Supply Chain Manager

Te Mahi - The Role

Lead with Purpose - Become our Supply Chain Manager

Are you a strategic thinker with a passion for building efficient, resilient, and best-practice supply chains? Do you thrive in a values-driven environment where your leadership directly supports our community's wellbeing? If so, we'd love to hear from you.

Nurse Maude, a respected leader in community health and support services, is seeking a full-time, permanent Supply Chain Manager to join our Christchurch-based team. In this pivotal role, you'll lead and optimise end-to-end supply chain operations — from procurement and inventory management through to warehousing and logistics — ensuring our services are delivered efficiently, efficiently, with integrity, and aligned to best-practice standards.

You'll be responsible for driving cost efficiency and resilience across the supply chain, while embedding best-practice procurement principles and leading the development of consistent, high-quality supply chain practices across the organisation. This includes overseeing supplier negotiations, contract management, and risk mitigation to ensure procurement decisions deliver real value for Nurse Maude and the community we serve. With strong data and analytics capability, you'll use insights to forecast demand, improve processes, and support smarter decision-making.

This role also involves leading a capable team, building future-ready skills, and fostering a collaborative, values-led culture. You'll work closely with internal teams and external partners to align supply chain strategy with organisational goals and enhance service delivery across our network.

Key Responsibilities
- Lead and optimise procurement, inventory, warehousing, and logistics operations
- Provide strategic procurement guidance and embed best-practice procurement principles and practices
- Manage supplier relationships and negotiate contracts with favourable terms
- Identify and mitigate supply chain risks through proactive planning
- Translate organisational strategy into actionable supply chain objectives
- Leverage data and analytics to forecast trends and drive continuous improvement
- Build and develop a high-performing team aligned with Nurse Maude's values
- Communicate effectively with stakeholders and support cross-functional collaboration
- Actively support the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi

He momo - About you

You're a confident leader with a strong commercial mindset and a passion for delivering results. You bring a mix of strategic thinking, operational excellence, and people leadership, along with a commitment to ethical and sustainable practices. To thrive in this role, you will bring:
Experience and Knowledge
- 5+ years' experience in supply chain management, ideally in healthcare or community services
- Proven success leading RFx processes, contract negotiations, and supplier performance
- Strong background in inventory and warehouse management
- Experience managing and developing high-performing teams
- Familiarity with NZ public sector procurement principles and ethical standards

Skills and Competencies
- Strategic thinking and commercial acumen
- Strong analytical and forecasting skills
- Excellent negotiation and relationship management abilities
- Proficiency in ERP systems (e.g. Dynamics 365, SAP, Oracle)
- Effective communicator with the ability to engage diverse stakeholders
- Resilient, adaptable, and solutions-focused
- Committed to upholding Te Tiriti o Waitangi

Personal Attributes
- Collaborative and values-driven leadership style
- Honest, ethical, and trustworthy
- Detail-oriented with a results-driven mindset
- Skilled at building strong, respectful partnerships
- Confident decision-maker with sound judgement

Ki te huanga - Benefits of working at Nurse Maude

At Nurse Maude, we've been caring for our community for over 120 years. When you join us, you're not just taking on a role — you're becoming part of a passionate, supportive team that's committed to making a difference. We offer:

- A collaborative and inclusive work environment
- A chance to contribute to a respected, community-focused organisation
- Ongoing support for professional development and leadership growth
- Wellbeing and health benefits, including staff discounts on gym memberships, massages, eye care, dentures, health insurance, and much more.

Te Whakahaerenga - The Organisation

Nurse Maude is a well-known and highly regarded organisation providing nursing and homecare to some of the most vulnerable in our community. Nurse Maude provides services to more than 40,000 people each year, delivering over a million hours of district and specialist nursing, home support services, hospice and community palliative care and allied support.

Ki aro - Interested?

To access the position description, please view this role via our Nurse Maude careers website: Search Jobs - Nurse Maude. Scroll to the bottom of the advert and click the hyperlink.

Job Details
Reference #21091P