Interim Packaging Buyer (Wine Jobs: Management & Administration)

  Kingsland Drinks

  Manchester, England

Salary: £25K-30K dependent on experience
Holiday: 23 days increasing with service
Hours of work: 37.5 hours per week 8.30 – 4.45pm
Benefits: Death in service 3 times salary – if made into a permanent role, AE pension, Access to the staff shop
12 month contract

Overall job purpose

To manage the purchasing of all non-printed packaging to agreed parameters. To assist in the escalation of any packaging quality issues and to be a point of escalation within the department to help resolve day to day issues.

Principle accountabilities

• To manage the ordering of all non printed packaging to agreed volumes and pricing, whilst managing stock holding levels on site.
• Hold regular reviews with key packaging suppliers to monitor performance in conjunction with the packaging technologist
• Attend both internal and external customer meetings when required to discuss requirements/ contribution from a materials perspective.
• Attend new product introduction meeting and any other project based meetings when appropriate.
• Chair the weekly packaging review meeting to ensure that any packaging quality issues are addressed by the appropriate department in a timely fashion, and to liaise with the planning department for the planning of any trials into the business.
• When the planning and materials manager and the logistics manager are not available, be a point of escalation in the department to help resolve day to day issues
• Any other duties as required.

Education/skill:

•  Graduate calibre
• Intermediate excel skills including pivot tables, v look ups
• Experience of using an erp system
• Packaging buying experience
• Management/ team leading experience

Additional training:

• Company induction programme (up to 1 month)
• Additional computer systems training (job specific) (8 weeks)

Responsibility for equipment/plant:

• Company mobile phone
• Company laptop

Responsibility for product/ customer service/ business support:

• Ensuring that all materials are available to support the plan and quick resolution of any quality issues are key to optimisation of service level and the manufacturing of a product that is fit for sale

Responsibility for people:

• Dotted line responsibility for production planner, product change co-ordinator and contract packing co-ordinator

Responsibility for information/finance:

• This role is expected to be discreet and circumspect in their use of sensitive cost/contribution/profit information.
• Confidentiality is very important because the implications of revealing information that is commercially sensitive could be far reaching e.g. Loss of business.

Problem solving:

• Working in the logistics environment the individual should aim to be solutions driven and treat problem solving as an essential part of role.
• There is a degree of flexibility, ingenuity and lateral thinking allowed, to propose solutions to be discussed with the logistics manager

Working environment:

The role will be based in the logistics office, which overlooks the production hall – so there is a degree of background noise.

Contacts

• Timely, accurate and effective communication of information is vital both internally to relevant support functions and externally to key contacts with suppliers.
• The impact of missing deadlines or providing erroneous information can have significant commercial implications, so accuracy of information and attention to detail are important in this role.

Mental/physical effort:

• This role will involve having customer/supplier interface and you need to be able to think/react quickly to situations.
• Problem solving is a key part of the role.
• Ability to meet deadlines/ work under pressure will be a key skill.

Other relevant comments:

• In this role you need to be smart in personal appearance to present a professional image of the company at all times.
• A good command of grammar is also vital as a part of effective communication skills.

How To Apply

If you are interested in this role please send your CV and covering letter to [email protected].

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