Alepat Taylor is a proud family owned bottling and canning company located in Preston. Operating since 1978, we specialise in manufacturing, wholesale and the distribution of alcoholic andnon-alcoholic beverages.

This is a diverse and hands-on role that supports the day to day operations of our production, customer service, purchasing, invoicing and product development functions.

You will play an important role in ensuring accurate information flows between customers, suppliers, production and administration. It requires a proactive approach to troubleshooting and coordinating solutions across internal teams, customers and suppliers.

The ideal person for the role enjoys working in a fast-paced manufacturing and production environment, have strong administrative and analytical skills and be comfortable managing multiple priorities while maintaining a high level of accuracy.

Key Responsibilities:

Respond to customer enquiries relating to production orders, invoices, pricing and stock availability.

Manage customer stock-on-hand (SOH) enquiries and provide regular stock updates to ensure customer orders can be fulfilled.

Coordinate with internal and external customers to understand requirements relating to pricing, product specifications, fit, form and function.

Prepare production invoices for finished goods using production summaries and forward to customers

Follow up pricing discrepancies and resolve issues prior to invoice preparation.

Prepare and issue invoices for customer on-charges, ensuring relevant stock adjustments are completed.

Prepare customer invoices, updated purchase orders and invoices in line with any pricing changes.

Assist with product forecasting and demand planning activities alongside the Product and Sales Operations teams.

Maintain accurate and up-to-date product data within the company's resource planning system.

Manage product information to ensure accuracy, consistency and correct formatting.





Maintain and remove obsolete products, codes and product options.

Collate new product and pricing change submissions for approval and enter approved products into the database.

Update customer and supplier purchase orders, pricing information and invoices as required.

Set up product codes and bottling specifications.

Create and maintain accurate Bills of Materials and product specifications.

Work closely with production teams to audit Bills of Materials for newly developed products and ensure all components and specifications are correct.

You will have:

Previous experience in production administration, manufacturing administration, customer service or a similar coordination role.

Strong invoicing, order processing and general administrative experience.

Experience working with resource planning systems.

Excellent attention to detail and a high level of data accuracy.

Strong numerical skills and the ability to work with product costing, pricing and financial information.

Positive problem-solving skills and the confidence to follow up discrepancies and resolve issues.

Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.

Strong Microsoft Office skills and Excel.

Experience in food and beverage manufacturing, production environments, inventory management or product development will be highly regarded.

What We Offer:

A varied and interesting role with exposure to multiple areas of the business.

The opportunity to work closely with production, sales, suppliers and customers.

A supportive and collaborative team environment.

The opportunity to contribute to process improvements and business efficiencies.

A role where accuracy, initiative and attention to detail are genuinely valued.

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📌 Production Assistant (Melbourne)
🏢 Alepat Taylor
📍 Melbourne