Supply Chain Co-ordinator

**Position: Supply Chain Co-ordinator**

**Company: JK Foods**

**Hours: 40 hours per week (exc breaks)**

**Shift Pattern: Monday - Friday 8am -4.30pm or 8.30am-5pm**

**Salary: Dependant on skills and experience**

**Location: Nottingham (Office Based)**

**Start date: ASAP**

**The Opportunity**:
We have a fantastic new opportunity for a Supply Chain Co-ordinator to join our JK Foods Head Office team at Nottingham.

**The Role**:
As the Supply Chain Co-ordinator, based at Head Office Nottingham, you will be a valued member of the Procurement Team. You will be responsible for ensuring that all customers orders are despatched on time and delivered in full to the destination in the most cost effective, time dependent manner, processing and tracking purchase orders with customers, and assisting with other department administrative tasks as needed.

**Key Result Areas, Tasks and Main Duties**:

- Work closely with Sales/Buying to identify the required stocking levels of our retail customers and ensure we maintain service level at 98+% on all orders delivered.
- Manage our external haulier contracts and improve the relationships with key service providers in meeting our service and cost objectives.
- Working in collaboration with the Senior Buyer and Warehouse Operations Manager to ensure launch availability at 100% for all new lines with the UK supermarkets and mainstream customers.
- Coordinating with customers Supply Chain team on forecasting, promotion planning, and any issues in fulfilment of orders.
- Maintaining and updating the sales forecast document on weekly basis. This includes downloading/processing the EPOS data from the retailer’s website.
- Ensure optimum stock holding at the third-party warehouses at all times and manage stock transfer to same.
- Provide appropriate customer support in relation to new product launches
- completing new line forms, product codes, samples/mock-ups.
- Build excellent freight forwarding and agent relationships to help maintain freight costs to the minimum, and at least, in line with market rates.
- To keep all relevant paperwork and documents up to date and accurate.
- Provide early warning of impeding products or stock problems to relevant colleagues.
- Identify and understand complex supply chain data issues and drive them to solution
- Liaise with Warehouse Stock Controller to ensure stock is accurate in the warehouse against stock management data. Investigate and ensure correction of any stock discrepancies.
- Oversee the level of stock that is blocked for selected trade channels, ensuring the stock levels are not excessive in terms of months cover

**Experience**:

- A demonstrable track record of working in supply chain, ideally with food and drink products.
- Experience in Far East shipments/freights would be advantageous for this role.
- Demonstrable data analysis and negotiation skills
- Experience in maintaining stock management software - experience of Slimstock or Orderwise would be particularly beneficial

**Skills**:

- High attention to detail and accuracy
- Self-sufficiency in Microsoft office packages especially Excel
- Self-driven and motivated to achieve results
- Good communication, analytical and numerical skills
- A quick learner who can work efficiently and effectively as part of a team
- 30 days annual leave (Including bank holidays), Pro rata for part time employees
- Auto enrolment pension.
- Free onsite parking

**The Company**:
JK Foods - is a leading UK importer and distributor of oriental foods from Asia and the Far East, selling and delivering across a wide range of markets including Chinese restaurants and Takeaways, wholesalers and major supermarkets. Each product (own label and branded) is carefully sourced from the country of origin capturing its unique richness and character and impeccable quality control ensures their products are leading the field across all categories. Our own brand, Tiger Tiger was launched to meet the growing demand for authentic premium Asian food. Tiger Tiger has a range of products allowing consumers to experience restaurant quality food in their own homes in a convenient and delicious manner.

JK foods is a growing business and a dynamic place to work. Our success is reliant on our staff feeling engaged, motivated and valued and we are continually investing and developing the business to make it a better place to work and provide customer satisfaction.

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Free parking
- On-site parking

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Nottingham, NG7 2UT: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Experience**:

- Supply chain: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location: One location