PURCHASING & EXPEDITING MANAGER – Maintenance Stores

Hamilton Island is seeking an experienced and strategic Purchasing & Expediting Manager to lead purchasing, inventory, and warehouse operations across Engineering, Services, and Maintenance departments. Reporting to the General Manager Logistics & Supply, this role is critical in ensuring procurement governance, inventory accuracy, and supply chain efficiency across a complex island-based logistics environment.

Why you’ll love working with us

- Lead end-to-end procurement and inventory operations island-wide
- Live and work in paradise with no commute or city stress
- Enjoy staff perks including gym access and island discounts

Your Role

As Purchasing & Expediting Manager, you will oversee purchasing, inventory control, supplier performance, and warehouse operations. You will drive compliance, improve systems, and lead a high-performing team to ensure seamless supply chain operations across the island.

Where you’ll make an impact

- Oversee purchasing activities and enforce RFQ governance across departments
- Review and approve purchase requisitions in line with financial delegations
- Manage supplier engagement and monitor performance and risk
- Own and optimise inventory levels across multiple locations
- Drive inventory accuracy, stock lifecycle management, and reporting
- Lead ERP (CIA) system improvements and data integrity initiatives
- Generate and analyse inventory and supply chain performance reports
- Manage complex logistics including freight, barge schedules, and delays
- Oversee warehouse operations,



ensuring compliance and efficiency
- Lead, coach, and develop purchasing and warehouse teams
- Manage workforce planning, rostering, and team performance
- Identify operational inefficiencies and implement process improvements
- Maintain SOPs and support continuous improvement initiatives

What we’re looking for

You are a commercially minded leader with strong procurement and logistics expertise. You thrive in complex environments, bring a structured approach to operations, and are confident managing compliance, teams, and stakeholder relationships.

To be successful, you will need:

- Proven experience in purchasing, inventory, or supply chain operations
- Experience in warehouse or logistics environments
- Previous leadership or supervisory experience
- Strong understanding of procurement governance and inventory control
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
- High attention to detail and organisational ability
- Solid stakeholder engagement and communication skills
- Ability to manage competing priorities in a complex operational environment
- Tertiary qualifications in Procurement, Logistics, or related field

About Hamilton Island

Our mission is to share the wonder of Hamilton Island with the world by creating wonder-filled experiences for our guests, employees and community.
Every team member plays a role in shaping those experiences – making Hamilton Island not just a great place to visit, but a great place to work

A little island can do wonders – make your next career move one to remember!

📌 Purchasing and Expediting Manager (Hamilton Island)
🏢 Hamilton Island Enterprises
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