Inventory Analyst

About us:

At CitiPower and Powercor, we’re proud to deliver electricity to 1.3 million Victorian customers every day through our network of poles and wires. But more than that, we’re here to power communities, support local businesses and keep critical services running smoothly, we’re essential to them all – and none of this happens without our people.

We believe in an inclusive, welcoming workplace where everyone feels safe, valued and respected. From offering great benefits to creating real opportunities for growth, we’re committed to supporting you, your career and wellbeing. It’s why our people stick around, whether you live in the city or across regional and rural Victoria, we’re doing the work where it matters most - right in your own community. As Victorians electrify everything from homes to transport, we’re focused on ensuring our networks are ready to meet that demand.

If you want to be part of something essential, be essential with us.

About the Role:

This is an exciting opportunity for highly analytical and proactive inventory and supply chain professional to join our Procurement team in a full-time and permanent capacity based at our Melbourne CBD head office.

This role will be responsible for ensuring the timely availability of critical electricity network materials required to meet business demand. This role plays a key part in balancing stock availability with cost efficiency through data-driven decision-making, demand forecasting, and supplier performance management.

The role will work collaboratively across procurement, operations, projects teams and business units to pull together data to allow for the optimisation of inventory levels, mitigate supply risks, and support the seamless delivery of projects.

Key Responsibilities:

• Analyse and optimise reorder points and minimum order quantities to balance stock availability and cost efficiency
• Monitor inventory levels, usage trends, and key performance metrics to support optimal stock positioning
• Prioritise material reservations and coordinate with purchasing to ensure timely availability of critical items
• Assess stock holdings across storage facilities to align with current and future business demand
• Identify and mitigate risks including stock shortages, excess inventory, and obsolescence
• Develop future demand forecasts in collaboration with business units to support project delivery requirements
• Evaluate supplier delivery performance, manage backorders, and provide insights and reporting to drive improvements.

For more information on the role’s responsibilities, please click here to download the position description.

To succeed in this role you will have:

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, business, finance, engineering, or a related field
• Proven experience in supply chain, inventory management, or procurement roles
• Strong analytical capability with experience interpreting complex data sets
• Demonstrated experience in inventory planning, forecasting, and optimisation
• Experience managing and improving supplier delivery performance
• Proficiency in ERP systems such as SAP, Oracle, or similar platforms
• Solid understanding of inventory management principles, KPIs, and procurement processes
• Demonstrated strong stakeholder management and engagement skills.

Key Benefits:

We’re proud to offer an inclusive, supportive workplace where everyone feels safe, valued, and empowered to grow. Some of our benefits include hybrid work options, purchased leave, 15 weeks of gender neutral primary parental leave, health and wellbeing subsidiary, career development and planning opportunities, and exclusive discounts. Visit our company website to learn more.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion to support a fair workplace for all

We are committed to building a safe, inclusive, and supportive workplace where people of all genders, ethnicities, sexual orientations, abilities and ages are valued for who they are and empowered to do their best. Through our Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Strategy (DEI), Reconciliation Action Plans and initiatives like Women in Power and Sparkle, our LGBTQIA+ allies network, we’re working to create equal opportunities for all. We are proud to be a WORK180 Endorsed Employer for Women. Explore our benefits.

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and experiences, and strongly encourage First Peoples, women, people from the LGBTIQA community, culturally and racially marginalised people and people with disabilities to apply. We recognise how people from marginalised groups can face extra barriers and self-select out of recruitment processes.  With this in mind, we’re committed to making reasonable adjustments to ensure a positive, barrier-free recruitment process.

What’s next?

Please submit your application via our careers website by 29 June 2026. For the full Position Description, please visit our website or for any other questions reach out to Tom from the Talent team at careers@powercor.com.au

We encourage applications from all communities; people of all ages, genders, nationalities, abilities and cultures, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, the LGBTQIA+ community and people living with disability.

If you require adjustments as part of the recruitment process to accommodate your needs, please don’t hesitate to discuss these with us.

Beon, CitiPower Powercor and United Energy recognise Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples as the First Peoples and Traditional Custodians of the lands on which we work. We pay our respects to Elders past and present and acknowledge their ancient and continuing connection to Country.

We are committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels valued, respected and supported to succeed. By making sure our workplace is physically and mentally safe, so that our people can be their authentic selves, share their unique perspectives and can thrive.