Material Logistics Coordinator

Job Description

We are recruiting for a Material Logistics Coordinator based in Ipswich. With safety, quality, efficiency and customer service as a priority the Material Logistics Coordinator will be a critical part of the business. Using your import and export knowledge you will facilitate the receiving moving and shipping of supplies, stock materials and products. You will manage the flow of orders requiring strong reliance on monitoring and co-ordination of delivery pickup and/or drop off schedules. You will execute the logistics plan for both domestic and international projects with an emphasis on controlling costs while meeting schedule, customer and compliance requirements.

Key tasks

• Receiving material in to the facility and distribution to the appropriate points of use.

• Picking, packing & dispatching customer orders.
• Maintain good inventory accuracy by having a meticulous level of detail.
• Working in a FIFO manner to ensure all jobs are processed sequentially.
• Managing courier deliveries and collections and tracking accordingly
• Interface with worldwide customs, freight forwarders and clearing agents
• Maintaining accurate stock holding and performing inventory counts where applicable
• Identifying, investigating and processing inventory discrepancies
• Loading and unloading deliveries manually and via fork lift truck operation
• Ensuring timely despatch of sales orders to the daily sales order backlog
• Updating data on all spread sheets required for exports and import compliance
• Processing non-conforming stock on receipt and through reject procedures
• Highlight improvement opportunities. 
• Help to ensure all processes are documented to required standard
• Various mechanical assembling of accessorises and small pick and pack assemblies for all Genevac product lines
• Inspection of components using gauges and tools
• Record keeping of products assembled and/or tested
• Working in any production department on inspection and small assembly where workload deems necessary
• Ad Hoc administration support for production departments.

Additional Information

Essential Skills:

• A good team player with the ability to work without supervision.
• Good communications skills.
• IT literate, MS Office, use of the Internet
• Always maintaining a positive approach, an essential trait in a department that has many different inputs and challenges.
• The ability to seek and implement improvement opportunities.
• Quality awareness
• Knowledge of import export procedures and customs requirements
• Very organised with great attention to detail

Ideal Experience:

Knowledge of working within a receiving and/or distribution environment.

Manual Handling Operations and EHS expectations when moving a variety of weights.

Kinetic Lifting Methods

Experience in mechanical assembly within a light engineering environment

HMRC customs compliance