, and distribution of parts and materials to support our maintenance operations. You will ensure compliance with aviation regulations such as CAA and company standards, monitor and process component repairs, and implement supply chain efficiencies. You’ll provide advice and recommendations to the Engineering Manager, ensuring Aerowork is operating safely and efficiently.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage procurement and supply chain activities for operational and engineering requirements
- Source goods and services from approved suppliers, ensuring regulatory and technical compliance
- Monitor store stock levels, purchasing processes, and implement cost-effective delivery
- Control repair cycles and component processing to maintain adequate stock
- Assemble and dispatch spares packages for scheduled maintenance
- Ensure all documentation meets CAA and company standards
- Conduct regular stock takes and inventory management
- Maintain health, safety, quality, and environmental standards
About You:
You’ll be proactive, detail-oriented, and committed to safety and wellbeing. You’ll display a positive attitude and work ethic consistent with Aerowork’s culture.
Ideal Skills & Experience:
- Trade certificate in aircraft maintenance or similar
- 5 years’ experience in supply chain management, warehousing, or similar role
- Ability to meet and maintain CAA “Fit and Proper” person requirements
- Excellent computer literacy, including maintenance management systems
- Advanced communication skills and attention to detail
- Ideally hold a current forklift licence and OSH certification
Benefits
In return for your skills, we offer a competitive package that includes an array of insurances, and company clothing allowance, plus excellent training opportunities in a supportive cooperative environment.
How to Apply:
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Ravensdown Aerowork is committed to a drug and alcohol free workplace. The successful applicant will be required to undergo a pre-employment drugand alcoholtest.
Application details
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Ravensdown
Ravensdown believes in ‘Smarter farming for a better New Zealand.’
As a farmer-owned co-operative, we are relentless in our commitment to supporting our customers to achieve their productivity and sustainability goals - because when our customers succeed, we all succeed.
Whether its food grown for livestock or for humans, just like our customers, Ravensdown is an integral part of the food creation process. We test for, advise, buy, ship, store, spread, measure and map food-creating nutrients and fertiliser in a truly integrated way.
Using technology, science, and smart people, we work in partnership with our farmers to provide the nutrients and agronomic solutions they need, hand-in-hand with innovative environmental products and services.
Growing prosperity for New Zealand; stronger rural communities; a progressive, environmentally considerate agricultural sector; for all of these reasons and more, Ravensdown is proud to stand for ‘Smarter farming for a better New Zealand.’
