- Location: Yatala Distribution Centre [modern purpose-built facility]
- Genuine second-in-charge role with a transparent pathway to General Management.
- Drive sales strategy, growth and customer experience. Execute the Queensland Business Plan.
- Lead the Mid-Tier managers and two Internal Sales team members across a 21-person business.
- Take responsibility for product purchasing, forecasting, and transfers between branches.
- Improve warehouse operations, safety, productivity, systems and team capability.
- Excellent package: Great base + super + vehicle + phone + laptop + bonus.

Are you an experienced in the timber wholesale space & ready to step towards General Management? Meyer Timber is seeking an ambitious Queensland Business Manager to be the hands-on 2IC to our QLD General Manager.

This role will appeal to an established Sales Manager, Senior Account Manager, Product Manager, Purchasing Manager or smaller-business General Manager with strong timber wholesale experience who is ready for broader leadership responsibility.

You will take responsibility across sales, customer growth, purchasing and supply, operations and people, with the opportunity to prove your readiness for promotion to General Manager.

Welcome to the Meyer Timber Group | established in 1975, with more than 50 years of industry experience

At Meyer Timber, we believe the best is never optional – it’s who we are. Every day, we bring our best so we can create opportunity, security and success for our people, our families, our customers, our suppliers and our business.

We’re a national force in wholesale and engineered timber solutions, supplying an extensive range of products that help shape the places Australians live, work and build. But behind the products, it’s our people and culture that drive us forward.

What defines us? Teamwork. Customer focus. Care for each other. Commitment. Determination. Resilience. These values are at the core of how we work and the reason we’ve earned a reputation as trusted partners in our industry.





With an experienced and growing team working across 5 sites nationwide, Meyer Timber isn’t just established – we’re evolving and building something bigger, together. Here, you’ll find a place where ambition is matched with opportunity, where effort is recognised, and where every role plays a part in shaping our future.

About the Position

As Queensland Business Manager, you will report to the QLD General Manager, and serve as their hands-on 2IC. You will lead the Sales Manager, Warehouse Operations Manager and two Internal Sales team members - four direct reports across a 21-person business.

- Sales Execution & Customer Growth - work through the Sales Manager to achieve sales, margin and product-mix goals, strengthen customer relationships, manage key accounts and keep the team aligned to the approved product strategy.
- Purchasing, Product & Supply - manage key product categories, order quantities, product mix, demand forecasting and incoming supply in partnership with national purchasing, while regularly reviewing stock lines and availability.
- Internal Sales & Inventory Coordination - directly lead Internal Sales to provide consistent customer messaging, accurate stock and delivery information, timely back-order release, prompt stock receipt processing and disciplined workload management.
- Yard Operations, Safety & Productivity - work with the Warehouse Operations Manager to maintain staff coverage, safety participation, warehouse coordination, efficient layouts and productivity as volumes and staffing requirements change.
- Leadership, Systems & Continuous Improvement - lead four direct reports,



run structured management reviews, support recruitment, performance and resourcing and improve end-to-end processes across the branch.

The QLD General Manager retains ownership of the Business Plan, P&L;, financial reporting and budgeting. Your role is to understand and deliver the strategy across every part of the branch, turn priorities into practical action and build the capability required to step into General Management.

About You

- Strong and recent experience in timber wholesale, ideally with exposure across both sales and purchasing or product management.
- Experience as a Sales Manager, Business Manager, Senior Account Manager, Product Manager, Purchasing Manager, smaller-business General Manager or a closely comparable position.
- A demonstrated record of leading people, coaching managers, strengthening accountability and improving team performance.
- Commercial judgement across sales, customer growth, purchasing, stock management, supply and operational performance.
- Ambition, curiosity and coachability, with the motivation to prove your readiness for General Management.
- A visible, hands-on and organised leadership style, with the ability to improve systems and processes and lead people through operational and technology change.

Why Join Meyer Timber? Join a 21-person Queensland business with strong financial backing and national support. This genuine second-in-charge role offers close partnership with the General Manager and the opportunity to prove your readiness for promotion, subject to performance and business requirements.

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Once we have received your registration of interest via SEEK, we will email you a link to an Online Application Form specific to this position.

If you have not received this email from us within 24 hours please let us know by emailing [email protected] and include this Position Reference Number: 1770

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