Supply Chain Co-ordinator

We have an exciting opportunity to join our rapidly growing business based in Cheshire.

Here at Seatriever, home of illooms, we design, manufacture and distribute unique innovative products throughout the world in over 90 countries. Established in 2007, our award-winning business has offices in Cheshire and our own factory in China. We arean entrepreneurial business whose brand is now sold worldwide. We work with all major retailers across the UK, USA, Europe and beyond including, Walmart, Target, Tesco and Sainsbury's.

If you are looking for a fast-paced dynamic environment with a relaxed, fun culture then this is the place for you. We have excellent on-site facilities including games room, fully stocked kitchen, pizza Fridays and regular social events. This is a greatopportunity to play a key role as we continue to grow from strength to strength.

As an innovative and entrepreneurial consumer goods company with a start-up culture, we are looking for, highly organised tenacious people that can operate in an autonomous environment to help us deliver our ambitious plans.

**Key Responsibilities**:
Our **Supply Chain Co-ordinator** will co-ordinate factory purchase order placement and associated production receipt and deliver activities. They will also co-ordinate logistics activity, providing replenishment shipment specs, tracking shipmentsand updating the internal database and SAP system.

**Production & Orders**:

- Raising new orders and issuing them to the factory for production
- Timely completion of production receipts, goods receipts and delivery notes when orders are completed
- Liaise with the overseas factory to follow up on bulk and sample orders and receive the production in SAP
- Process operational paperwork from day-to-day work ensuring all time-sensitive tasks are completed on time, in full
- Investigate factory components inventory discrepancies and update SAP
- New SKU set up in SAP as part of project activity to ensure orders can be placed
- Ensure that all production orders have been received and delivered in a timely manner in SAP for accurate month-end financial reporting

**Logistics Administration**:

- Co-ordinate internal shipments from departure in China to arrival in warehouse
- Working with the Head of Operations to confirm shipping schedules
- Raising service purchase orders on SAP for shipments ensuring accuracy for smooth invoicing
- Maintaining status updates on internal database's
- Preparing all customs and export documents
- Sending pre-alerts to third-party warehouses of shipment arrivals and booking slots for stock receipt
- Pro-active communication with freight forwarders to ensure and delays are minimized
- Receive training to provide holiday cover to other team members within the operations department.

**Qualifications / Knowledge**:

- Ideally degree educated
- Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office 365, especially Excel but including Word, PowerPoint and Outlook
- Experience of SAP
- Project administration knowledge is desirable
- Shipping and customs knowledge is desirable
- Exceptional attention to detail and organisational skills, with an ability to prioritise tasks
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Efficient at problem-solving and have a proactive attitude
- Strong commercial understanding and awareness
- Confident in dealing with supplier queries over the telephone
- A high level of numeracy

**Experience**:

- Experience in a cross-functional administration support role in an FMCG company is essential
- Experience in a shipping/ logistics administration role is desirable
- Experience within a warehouse administration role is desirable
- Experience within a stock inventory role is desirable
- Experience liaising with Far East factories is desirable

**Salary & Benefits**:

- £22k-24k per/annum
- Generous Health Cash Plan
- 21 days holiday, rising to 26 days with service
- Contributory pension (Employer 4%)
- Good working environment with fully stocked kitchen
- Pizza Friday lunches weekly, as well as regular social events including activities, meals & drinks

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a real success story and work in an innovative and entrepreneurial environment.

**How to Apply**

If you are interested please send your CV **along with your current salary / expectations and details of any applicable notice period.**

**Please note this is a **full time, office based role** & so you will need to commute to our Northwich office daily