Purchasing and Supply Chain Co-Ordinator

Supply Chain Co-Ordinator

Permanent role - £35,000 Per Annum, Monday to Friday 40 hours per week

Manufacturing and Distribution Company based in Thetford

This role would ideally suited someone looking to develop into a career within the Supply Chain function.

Main Duties:

• Responsible for planning and negotiation cost saving initiatives including process improvement
• Ensure Supplier On-Time Delivery and Quality Performance Targets are achieved
• Development of the Supplier Base
• Ensure Inventory Stock Turn targets are maintained
• Entry of Purchase Orders into Mainframe system
• Maintenance of Purchasing and Item Master Data Base
• Supplier Monthly reporting
• Resolving problems as and when required with suppliers
• Give support to the manufacturing team

Essential Skills:

• Previous experience within similar role, preferably within the Supply Markets for Engineering Materials
• Experience of sourcing from low cost countries
• Highly computer literate with good level of Numeric and Literacy
• Ability to extract data and manipulate to show usage requirements
• To be proficient in the use of Windows, Microsoft Office and Excel
• Vendor Assessment site visits
• Proven experience negotiating costs successfully as well as monitoring supplier performance

This is a great opportunity to join a company that are offering a competitive salary and a good level of training to the right candidate.

If you would like to apply for this role, email your current up to date CV to with a covering letter outlining your suitability for the role, Ensure that your CV includes examples of the above as applicable

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