Buying and Production Planning Assistant - Waterlooville, United Kingdom - Coopers Fire

Coopers Fire

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Waterlooville, United Kingdom

4 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Coopers Fire design, manufacture, install and service innovative and bespoke Smoke and Fire Curtains for buildings.

Our mission is to save lives through quality and innovative products and to raise awareness of effective fire protection solutions.

Every day we put a lot of effort into making sure our colleagues are in an environment where they can work hard, be great and have fun along the way.

Our values are Integrity, Pride and Passion, Teamship and Pioneering and we really mean it We genuinely get excited when people are doing what they do best and are enjoying their day.

We nurture and support our colleagues' development, encourage and embrace each other's opinions, challenge the status quo and always work together to lead the market through innovation and protect life.

We are looking for a Buying and Production Planning Assistant for optimal scheduling of Coopers internal works orders, having taken customer need, material availability & the labour capacity within the workcell into account.

You will purchase goods and services to ensure the company operational needs are met, taking into account price, quality and delivery and to ensure continuity of supply.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Responsible for the timely scheduling of production allocations onto the Master Production Schedule tool & any ongoing maintenance on the MPS as the project proceeds. Liasing with Export and UK project teams updating delivery dates.
Responsible for ensuring that purchase orders are accurately raised with appropriate price, delivery date & other coding required by the business.
Responsible for the daytoday purchasing & timely supply of externally supplied material using various systems such as; ordertoallocation, Kanban, vendor managed inventory, scheduled orders and spot orders.
Where required liase with suppliers to ensure ontime delivery and with appropriate quality, any late supplier deliveries to be monitored and expedited.
Contact suppliers to resolve price, quality, delivery or invoice issues
Other general tasks to support purchasing Team improvement actions and to support other departments as necessary.
The communication of any supply chain related issues & opportunities to management.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

Experienced in scheduling on production floors & balancing varying priorities
Knowledge of best practice in Purchasing & Supplier management processes
Able to build strong working relationships with colleagues & suppliers
Good level of IT/ERP skill (Intermediate Excel, Sage50)

ATTRIBUTES

Commercially astute
Tough minded & tenacious
Effective communicator & negotiator
Acute attention to detail
Thrives under pressure
Customer focused approach
Self Motivated
Ability to make decisions
Able to work well in a team

BENEFITS

Competitive salary available upon request
Free hot drinks
Ample free onsite parking
Cycle to work scheme
Early finish and dressdown Fridays
Above average Holiday allowance with the option to purchase additional holiday
Company social events
Friendly and supportive environment
Holistic approach to work
Working for a company who cares about you as an individual and not just a cog in the machine

**This is an office based role on a 12 Month Fixed Term Contract