Purchasing Coordinator

Location: Smethwick

We are recruiting for a Purchasing Coordinator to join our client in Birmingham,B18.

Purchasing coordinator role overview:

* Liaising with suppliers daily to ensure delivery timelines are met.

* Reviewing outstanding orders and expediting to ensure product availability.

* Tracking and tracing shipments liaising with shipping forwarders for shipping documentation and delivery bookings.

* Ensuring up to date information is available in the ERP system for product deliveries on, enabling better communication to the customer.

The ideal candidate for the Purchasing Coordinator role:

* A positive minded individual who is empathetic towards the challenges that our distribution customers face. Understands the need to provide a world class customer experience and the role procurement plays in ensuring that products are available when the customer needs it. This is a key role in the organisation and will be pivotal to driving growth while retaining existing customers.

* Good statistical analysis skills. Able to interpret data from reports and draw conclusions resulting in positive action using the appropriate computer programs and skills.

* A pro-active mindset, able to understand both big-picture company strategy and the details of operational execution.

* An excellent understanding of standard business practices related to Product purchasing and delivery, operational throughput, and delivery to the customer.

* Enthusiastic, dependable, and dedicated, able to use their own initiative.

* Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.

The Purchasing Coordinator riole is office based,Monday-Friday ,8.45am-5.15pm