Purchasing & Demand Planner

Do you love working in the drinks industry? Our client is searching for a Procurement and Planning Administrator to join their business in a new and exciting role. 

Job Role
You will need to support the procurement division on both indirect and direct within agreed specifications and timelines. As well as liaising with major clients and monitor planning for purchases.

Responsibilities
• Raise POs when required
• Follow-up and chase approvals
• PO entry onto system
• Confirming acknowledgements against PO, challenging lead-times and price if needed
• Liaise with suppliers on all open POs, create reports to update on progress
• Sorting invoice queries for all (PO amount vs Invoice rec) Raising PRs for the difference with approval
• Owning Non-Stocked POs and making sure they are booked in to release payments on time
• Tracking contract renewal and clauses etc on all contracts
• Tracking spend - are we within budget for the year split by supplier.
• General Cover for Supply Chain Team - Running reports, Job Loading, Subcon Communications, Planning Functions
• Working with all departments to support any current procurement activities
• Requesting stock adjustments, chasing approvals and amending stock once approved
• Supporting RFQs with updated pricing on any BOM related items

Personal Profile
• Comfortable and experienced in communicating via telephone and email
• Experience of planning and prioritising to meet tight deadlines
• Experience of working in a multi-cultural environment
• Good communication skills with the ability to communicate and liaise effectively at all levels with internal and external stakeholders
• Good interpersonal skills with the ability to build and maintain excellent working relationships with clients, suppliers, immediate team members and other production teams
• IT proficiency with the ability to input and retrieve data
• Good time management and organisational skills

Ref Code: FMW41656JHN

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