Purchasing and Expediting Manager

PURCHASING & EXPEDITING MANAGER – Maintenance Stores

Hamilton Island is seeking an experienced and strategicPurchasing & 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
• Strong 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!