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    [title] => Procurement and Logistics Administrator
    [content] => <h1>Procurement and Logistics Administrator</h1>

<p>We are looking for an enthusiastic person to join our growing products department. You must have excellent communication and numeracy skills, be reliable and work well under pressure with an eye for detail and a drive for continuous improvement. This engaging role offers you an opportunity to work within a dynamic team, ensuring that our customers’ needs are met and that products are in stock when required. 
You will require past administrative experience, must have fluent computer skills, work well in a team and be able to manage your own workload.</p>

<h2>Role Overview</h2>

<p>Responsible for the optimization of stock holding, purchase ordering as well as identifying and implementing better shipping terms and volume discounts with suppliers.</p>

<p>Working alongside our product team you will be responsible for implementing improvement exercises.</p>

<h2>Role and Responsibilities</h2>

<h3>Stock Holding</h3>
<ul>
<li>To reduce out-of-stocks on product lines</li>
<li>Support sales staff with out-of-stock process</li>
<li>Optimize stock holding</li>
</ul>

<h3>Purchase Ordering</h3>
<ul>
<li>Optimize purchase order patterns based on supplier agreements and stock usage</li>
<li>Working from the Stock Shortfall list, create and send Purchase Orders to Suppliers</li>
<li>Checking out of stock orders, making sure that the product is on order and the expected delivery date is entered on the order before handing back to the sales team</li>
<li>Check order acknowledgements and liaise with the Supplier over any queries e.g. pricing, delivery and others</li>
<li>Match delivery notes to purchase orders and query any discrepancies</li>
<li>Carry out stock adjustments where necessary</li>
<li>Define container orders where required</li>
<li>Scheduling of critical supplies</li>
<li>Monitor delayed supplies and chase suppliers pro-actively over the telephone to ensure timely supply</li>
</ul>

<h3>Supplier Agreements</h3>
<ul>
<li>Maintain, identify and implement improved
<ul>
<li>Carriage charges</li>
<li>Early settlement discounts</li>
<li>Document and distribute courier pricing updates</li>
<li>Update courier related procedures</li>
</ul></li>
</ul>

<h3>Supplier Defects & Returns</h3>

<ul>
<li>To support the process in line with returns procedure</li>
</ul>

<h3>Packaging Consumables</h3>
<ul>
<li>Ordering packaging consumables where these are not ordered automatically by the warehouse</li>
<li>Monitor prices</li>
<li>Enquire pricing</li>
<li>Optimise packaging</li>
</ul>

<h3>Courier Information</h3>
<ul>
<li>Maintain courier price lists supply folders</li>
<li>Communicate new prices with affected departments</li>
</ul>

<h3>Reporting</h3>
<ul>
<li>Assume responsibility for the following monthly reports:
<ul>
<li>Forecasts for agreed product ranges</li>
<li>Carriage costs</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>

<h3>Required Skills</h3>
<ul>
<li>Excellent communication skills (written, face to face and telephone manner)</li>
<li>A keen eye for attention to detail and working accurately</li>
<li>IT literate with experience of MS Office and Excel</li>
<li>Excellent numeracy and literacy skills</li>
<li>Excellent time management</li>
<li>Ability to work as part of a team and on your own initiative</li>
</ul>

<h3>What we can offer you</h3>

<p>We can offer you a unique opportunity for professional and personal development. We are passionate about developing our staff and offer staff a long term career path. This is a great opportunity to join a fast growing company.</p>

<p>Wage dependent on experience</p>

<h3>How to Apply</h3>
<p>Please send CV and covering letter to <a href="mailto:jobs@safelincs.co.uk">jobs@safelincs.co.uk<a/></p>
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