Job Title: Technical Administrator
Location: Andoversford
Salary: Circa £25,000
My client, a highly successful, fast-growing manufacturer of innovative hydraulic systems is looking to recruit for a Technical Administrator to join their Supply Chain team. You will report to the Global Production and Engineering Manager. With sites in UK, Australia, USA and China, my client is a global business satisfying the demand for high-quality products in over seventy countries on all seven continents.
As a growing, global, business there is potential opportunity for career progression and professional development.
Role Responsibilities:
My client is looking for a focused, organised Global Supply Chain Co-ordinator to facilitate the smooth running of the Global Operations Teams. We are recruiting this role to administer, manage and stream line some of the Operations function including parts of the order fulfilment, purchasing and costing processes across multiple locations.
The Global Supply Chain Co-ordinator will professionally demonstrate the company’s values being nimble, open and global in all interactions with customers, staff and visitors.
Main Duties:
- Manipulating, monitoring, measuring and reviewing data and processes using Sage and Excel.
- Effectively communicating this information through key systems to stakeholders.
- Delivering and managing key processes to enable the smooth running of the Auger Torque business including:
- Product Costings
- Group Company Pricing
- Group Company Ordering
- Strategic Purchase Processing
- Group Stock Management
- Weekly Order Review with Group Companies
- To bring fresh eyes to the operations processes to explore and implement improvements in collaboration with others.
- To ensure good communication is given either verbally or written to all members of staff .
- Supportive Problem solving and troubling shooting skills are used to resolve operational issues and encourage collaboration across the global team.
- To actively engage with the company’s continuous improvement plan to achieve plans for future growth within the operations function and company as a whole.
- Maintain housekeeping standards to ensure a clean and safe workplace particularly in the Operations office.
- Be able to make appropriate decisions utilising the company’s organisational structure.
- All employees are responsible for ensuring company resources are used in an effective manner to ensure best operating costs.
Key Attributes:
- Experience in an operations or manufacturing environment with previous experience in managing costing and processes is ideal but not essential.
- Must be advanced at using Excel to manage and manipulate data.
- Have a thorough, methodical, detailed and highly organised approach with a desire for process improvement.
- Someone who is keen to work flexibly with varied work as part of a busy team.
- Have confident initiative and can-do attitude.
- Able to work both independently and as part of a global team.
- Have a strength in being analytical and strategic – with a sound ability to stand back and consider both short- and long-term requirements.
Due to their attractive location in the Cotswolds, which is easily commutable from Cheltenham, Cirencester, Gloucester and Oxford, own transport is essential.