Supply Chain Coordinator - Career Development Opportunity

Supply Chain Coordinator - Career Development Opportunity
Cirencester, GL7
£18,000 - £22,000 depending upon experience + Benefits

++ Are you a logical person with good customer service skills who would like to train in our fast moving transport / logistics department? ++ 

We are the UK’s leading distributor of timber and are looking for an organised administrator with good communication and IT skills to join our team based in Cirencester. The role provides an excellent opportunity to join a professional organisation to learn about commerce and from which to develop further.

The Company

We are the leading distributor of planed strength graded softwood and engineered wood products to the roof truss and timber frame manufacturing industries, as well as to timber and builders’ merchants. Established in 1983, with our Head Office in Cirencester, we operate as a specialist just-in-time distributor to national customers as well as to regional and local companies. The timber, from sawmills in Finland and Sweden, already kiln dried, planed, strength graded, packaged and fully wrapped, is shipped to four distribution terminals in the UK and Ireland and then on to the customer. 

The company employs 41 staff, has a turnover of £100m+ and works with a group of long standing partners and subcontractors in the sawmills, distribution terminals, sea shipping and haulage companies. We have won many awards for our products and services and pride ourselves on our professional and personal approach. 

We are the largest forest-owner association in Sweden and an international forest industry Group. Our operations are based on responsible forestry and on industries where we convert the raw material into sawn timber, paper and dissolving pulp, and green energy.

We offer an excellent benefits and remuneration package and have a proven track record in developing and retaining our employees. 

The Supply Chain Coordinator Opportunity:

Reporting to the Transport Manager the role-holder will organise delivery of optimum loads of timber from the terminal to merchants and manufacturers, schedule treatment of timber and administer all the other related processes that take place at the operating sites.

Working in a fast paced industry with a company which is growing year on year, you would be responsible, after training for:

+ Receiving sales orders, scheduling single and multi-drop deliveries to customers and checking arrangements have been actioned
+ Liaising with hauliers to secure cost effective services
+ Constantly ensuring optimum vehicle utilisation, working with hauliers local to the distribution points and also back load contractors
+ Contacting the terminals to organise treatment of timber in a timely and cost effective manner
+ Handling all inbound calls assertively 
+ Liaising with Sales departments to determine priorities, meet customer expectations and ensure cost effective loads
+ Arranging all loads in correct order for weight and delivery time in accordance with legislation and VOSA
+ Analysing activities, monitoring cost for each delivery and reporting on efficiencies
+ Carrying out all required administration and processing on both manual and computer systems

Preferred Experience & Skills:

+ Excellent customer service skills with a confident, clear and assertive telephone manner
+ Be able to communicate clearly and effectively with suppliers and customers at all levels, via telephone, e-mail and in person
+ Organised and tenacious with good attention to detail
+ Ability to prioritise workloads and meet deadlines whilst working under pressure, handling up to 100 calls a day
+ Previous experience in a fast paced customer service or operations department would be valuable but not essential
+ Good IT skills and ability to analyse spreadsheets and produce reports
+ An ability to understand and visualise size and units would also be an advantage
+ Newly qualified graduates with strong organisation, analytical and customer service skills will also be considered 

Remuneration package:

+ Salary: £18-22k depending upon experience 
+ Hours of work: 40 per week, 8am – 5pm with 1 hour for lunch
+ Holidays: 25 days per year plus statutory holidays
+ Performance bonus: Annual payments dependent upon company individual performance
+ Contributory pension scheme: Generous company contribution
+ Other benefits such as health and dental cover

You may have worked in the following capacities:
Transport Assistant, Logistics Coordinator, Supply Chain Graduate, Business Graduate, Assistant Transport Coordinator.

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