Purchasing and Production Coordinator
Salary: £22-25K
West London

Fantastic opportunity to join this well-known soft furnishings company. This is a great team and successful company to join with a positive, team based culture.

This is a newly created position to support the Purchasing Manager.


Key responsibilities:
- Provide interface between Product Development and Purchasing to ensure all new launches proceed smoothly and to agreed schedules.
- Ensure all terms and prices are agreed with new product suppliers and documented clearly.
- Liaise with relevant departments to determine opening order quantities taking in to account requirements for pattern books, sampling, cushions and kitbags.
- Place opening orders with suppliers for fabrics, wallpapers, cushions and blankets at agreed prices and to predetermined delivery schedules.
- Prepare detailed specifications of pattern books in conjunction with Product Development recommendations
- Progress production with suppliers for all deliveries until completion of first order.
- Coordinate information flow with QC and Goods In personnel, monitoring movement of stock.
- Production of prototype and first 100 sets of all new pattern books.
- Negotiation of terms with suppliers in concert with the Product Development personnel including shipping.
- Match invoices to goods received to ensure pricing and quantities delivered are correct.
- Maximise margin at all times by ensuring best prices are achieved without compromising quality.
- Ensure all new supplier details and terms and conditions are clearly agreed, accounts raised and information filed for easy access: i.e. payment terms, lead times, min order quantities, prices and contact details.

Requirements:
Previous experience in the soft furnishings, interior design or textile industry is essential
You will also have previous experience within purchasing, sales support or production co-ordination.
You will have excellent communication skills and strong numeric skills including Excel
Fluency in a European language, particularly Italian would be a great advantage

We thank you for your interest. If you have not heard from us within 48 hours, in this instance, your application has not been successful. However, we do advise you to regularly visit the Kerr Multilingual website – www.kerrmultilingual.com - to review many new job opportunities in which you may be interested.