Job title: Expeditor

Job Type: Contract

IR35 Status: Inside of IR35

Start date: ASAP

Duration: 6 months

Salary/ Pay rate/ Benefits: £16/h PAYE, £20.89 UMBRELLA

Location: Widnes

Hours of work: Day Shift, Across Monday - Friday 5 day pattern

Role information:

To expedite deliveries and resolve supplier issues in order to secure material availability to satisfy all Operational/Sales/Contractual requirements

Principal accountabilities

• Ensuring that materials are expedited to the schedule required for the contract.
• Ensuring that the status of all orders and deliveries is accurately maintained.
• Liasing with other departments as necessary to ensure continuity of order progress
• Raising new purchase orders as required.
• Expediting rejected material
• Visiting Suppliers as required
• To understand, measure and reduce missing parts on a daily basis and work with all parties to understand the root cause of missing parts.
• Development and updating of Supplier performance measures in key areas of Supplier performance
• To hold regular Supplier review meetings to discuss performance, delivery schedules and day to day business issues.
• Communicate and improve any errors found to static data files.
• Ensure clean and tidy working environment
• Control and management of free issue material.

Performance Measurement

• Material availability vs. Operational/Sales/Contractual requirements.
• Percentage of Supplier On Time in Full Deliveries
• Performance against Availability Measures.
• Open overdue orderbook.

Applicants must have experience of the following:

• Good working knowledge of SAP.
  • Good negotiation skills.
  • Good interpersonal skills and ability to communicate to all levels of a business.
  • Self-directed and results focused.
  • Good IT MS Office applications especially Excel.
  • Able to prioritize multiple requirements.
  • Educated to GCSE standard with good grades in English and Maths

Ideally applicants should also have:

• 3 Years experience in a Procurement/Supply Chain role or discipline.
• Rail industry experience.
• Experience of communicating with suppliers.
• Experience of co-ordinating the activities of other functions to achieve results.

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Company information:

This contract vacancy is being advertised by Rullion Ltd

Since 1978, Rullion has been securing exceptional candidates for a range of clients; from large well-known brands to SMEs and start-ups. As a family-owned business, Rullion's approach is credible and honest, focused on building long-lasting relationships with both clients and candidates.

Rullion is a forward-thinking recruitment company that specialises in providing a wide range of talent consultancy services to a diverse client base; from small start-ups to large household names.

We celebrate and support diversity and are committed to ensuring equal opportunities for both employees and applicants.

Rullion celebrates and supports diversity and is committed to ensuring equal opportunities for both employees and applicants.