ANZ Supply Chain Lead – Drive Excellence in the Life Sciences Sector Randstad is exclusively partnering with a leading global corporation in the life science, biotechnology, and medical device sector to recruit an experienced ANZ Supply Chain Lead. This is a pivotal leadership role responsible for the end-to-end supply chain across Australia and New Zealand, ensuring operational excellence and top-tier customer service in a highly regulated environment. The Opportunity As the ANZ Supply Chain & Customer Care Lead, you will be the primary contact and leader for all ANZ Supply Chain activities. You will provide leadership and direction for all support staff, including training, development, and team performance. Key Responsibilities
* Serve as the primary contact for ANZ Supply Chain, providing internal and external support for inventory management, 3PL warehouse operations, and transportation.
* Lead trade compliance and regulatory requirements, ensuring conformity to established international trade regulations and operational processes and policies.
* Manage 3PL performance, conduct regular site visits, and ensure orders are delivered to customers according to agreed service targets.
* Collaborate closely with Global and Regional Commercial Operations, Supply Chain, Customer Care, Quality, and Regulatory functions to manage demand forecasting, secure supply, order fulfillment, and service levels.
* Plan and manage the supply chain budget, including cost control and expenditures approval.
* Monitor supply chain performance against agreed indicators to support Regional SCM KPIs.
* Actively contribute to process improvement by leveraging problem-solving skills.
Essential Requirements:
* Degree educated in supply chain or logistics discipline.
* Minimum 8 years' related experience working in interdisciplinary teams within a global corporation.
* Strong knowledge and proven track record in 3PL warehouse operations management, logistics, planning, demand forecasting, and inventory management.
* Demonstrated hands‐on experience and knowledge of SAP.
* Ability to develop, analyze, and apply data to make decisions and meet service expectations.
* Excellent communication, verbal, written, and presentation skills across all business levels and functions.
Highly Regarded (Advantageous):
* Experience in the life science, biotechnology, medical device, and/or regulated TGA environment.
* Strong understanding and experience in cold chain management, Dangerous Goods, trade compliance, and logistics of regulated products.
At Randstad, we are passionate about providing equal employment opportunities and embracing diversity to the benefit of all. We actively encourage applications from any background.
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