Total 3 job vacancies by Manpower UK Limited

Manpower is currently recruiting for a Warehouse Wrapper to work for a family ran business in Oxford.
Your main duties will be to wrap finished products ready for deliveries and support unloading/loading vans for deliveries.
Monday to Friday, working 7.30-4.30pm, 40hrs per week.

• 1 hour lunch
• 4 weeks holiday
• NEST Pension

Starting Salary:

• £23,975 per annum

Main Duties:
* To products in various materials.
* Assist with deliveries of coffins and other items for stock.
* Any other tasks deemed necessary, including keeping the warehouse tidy.

Desirable Skills:

• Candidate should be physically able to move around easily.
• Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines is desirable.
• To be able to work individually as well as part of a team
• Good team player

Training:

• Full training will be given if necessary.

General Details:

• The company is family run and therefore roles are flexible, and candidates should be a good all-rounder and able to work as part of a team.

If interested, please get in contact with a Manpower Representative

An excellent position has become available with a manufacturing Company in South Oxford for a purchasing assistant to work with the purchasing team to ensure all direct and indirect materials are available on time and purchased at the most cost-effective price.
You will be responsible for managing the cost-effective procurement of materials, goods and services into the business to support business requirements and ensure your allocated suppliers are performing to agreed KPI.
Your success will ultimately be judged on how well suppliers perform and the contribution to the business bottom line, through pricing and availability of material.
Main Duties:

• Raising purchase orders
• Raising and reviewing purchase requests
• Requesting quotations
• Attending and representing procurement in project meetings
• Liaise with finance department about incoming goods and invoice discrepancies.
• Liaise with sales about new pricing and lead times and piece parts so that's sales can estimate more accurately
• Sending weekly open order reports
• Regular vendor meetings
• Relationship building with suppliers
• Chase orders overdue date and report as required.
• File keeping, traceability of POs and credit card payments.

Qualifications and Experience:

• A qualification in Purchasing (CIPS) (Desirable but not essential.
• If you don't possess a CIPS qualification, would you have a willingness to obtain one that may include out of hours or distance learning?
• 3 years' experience using MRP/ERP/SAP or similar and are you competent in its use for placing and reviewing Purchase Orders and updating parts and supplier or customer data?
• Experienced in supplier or customer management.
• Demonstrate a competency in the use of MS Office Suite, including Excel, Word & Outlook?
• Experience of working in a manufacturing environment ( a marine manufacturing business would be an advantage).
• Possess a good level of Maths and English - Preferably 5 above in GCSE Maths & English or equivalent.
• Demonstrate a professional and entrepreneurial attitude to purchasing.
• Possess excellent communication and assertiveness skills
• Flexible and reliable
• Self-motivated and able to multi-task
• Demonstrate the ability to work under pressure to meet multiple project deadlines.

In this role you need to have great people skills, analytical approach to decisions and be an
effective communicator including being a good listener.
The hours are Monday - Friday 8.00am - 4.30pm, salary range is £30 - £35k depending on
experience with full training given. 23 days holiday, a yearly bonus, Bupa Healthcare and
contributed Pension along with plenty of free parking.
Due to the location, you must have your own transport.

An excellent position has become available with a manufacturing client of mine in Oxford for a buyer to work with the purchasing team to ensure all direct and indirect materials are available on time and purchased at the most cost-effective price.
You will be responsible for managing the cost-effective procurement of materials, goods and services into the business to support business requirements and ensure your allocated suppliers are performing to agreed KPI.
Your success will ultimately be judged on how well suppliers perform and the contribution to the business bottom line, through pricing and availability of material.

Main Duties:

• Sourcing and placement of orders for contract and non-contract items using appropriate MRP reports and manual requisitions.
• Negotiation lower pricing whenever possible.
• Maintenance of Supplier details on the MRP system and review of supplier performance.
• Responsible for monitoring supplier performance and developing improvement programmes.
• Maintenance of minimum stock levels against MRP requirements.
• Adjust component MRP parameters to achieve on time availability and appropriate batch sizes.
• Progress chasing outstanding PO's in liaison with Production Control.
• Assist Stores personnel when required including stocktaking etc.
• Assist Production Control when required to progress work through the factory.
• Assist in other areas of the Company as required against reasonable requests.

Qualifications and Experience:

• A qualification in Purchasing (CIPS) (Desirable but not essential.
• If you don't possess a CIPS qualification, would you have a willingness to obtain one that may include out of hours or distance learning?
• 3 years' experience using MRP/ERP/SAP or similar and are you competent in its use for placing and reviewing Purchase Orders and updating parts and supplier or customer data?
• Experienced in supplier or customer management.
• Demonstrate a competency in the use of MS Office Suite, including Excel, Word & Outlook?
• Experience of working in a manufacturing environment ( a marine manufacturing business would be an advantage).
• Possess a good level of Maths and English - Preferably 5 above in GCSE Maths & English or equivalent.
• Demonstrate a professional and entrepreneurial attitude to purchasing.
• Possess excellent communication and assertiveness skills
• Flexible and reliable
• Self-motivated and able to multi-task
• Demonstrate the ability to work under pressure to meet multiple project deadlines.

In this role you need to have great people skills, analytical approach to decisions and be an
effective communicator including being a good listener.
The hours are Monday - Friday 8.00am - 4.30pm, salary range is £32 - £38k depending on
experience with full training given. 23 days holiday, a yearly bonus, Bupa Healthcare and
contributed Pension along with plenty of free parking.
Due to the location, you must have your own transport.