Location: Manchester
Type: Permanent
Industry: FMCG
Job Ref: TGN5255
The Company:
An excellent opportunity for a Senior Merchandiser to join a successful FMCG company working with Blue Chip Retailers
This is a really exciting role in a fast-paced working environment
The Role:
* Raising Purchase Orders and Customer Sales Orders
* Manage the critical path for your orders.
* Liaise with the Account Managers, Shipping, Design and Tech teams to ensure the smooth running of the critical path.
* Where relevant, order and / or send out labelling and packaging to suppliers.
* Generate progress reports.
* Arrange new product order handover meetings with various departments.
* Critical path order management with all parties to ensure on time deliveries to customer – escalating any issues to the account manager.
* Direct communication with customers from order confirmation to delivery/shipment.
* Liaise with shipping team to make sure vessel bookings are made in line with Customer and UK requirements.
* Weekly order book update (tracker’s) to all customers – highlighting any delays/issues.
* Working closely with the Planning/Purchasing team and advising them of when components/packaging are arriving and any delays so no issues to production planning.
* Working closely with the dispatch department on customer deliveries so customers can be always updated.
* Will need to attend weekly customer calls and customer meetings as and when required.
Skills Required:
* Previous experience in a similar role is ideal.
* Excellent communication skills and interpersonal skills are essential.
* Ability to manage a busy workload with targeted deadlines
* Excellent IT skills, Excel etc
* Previous experience managing a critical path
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