Job Description
Quick Staff UK is pleased to be recruiting a Purchasing & Logistics Coordinator for a market-leading business based in the Bath area. On their behalf, we are seeking a Purchasing & Logistics Coordinator to join their team in a permanent role.
Key Responsibilities:
- Run production reports to review stock levels and instigate reorder processing to maintain stock levels.
- To oversee any orders to ensure stock is available in accordance to requirements.
- Liaise with product planner to continually review products taking into account product life, season and average monthly sales.
- Produce and distribute weekly and monthly reports.
- To raise purchase orders as and when required.
- Monitor sales and suggest requirements to meet delivery demands.
- Run forward order report to make sure stock available to satisfy delivery demands.
- Produce and circulate stock “availability” reports as required.
- Help set up and make sure product launch requirements are met
- Liaise with colleagues to make sure product available to meet launch/delivery deadlines
- Extrapolate sales and plan economic production schedules to meet customer and company objectives.
- Communicate and monitor all aspects of project ensuring delivery on time.
- Keep a record of all “national” orders with received and delivery dates
- Create and input new requirements on the Management Information System as and when required.
- Ability to work closely with all other production staff to allow efficient and cost effective processing of all purchase orders.
- To make sure all delivery dates for product are accurate on request.
- To liaise with appropriate shipping agents and Far-East suppliers to ensure goods are delivered in to the UK in a timely way and at best price to meet with company requirements and expectations
Key Requirements:
- Ability to demonstrate experience in “direct” procurement, gained in an FMCG environment
- Experience of delivering savings/value from existing suppliers and contracts
- Excellent stakeholder engagement skills, ideally gained in a complex multi-divisional environment with ability to demonstrate strong negotiation skills
- Excellent communication skills
Quick Staff UK values excellence, innovation, and continuous improvement in industry. It is our mission to connect the right talent with the right opportunities. Quick Staff UK is committed to selecting and recruiting the best people, basing judgments solely on suitability for the job. By applying for the above position and providing your personal data to us, you understand that your data will be processed in line with our Privacy Policy. Whilst we endeavour to respond to all applications individually, due to high volumes, this is not always possible. Thank you for your interest in this role and we hope to work with you in the future.
