Inventory Administrator

A leading utilities company are seeking an Inventory Administrator to support them at their Birmingham office, B24 8DW. The role is paying £26,703 per annum, approximately £12.22 per hour, working 42 hours per week, and is a full time temporary ongoing role. The hours are 08:30 - 17:30 Monday to Friday.

Our client has a clear roadmap that will both drive their performance to the forefront of our industry and support the UK government in achieving their net zero target by 2050. They are making a difference through innovation and new ways of working. They are shaping/creating a cleaner, greener future for their 11 million customers, they put their heart into everything they do.

The Inventory Administrator will be responsible for ensuring that materials required by operational staff are available when and where required, and in the correct quantities, to enable efficient and effective operational performance.

Job Purpose

• Providing support to the team members ensuring accurate and timely data and management of information
• Provide brilliant quality customer service to all internal and external stakeholders
• Managing queries from both internal customers and third party suppliers, across a number of colleagues within the business, including liaison as necessary with colleagues within and outside the team to aid resolution via different communication channels
• Support collation of KPI source data for the Power BI team generating Logistics KPI's on a monthly basis to support reporting of Logistics departmental performance
• Maintain and develop working relationships. Communicate well up to a senior level.
• Work within and promote the philosophy of safe team working
• Contribute to a culture of continuous improvement and service excellence by adhering to agreed standard operating procedures and making suggestions for improvements
• Be inquisitive with an interest in developing existing skill set and learning new skills.

Key responsibilities

• Responsible for the creation and extension of material codes across all plants in Logistics
• Responsible for monitoring stock turnover ratio across all plants in Logistics and setting Re-order point/Min/Max levels accordingly
• Performing analysis on material usage at SKU level, advising and recommending where SKU's should be removed from stock-keeping
• Raising Purchase Orders to satisfy demand accordingly within defined parameters, managing orderbooks and expediting purchase orders with suppliers where necessary
• Owning and managing supplier non-conformances through to resolution
• Undertaking / managing key transactional processing activity for Supply Chain teams
• Provision of an effective query management service
• Using basic Performance Excellence tools and techniques to monitor process performance including the creation and review of reports and monthly trend analysis.

Knowledge and Experience

• Logistics / Supply Chain experience in a highly transactional/product related environment
• Possesses personal organisation skills, including workload management and prioritisation
• A high level of verbal and numerical reasoning skills
• Ability to use Microsoft Excel to an advanced level, including the use of PivotTables, and formulas
• Practical understanding of E-Sourcing Solutions such as Ariba, SAP, procurement systems and warehouse management systems.
• Ability to use Visio to articulate process's.

** All successful are required to undergo a DBS check before starting onsite**