Job Title: Purchasing and Planning Assistant
Location: Farnworth, Bolton, BL4 0AN
Salary: £22,000 – £25,000 Per annum (Depending on Experience)
Job Type: Full time, Permanent
Working Hours: 38 hours per week (Mon to Thurs 7:30 to 16:00 and Friday 7:30 to 12:50)
Based in Greater Manchester, Heatrod Elements are the UK’s leading manufacturer of heating elements and associated process heating equipment required for industrial heating applications.
About the Role:
We are looking to recruit a Purchasing and Planning assistant to support the supply chain function from procuring raw materials to planning work into the production team.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Support in the issuing of production plans on a day-to-day basis
- Communicating any changes to production plans across key stakeholders
- Regularly check and maintain finished stock position where relevant.
- Review, analyse and adapt customer forecasts.
- Attending daily and weekly production meetings, liaising with key stakeholders from across internal business functions
- Preparing, issuing, maintaining and tracking purchase orders according to company purchasing policies and procedures
- Confirm purchase orders with vendors including delivery date, quantity, etc.
- Calculate packaging and raw material requirements from MRP system and production plans and place orders with suppliers.
- Work pro-actively to avoid potential stock-outs due to supplier delivery delay and expedite orders when required.
- Ensure material supply levels are within agreed min/max levels as to meet the daily production requirements.
- React to issues on a daily basis created both internally and from suppliers.
About you:
- Attention to detail, high levels of accuracy and ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
- Strong people and communication skills
- Strong sense of urgency and of responsibility
- Must be a team player and demonstrate experience working in a cross functional team environment.
- Perform well under pressure.
- Must have advanced Microsoft Office Excel skills.
- Experience in a manufacturing environment is desirable.
- Axapta/Epicor experience is desirable.
What we can offer you:
- 25 days + bank holidays, increasing with length of service
- Free onsite parking
- Cycle to work scheme
- Learning and Development Opportunities
- Referral scheme
- Cash Health Plan
- Staff social events through the year
No agencies.
Please click the APPLY button to send your CV and Cover Letter for this role.
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