Inventory Coordinator

**Inventory Coordinator**

**Hull, Monday - Friday, 37.5 hours per week**

**Who are Humdinger?**

At Humdinger Foods we take nuts, seeds, fruit and pulses and turn them into delicious snacks for both own label and branded ranges. Over the years we have developed a strong and expanding portfolio of products, built on a reputation for quality and product innovation. You’ve probably tried our products before, without even realising

We are based in Heckington (Sleaford) and Hull and we are part of the Zertus UK & Ireland Snacking & Chocolate Market Unit partnered with other food manufacturers across the country.

**About the Inventory Coordinator role**:
Reporting to the Inventory Manager, in this role you will plan and manage the supply of materials for our delicious snacking products, to ensure that our production targets are met. You will actively participate in actions to reduce wasted stock (stock obsolescence).

**Key responsibilities of an** **Inventory Coordinator at Humdinger**:

- Plan and manage the supply of inbound materials to ensure production schedules are met in full.
- Review & action all system generated messages.
- Ensure that suppliers are booking in in a timely manner and issue weekly schedules to suppliers.
- Ensure that PO’s are scheduled/booked as per our required delivery dates.
- Generate CO’s on QAD ensuring correct line status is entered and issued to suppliers.
- To manage the return to supplier stock, within the agreed timeframe.
- Monitor stock holding levels to ensure inventory targets are upheld.
- Ensure all system management (cross functionally) is accurate delivering the correct behaviours.
- Preparation towards weekly stock dashboard and associated senior meetings.
- Investigate material deviations and take corrective actions where necessary.
- Work closely with suppliers to build strong working relationships.
- To ensure invoice queries are resolved in a timely manner.
- Schedule all inbound transfers with 3PL (third party warehouse) aligning requirements with system demand.
- Escalate where planning rules are broken and facilitate adhoc requests where needed isolating repeat offenders.
- Capture and escalate where item site planning date does not meet business levels or where increased flexibility is needed ensuring master data governance is core to ways of working.
- Coordinate with all pillars of supply chain in co packing activities.
- Work with procurement in establishing primary and secondary delivery locations.
- With all pillars of Supply Chain, work to create a robust and reflective OTIF process with RCA on service fails.
- Expedite and de expedite all items in line with production plans and inventory targets.
- Generate Stock at Supplier delivery requests and issue to supplier.
- Attend internal & external meetings and complete actions.
- Establish and distribute short-dated stock to wider business and facilitate all corrective actions highlighting areas of risk and counter measures.
- Highlight and raise any internal concessions with the relevant QA team.
- Trending analysis of repeat offenders for management review To run raw material & packaging stock shortage reports.

**Skills you’ll need to succeed in as** **an** **Inventory Coordinator at Humdinger**:

- Excellent organizational skills and experience in an administrative function.
- Experience in materials management/control processes within a manufacturing environment.
- Effective interpersonal communication skills.
- Effective and responsive decision making.
- Good knowledge of Excel is required, to assist with maintaining and developing key reporting tools.
- Experience in materials management/control processes within a manufacturing environment.
- Good analytical and numerical skills together with the ability to communicate effectively and build highly effective relationships with key cross functional personnel.
- Strong knowledge of MRP/ERP systems is desirable.
- A natural team player, with a proactive, collaborative approach with an ability to motivate others.
- Ability to cultivate, understand and anticipate the needs of the customer and to provide effective solutions and recommendations.
- Can do approach and open to change.
- Able to work under pressure and to tight deadlines in a fast paced dynamic business, handling conflicting demands.

**Rewards & benefits - what can Humdinger offer you?**
- Attractive company Pension scheme and life assurance scheme at x4 basic
- Company paid Health Care Cash Plan via Paycare plus access to Paycare Perks for high street and retailer discounts
- 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
- Holiday purchase scheme - purchase an additional 5 days leave per year
- Charity fundraising and team events
- One additional day paid leave for charity/community work
- Discounts via our staff shops
- Employee values wards
- Referral bonus vouchers
- Training and development opportunities
- Bespoke training for new factory workers
- Free parking at all manufacturing s