Supply Chain Coordinator
RS Safety are the UK’s leading supplier of PPE, safety, and hygiene products to the food manufacturing industry. With customers of all sizes in almost every food sector, our success is based on exceptional customer service, a tailored supply chain and an extensive, well priced product list. Our customer service encompasses each department, and we strive to supply products first time, in full to our customers.
As the Supply Chain Coordinator, you will be responsible for the overall purchasing activities, management and monitoring of inventory, coordinating receiving of goods and providing general operations support. You will manage an array of key vendors, working closely with the Commercial team and Warehouse team to drive efficiencies and will have very strong communication skills and are able to work well under pressure.
In this role, you will be creating purchase orders for current and forecasted demand and follow up with vendors to ensure purchase orders have the correct price, unit of measure, colour, description, size, and delivery date upon receiving confirmations.
Follow up with vendors on back orders and notify operations of any impacts to projected delivery dates and when purchase orders are due to be received to ensure they are on track.
You will be working alongside the warehouse team to support effective and smart purchases of key vendors while maintaining the approved supplier database in SAP and Maintain and develop positive business relationships with a supplier’s key personnel.
A highly motivated and positive attitude is essential to this role as working within the Supply Chain team can often be very demanding and challenging.
Previous experience within a similar supply chain or logistics environment
A desire to take the lead within the department and deputise in the absence of the supply chain manager.
Previous experience using SAP systems and outlook.
Strong Microsoft excel skills.
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