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Planning & Purchasing Administrator – Maternity Cover

Overview

Looking for your next opportunity within a busy manufacturing environment? Express Recruitment are delighted to be supporting an established and fast-paced manufacturing organisation, who are looking for a Planning and Purchasing Administrator to join their team on a 12-month maternity cover contract.

This is a varied role combining purchasing and production planning, making it ideal for someone with strong production planning experience and an engineering background. You’ll work closely with the Design Department, Stock Controller and Machine Shop Manager to ensure materials are purchased, production workloads are planned effectively and customer requirements are delivered on time.

The role offers a 38-hour working week with flexitime, alongside a salary of c£30,000. The position is initially offered as a 12-month maternity cover contract, with the possibility of an extension or the role becoming permanent, although this cannot be guaranteed.

Skills & Experience
  • Previous production planning experience within a manufacturing environment is essential
  • An engineering background or relevant engineering experience is essential
  • Previous experience raising and chasing purchase orders, ideally for engineering components or manufacturing materials
  • Good knowledge of manufacturing methods, workshop machinery and production processes
  • Strong IT, communication and organisational skills, with the ability to prioritise workload, meet deadlines and work independently
Roles & Responsibilities
  • Plan and coordinate production workload across the machine shop and shop floor, ensuring schedules are achievable and deadlines are met
  • Raise, manage and chase purchase orders for machine components, materials and production requirements
  • Work closely with the Design Department, Stock Controller and Machine Shop Manager to ensure materials are ordered in line with BOMs and production schedules
  • Monitor supplier lead times and performance, while maintaining stock and customer forecasts
  • Progress customer orders, produce production performance reports and identify any issues that could impact delivery
About Express Recruitment
Express Recruitment has been offering exceptional recruitment solutions across the East Midlands since 1987, “exceeding expectations every time” of over 267,000 candidates. We supply a diverse range of sectors including Engineering, Technology, Professional Services, Languages, Sales & Marketing, Call Centres, Commercial, Manufacturing, Local Authority, NHS, Education and Voluntary organisations. Find all of our current vacancies on https://bit.ly/3IaEnI7 Not quite found the right role for you yet? Let us do the scrolling for you! Just fill in our contact form at https://bit.ly/3NHa9NR or call 0115 924 0010.
Job Location
Castle Donington
Salary
c£30,000 Per Annum D.O.E
Job Type and Hours
12-month maternity cover, with potential to extend or become permanent, subject to business requirements

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