Purchasing Coordinator

This is an opportunity to join a great team environment within a wholesale business as a Purchasing Coordinator. You will have an eye for detail and strong communication skills to liaise with suppliers and maintain product availability through accurate planning, order placement and managing timely inventory deliveries.
Key Responsibilities:

• Manage a set SKU profile including forecasting of purchasing requirements in order to optimise stock availability
• Stock ordering, minimising out of stock and over stock, whilst maintaining KPIs
• Analyse sales data to identify trends and changes in customer demand
• Build and maintain long-standing supplier relationships (Far East suppliers), measure performance and work collaboratively to resolve any external supply issues.
• Work closely with demand planning, communicate purchasing plans & ensure inbound inventory is aligned with the demand forecast.
• Generate reports for stock levels, highlighting any potential supply disruptions, presenting solutions and foreseeable outcomes.

Skill and Experience:

• Experience in a Supply chain or Purchasing role, managing Far East suppliers
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel
• Demonstrate excellent numerical ability
• Excellent communication skills to work effectively with internal and external stakeholders
• Self-motivated, enthusiastic, flexible, positive, problem-solver.
• Keen attention to detail.

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All applicants must have an unrestricted right to work in the UK as our client will not support visa sponsorship for this role.