Planning & Procurement Manager
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 1, 2026. First seen by Alion on Sep 30, 2026.
At Laminex New Zealand, we're proud to be one of New Zealand's leading manufacturers of decorative surfaces and building products. As part of the Fletcher Building family, our products help create homes, workplaces, and commercial spaces across the country.
We're looking for an experienced Planning & Procurement Manager to join our Hamilton manufacturing site. This is a critical role responsible for ensuring the plant can meet customer demand through effective production planning, materials management, procurement, inventory control, and logistics coordination.
The Opportunity
You'll play a pivotal role in coordinating the plant's ability to meet market and sales demand by managing production capacity, raw material supply, inventory, S&OP processes, and logistics activities. Your focus will be on maintaining supply continuity, optimising inventory, stabilising production schedules, and delivering strong customer service outcomes.
What You'll Be Doing
- Lead production, materials, and supply planning to meet customer demand and optimise plant performance.
- Manage raw material procurement, supplier relationships, inventory, and month-end WIP processes.
- Coordinate capacity planning across Production, Warehouse and Logistics teams.
- Lead S&OP activities to align demand, supply, and production capability.
- Partner with Sales, Supply Chain, and Logistics teams to manage risks and ensure supply continuity.
- Improve planning accuracy, DIFOTIS, lead-time reliability, inventory performance, and cost-to-serve.
- Maintain ERP/MRP data integrity and drive continuous improvement across the site.
About You
You're an experienced planning and procurement professional who thrives in a manufacturing environment and enjoys balancing demand, supply, inventory, and stakeholder priorities.
To be successful in this role, you'll bring:
- A tertiary qualification in Supply Chain, Operations, Engineering, Business, or equivalent experience.
- At least 3 years' experience in production planning, materials planning, procurement, or supply chain within a manufacturing environment.
- Strong knowledge of forecasting, inventory management, capacity planning, and S&OP processes.
- Advanced Excel skills and experience with ERP/MRP systems (SAP or similar); Power BI experience is advantageous.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to make sound decisions in a fast-paced environment.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence across Operations, Sales, Supply Chain, and Logistics.
- A proactive, continuous improvement mindset, with exposure to Lean, Six Sigma, or similar methodologies.
- High attention to detail and a focus on planning accuracy, data integrity, and delivering results.
Why Join Laminex?
Join an iconic New Zealand manufacturer and part of the Fletcher Building family, where you'll enjoy great benefits, career development opportunities, and the chance to make a real impact. Ready for your next challenge? Apply now and join the team at Laminex Hamilton.