Adroit Iot

**General information**:
**Location**

Auckland

**Expertise**

Finance, Procurement, Technology

**Job Level**

Experienced

**Employment Type**

Fixed term full-time

**Close Date**

31-May-2024

**Ref #**

56059

**Description & Requirements**:
The Spark Business Group is a collective of specialist, world-class Kiwi businesses, working together to move New Zealand forward in a digital world. We hire best-in-class technology experts who work across our multiple brands to help our business customers unravel complexity and deliver future proof solutions.

Our brands are Spark Health, Spark IoT, Qrious, CCL, Leaven, Digital Island and Entelar Group. Together, these partners and our people make up the largest and most exciting technology and transformation business in New Zealand.

From connectivity, digital infrastructure and the latest in business hardware, to hybrid cloud technologies, customer experience (CX) optimisation, data science and artificial intelligence models, and cyber security expertise, we do it all.

You'll be empowered to work on things that you're passionate about. You'll be given autonomy to deliver on your ideas that contribute to our overall business strategy, and you will never have a chance to get bored. Are you ready to embrace the challenge? Come and build the future and help us, to help New Zealand win big in a digital world.

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**About the Role**:
Wholly owned by Spark NZ, and operating as part of the Spark business Group, we are Adroit IoT. We specialise in world-leading, real time Environmental Monitoring. We are on the hunt for a Procurement & Inventory Specialist to join our team for a 10-12 month fixed term to cover Parental Leave.

This is an exciting and varied role that involves inventory planning, purchasing and shipping equipment from multiple suppliers, liaising with our logistics partner, managing the inventory held in our warehouse, and assisting with the creation of monthly client invoices for equipment and services.

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**Day to day you will**:

- Planning/forecasting inventory requirements to meet expected sales demand
- Managing procurement and delivery of equipment from multiple suppliers
- Managing the Zoho inventory including components, products, and pricing
- Processing inwards/outward inventory movements in the Inventory system
- Entering client sales orders and preparing inventory for project delivery team
- Processing, picking inventory orders, assisting with packing and dispatching
- Managing twice-yearly stock takes coordinating other team members
- Assisting with monthly client invoicing and ad hoc inventory queries

**What experience you'll bring**:
You will be someone who has at least three years of experience working in inventory management and has predominantly administrative and also some hands-on inventory experience. Previous experience in procurement would be beneficial but is not essential for the role.

You will have an eye for detail, be highly numerate and have a proven ability to accurately record information. You will be reliable, have a great attitude, excellent communicator and team player.

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**WHY CHOOSE US**:
**Diversity and Inclusion: Te Kanorau me te Whakawhāiti mai**

At Spark, we are constantly looking for ways to build a more inclusive culture. Our vision is for diversity and inclusion to be “how things are done at Spark”, embedded into our day-to-day activities, standards, and business practices. We want you to feel totally comfortable bringing your whole self to work regardless of your gender, ethnicity, orientation, age, or ability.

**Sustainability: Toitū**

Sustainability is a key focus for us. We are dedicated to supporting Aotearoa New Zealand’s recovery and economic transformation. The principle of equity is at the very heart of our approach, and we remain committed to working in partnership to make a positive contribution to digital equity in line with our focus on Diversity and Inclusion.

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**Benefits: Awhina**

Our people matter and we make sure we look after them.

As a valued employee of Spark, we’ve got our people covered with a range of leading benefits including:

- Comprehensive medical insurance, life, and income protection. Access to well-being coaches, EAP, and in-house Specialist Clinical support through our leading Mahi Tahi Wellness programme.
- for most teams at Spark this means being in the office for 3 days a week, and 2 days being flexible.
- In addition to four weeks of annual leave, we offer purchased leave, enhanced parental leave payments & support, and study leave.
- We provide permanent employees with $120 monthly Spark credit to use on any of our amazing products.
- Periodically we offer the opportunity to buy into our share scheme.
- Access to an internal marketplace that connects employees with experiential, on-the-job learning across Spark.

Due to the nature and urgency of this role, we are only considering applicants that are based in New Zealand with permanent reside