Vendor Scheduler

Job description

Adecco are recruiting for a Vendor Scheduler for one of their clients to start as soon as possible.

The successful candidate will:

• To prepare achievable vendor schedules for a portfolio of allocated purchased raw materials and packaging, with a focus on cost, flexible responsiveness, safety stocks and inventory in order to support AI & FF&P production schedules and to propose, co-ordinate, implement and lead site planning initiatives to ensure supply objectives are met on time at agreed cost.

Requirements

• To produce and maintain a valid and accurate supply schedule for agreed raw materials and components to support production plans.
• To identify future supply constraints before they become current problems. Develops options for the resolution to ensure promised customer delivery dates are met as far as possible.
• To obtain delivery commitment from suppliers/contractors to support the schedules, ensuring that requirements can be met.
• To generate and place orders/releases/goods issues with suppliers/contractors against the requirements, monitor exception messages.
• Ensure that the supplier understands the levels of performance required against agreed standards and action or escalate substandard performance when necessary.
• Optimise stock levels to achieve targets
• Monitoring the stock
• Co-ordinate, changes in the label artwork programme that impact the manufacturing plan.
• To monitor and initiate correction for invoices blocked on quantity
• Participates and provides input to multifunctional teams (i.e. new product launches) and monitors stock/supply in case of phase-outs.

Knowledge:

• Knowledge/experience in a Manufacturing/Supply Chain environment
• Good knowledge of systems needs and capabilities.
• Good knowledge of process-interfaces with purchasing, plants, asset planners and suppliers
• Good knowledge of supply chain processes

Critical Experience/Skills

• Good knowledge of supply chain processes and work flow
• Prioritisation of workload & planning in a highly demanding environment
• Willing to take ownership and share knowledge/experience.
• Clear and effective communication both written & verbal
• Perform as an active team member through efficient communication and coordination with the associated functions.
• Proactive and self-managing
• Attention to detail/ accuracy.

Critical Leadership skills

• Communicate with impact
• Focus on customers
• Collaborate across boundaries.

This is a 6 month contract.

Next steps:

• Apply today, the client is looking for someone to interview and start as soon as possible!
• This position will be working from in store with COVID-19 procedures in place
• Please apply today with your up to date CV.

The Small Print

Whilst we'd love to get back to every applicant, it isn't always possible. So, if you haven't heard from us within 3-5 days, please note that your application has not been successful on this occasion.

Adecco acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers. The Adecco Group UK & Ireland is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

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