Job Description
Role: Purchasing & Production Administrator
Location: On-site - Hollywood, South Birmingham (with parking)
Salary: £30,000 - £35,000 (dependent on experience)
Be part of a company with a real commitment to environmental awareness.
We’re seeking a Purchasing & Production Administrator for our client based in Birmingham.
Join a family-run packaging manufacturing firm with more than 75 years’ experience, spanning three generations!
Our client's company was originally founded to reuse corrugated boxes after WW2 – staying focused on encouraging and providing greener alternatives, using renewable and sustainable sources, as well as recycled materials.
Key Responsibilities:
- Production Administration
- Creating bill of materials
- Generating work orders
- Liaising with Site Manager
- Scheduling component & board deliveries
- Posting invoices
- Inventory Administration
- Creating new item codes – ensuring all related documentation and processes are completed
- Supplier Administration
- Purchase orders
- Sourcing new suppliers
- Overseeing goods received process
- Monitoring order acknowledgements and/or late deliveries
- Managing supplier lease and trial products
- Building strong client relationships
- Handling supplier complaints
- Estimating of selling prices for manufactured items and bought in goods
- Arranging customs clearance, VAT, and duty handling, for the import of foreign shipments when required
Skills and Qualifications:
- Proactive thinker
- Strong communication skills
- Strong organisational and time management skills
- Negotiation experience