Procurement & Purchasing Assistant in Blackburn - CV-Library

Our client is a market leading FMCG business and due to continued expansion they are now looking to recruit a Procurement & Purchasing Assistant to join the growing team.

This is a highly varied role where you will work with the Raw Materials MRP Controller to manage packaging stock levels and ensure the correct packaging is in the right place at the right time for production plans. You will be responsible for managing packaging stock levels, ensuring smooth production operations, and maintaining strong supplier relationships.

Typical duties will include:

* Ensure uninterrupted production by managing site packaging stocks within budget and warehouse capacity.

* Establish and maintain strong supplier relationships.

* Monitor delivery status, ensuring on-time and in-full (OTIF) deliveries, and resolve delivery issues.

* Coordinate with the warehouse to manage incoming deliveries and address non-deliveries.

* Generate and distribute weekly/monthly forecast reports internally and externally.

* Collaborate with suppliers to produce and update weekly stock sheets, agree on print runs, and place necessary orders within contracts.

* Monitor delisted materials to reduce waste and challenge sales forecasts to minimise liability.

* Produce and monitor supplier service reports.

* Maintain the ERP system, resolving BOM/SKU errors and improving the MRP process and system.

* Provide backup support for the raw material MRP controller