Records and co-ordinates the flow of work and materials between departments, examines orders for goods, and prepares production schedules.

Examines orders and compiles data for production schedules; checks inventories and prepares delivery schedules; examines containers to ensure that they are filled, and records quantities; investigates and identifies supply sources and prepares and processes purchase orders; counts incoming stock and reconciles it with requisitions, and updates inventory and stock location records.

• Employees work in an indoors office environment usually associated with and located within a manufacturing production operation.
• Employees work predominantly at office desks usually with a computer workstation but will access and examine production areas to meet with other staff and check stock levels frequently.
• Employees usually work in adequately heated and ventilated spaces.

• This is a sedentary to light physical demand role.
• Employees will frequently sit at a computer workstation carrying out a variety of manual and computerised data checking, compilation, entry and report preparation tasks.
• Employees occasionally stand and walk about the office and to other offices and operational areas in order to carry out the monitoring and checking of stock and production schedules.
• Stretching, twisting, climbing and more than very light lifting or carrying are not significant components of the job. Bending, squatting or crouching movements are not significant components of the job.
• Repetitive arm hand and finger movements will be required when operating a computer.
• Driving is not likely to be part of required work activities.
• Use of hand-held objects and equipment such as pens, calculators and staplers, as well as telephones will be occasional to frequent. Employees will also need to operate computers, printers, copiers and a range of other office equipment.
• Mental skills necessary include a high level of evaluation, communication, data interpretation, mathematical accuracy and planning skills.

A New Zealand Register Level 2 or 3 qualification or at least one year of relevant experience (ANZSCO Skill Level 4). In some instances particular experience and/or on-the-job training may be required. For entry-level positions on-the-job training is sufficient.

There are opportunities for flexibility of movement.