Total 2 business management project planning job vacancies in Purchasing / Procurement / Inventory category in Manchester, M12 6JH

Duties include, but may not be limited to the following:

• Inventory Management and Control: Responsible for the management and control of an assigned class of expendable material; serves as the point of contact for the coordination of material support and resolution of logistic problems; conducts forecasting and quantitative analysis; conducts spot checks; and complies with special requirements for firearms, ammunition and sensitive equipment.
• Returns, Recalls, and Reutilization: Implements federal and agency programs for the return and reutilization of medical supplies; coordinates disposal of surplus or excess supplies; makes emergent procurement decisions; and participates in root cause analysis process.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

• This position is in the Competitive Service.
• Interchange Agreements with Other Merit System: Employees who occupy medical or medical-related positions and were appointed under 38 U.S.C. 4701(1) or (3) [formerly 38 U.S.C. 4104 (1) and (3)] must be serving in a full-time position without time limit and have served continuously for at least one year in this other merit system to be eligible to convert to the Title 5 System. Some exceptions to this rule may apply if you have previously acquired tenure under a Title 5 appointment.
• Current Federal employees must submit copies of their most recent SF-50, (Notice of Personnel Action). The SF-50 must identify the position title, series, grade, step, tenure and type of service (Competitive or Excepted). In some cases, more than one SF-50 may be required to show a higher grade previously held.
• This position is NAGE Bargaining Unit.
• This position is covered by locality-based comparability pay.
• Veterans' preference does not apply for internal or other current permanent Federal agency employees.
• Selectee may be required to work at any VA Manchester Health Care System campus or CBOC, as needed.
• Incomplete applications will not be considered.

Procurement and Materials Planning Specialist - 6-month contract with a view to extend

Salary is £38,000

Working: 37.5 per week 08:30 - 16:30

Flexible approach to Hybrid

Overall purpose of the Job:

To work with our current Procurement and Materials Planning Specialist to ensure sufficient stock level of each raw material on site (acids, feedstocks, additives, plastic packaging) to support the manufacturing plan/ ensuring that we've got enough space on site to discharge tanks & unload trucks. This will require daily communication across both internal teams and external suppliers

Responsibilities and duties:

• Materials Planning - via integrated teams' meetings - Operations, Commercial, Logistics and Customer Services
• Raising Purchase Orders - Both direct and indirect
• Planning & Executing Supplier Delivery Management (Expedite and re-planning deliveries) Exception messages
• Purchase Order Price and delivery date amendment.
• Yard Scheduling - updating to and schedule additions for both inbound and outbound bulk materials

• Invoice query resolution - Qty, Price and GRN issue

• Support Supplier review meetings

• Planning and ordering safety stocks -working closely with manufacturing to understand run rates looking up to eight weeks out
• Attend weekly SIOP and Sales and Production meetings

• Reconciliation of invoices against shipments - constant communication with finance

• Ensure that health and safety guidelines and practices are maintained and developed.

You will have a minimum of three years' experience in manufacturing raw materials planning and purchasing role, be proficient in data entry using ERP systems - SAP/SyteLine etc and have supply chain experience

• Practical, Physically active

• Self-Starter needing minimal supervision and a Team player

It would be beneficial if you have a Business qualification and SAP experience

Call Emma on 07483919913 OR send me your updated CV