[ref. l76743520] Resource Recruitment - Purchasing & Supply Chain Manager
Purchasing & Supply Chain Manager
Job Location: Poole, DorsetJob Type: Permanent
Salary: Depending on experience
Hours: 35 hours per week, Monday – Friday 9am – 5pm
Benefits:
- 24 days holiday + 8 bank holidays, with opportunity to purchase up to 5 days additional holiday
- Life assurance (3 x salary)
- Birthday off
- Social events
- Christmas shutdown
- Company sick pay
- Company Pension Scheme
- Option to sign up to Private healthcare and dental plans, at reduced cost
We are recruiting for a hands on, number driven and experienced Purchasing / Supply Chain professional to manage a small, friendly team and ensure efficient stock levels / on time deliveries.
This creative company have been supplying premium products to customers for over 100 years and are recognised for their eye-catching designs high quality brands.
Reporting to the Operations Manager, you will be the first point of contact for any purchasing enquiries – checking pricing, sampling discounts, ensuring goods arrive on time, scheduling deliveries, resolving any quality issues and raising credit / debit notes.
Although you will be managing a team of four, you will be hands on and lead by example undertaking day to day duties such as;- Ensuring the efficient running and operation of the purchasing team and acting as a point of contact for purchasing enquiries and administration.
- Ensuring pricing is correct for various currencies as they import / export globally.
- Acting as liaison to the sales support office regarding stock deliveries and availability.
- Review of stock levels for new products and best sellers.
- Scheduling deliveries and chasing late deliveries.
- Investigating and resolving product quality issues.
- Supplier quotation and PO management
- New supplier set up.
- Maintaining the databases and logging purchase orders, submits, inventory cards, invoice enquiries, credit / debit notes
- Previous experience in a purchasing / supply chain position
- Previous experience managing a team whilst being hands on with day-to-day tasks
- Confident with computers including excel (VLOOKUP / Pivot tables)
- A proactive, resilient and enthusiastic approach
- Strong attention to detail and accuracy
- A cheerful and friendly disposition
- A natural problem solver with the ability to identity issues before they occur
If you would like to find out more about this brilliant opportunity, please either contact our Recruitment Team on 01202 686000 or send your CV to jobs@rrm.uk.com.
Those who have the right skills and experience, our aim is that you will hear back from us within 24 hours but due to the high number of applications we are receiving at present, we are unable to respond to every application individually so If you do not hear from us within 3 days, please assume that your application at this stage has not been successful.As new positions arise, we will review any applications already made to us and may contact you about other suitable roles.
Resource Recruitment is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to a policy of treating all its employees and job applicants equally. It is the policy of the Company to take all reasonable steps to ensure that each applicant is assessed only in accordance on the basis of their qualifications, skills and abilities to perform the relevant duties without prejudice in regards to background, religion, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, disability or gender.
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