Job Title: Inventory Coordinator
Working Hours: 40 per week
Location: Manchester

Main Responsibilities and Duties:

* Establishing initial stock holding figures for base fabrics and coated fabric stocks to ensure the Fabrics Division is able to satisfy requirements.

* Establish and review stock holding figures ensuring this is communicated to the General Manager.

* To assist with reviewing lead times from suppliers to ensure fabric stock cover is always available at the Fabrics Division.

* To assist with the monitoring of sales of fabric and work with suppliers and the sales team to minimise the levels of redundant stock as fabric programmes are discontinued.

* Ensure Purchase orders are raised and expedited in line with sales and stock demands.

* To liaise with suppliers regarding rejected base fabric to ensure they recognise their responsibility to replace reject fabric quickly with perfect base.

* To liaise with the QC team to raise debits against none conformance documentation.

* Create and Maintain Supplier Database of Sampling , Trials and Bulk Production Communication.

* Liase with Suppliers to Ensure Finished Standards and Specifications are available To liaise with the production planning team to advise levels of finished stockholding required to fulfil stock levels of finished stock in advance of requirement.

* To use trend analysis to identify sales cycles and provide alerts to appropriate colleagues and fabric suppliers To support with purchasing, shipping and exporting when required.

* To adhere to the Company's Health and Safety standards as defined in the Health and Safety Policy.

* To perform within the requirements of your position.

* To provide general administrative duties when required.

* Occasional Worldwide travel may be required.

* To carry out any other duties when required. This may involve working in other departments.

Essential Criteria:

* Experience in planning, purchasing and managing the flow of materials and supplies through an organisation.

* Experience of sourcing from Europe and the Far East.

* Experience of Fabrics and Textiles

* Familiar with modern inventory management system.

* Experience of using Microsoft AX.

* Good interpersonal skills.

* Ability to train others.

* Knowledge of MS Office (including Microsoft Excel, Word and Outlook).

* Basic knowledge of shipping.

* Excellent communication skills and a polite, confident telephone manner.

Our Values:

1. Trust, Integrity and Respect - in everything we do.

2. Individual Development - helping our people grow and develop.

3. Commitment, Resilience and Ambition - in pursuit of our goals.

4. Continuous Improvement - in everything we do