Consumables Buyer - Volmary Ltd - Wisbech Saint Mary, Cambridgeshire
(2014-01)
Spearhead sourcing and purchasing activities to maintain optimal stock levels at all times. Compile seasonal forecasts and reports to develop schedules in collaboration with suppliers. Formulate supplier delivery schedules to drive smooth production transitions.
Negotiate product pricing structures with various suppliers to acquire best prices. Prepare stock purchase orders. Arrange supplier meetings and visits on continuous basis to gain consensus on key projects.
Cooperate in new product development initiatives and identify operational requirements.
- Generated ~35% saving on sundries, including pots, polythene, and compost by highlighting benefits of bulk purchasing to facilitate savings in product costs.
Packaging Stock Controller - Intergreen - Holbeach, Lincolnshire
(2008-01 - 2014-12)
Calculated current stock levels and updated computer system to reflect accurate data. Analysed MRP and ATP reports to verify optimal stock holding. Led supplier liaison to place stock orders and guide continuous production in alignment to schedules.
Conducted audits in partnership with hire companies to adjust assets as needed. Planned, organised, and coordinated wrap folding production during peak and off-peak periods. Identified alternatives prior to arising of issues.
Ensured maintenance of stock levels by conferring with Dutch and UK buying teams.
- Ensured no shortfalls in packaging by utilizing ATP and MRP functions to steer ordering and delivery of products within set timeframes, and sourcing alternative substitutes for buying team to avoid production disruptions.
- Decreased audit costs with 90% while effectively controlling reusable products.
Dispatch Supervisor - Evolution Flowers - Spalding, Lincolnshire
Seed Buyer - Evolution Flowers - Spalding, Lincolnshire
- Check requirement using ATP/MRP in the company system (PAT)
- Formulate a purchasing requirement/forecast future requirement
- Request quotes from primary suppliers
- Confirm orders with suppliers
- Raise Purchase orders
- When received, book onto company system
- Sign off deliveries notes to confirm amounts received
- Maintain active seed stock quantities and carry stock control checks
- Source any new product requirements from existing/new suppliers
- Request credit terms and obtain an account with new suppliers
- Negotiate pricing where possible, obtain reductions
Care Card Label Purchasing - Evolution Flowers - Spalding, Lincolnshire
- Formulate New season label list from full catalogue offer
- Cross check and ensure all formats are covered in master list
- Negotiate Season contract(s) with label supplier(s)
- Sign off contracts
- Agree call off intervals for top up orders
- Formulate expected label requirement using historic data to create an initial requirement forecast
- Communicate requirement with suppliers
- Create the full master list of label sku's
- Translate list into label locations ready for resetting the label stock area shelving
- Oversee the resetting of the label stock shelving
- Download all label requirement from the company order system
- Manipulate this data into an Excel format
- Create data into pivot table format ready to read data into stock control sheet
- Read all orders into stock control
- Formulate label order using the stock control sheet to ensure no short falls to cover orders
- Organise full stock counts, enter this data into the stock control sheet to correct any discrepancies
Consumables Purchasing - Evolution Flowers - Spalding, Lincolnshire
- Be involved in discussion on any format changes for the coming season
- Use previous years data to create a credible forecast of format requirements for the coming season
- Discuss requirements with suppliers
- Request and negotiate pricing for the coming season
- Seek out any new suppliers to facilitate requirements
- When requested, seek out and obtain samples of new products
- Negotiate pricing for any new product lines that are required
- Agree contracts with suppliers and sign off agreements
- Purchase any ad hock items required for the nursery
- Raise purchase orders for all consumables requested from suppliers
- Provide costing analysis for new product lines
- Carry out monthly stock counts for accounts purposes
- Create production plan ready for the coming week
Goods In Management - Evolution Flowers - Spalding, Lincolnshire
- Ensure all product labels are printed. These are necessary for full traceability as required by APHA and DEFRA mandate
- Communicate with suppliers to agree arrival days for the product
- Communicate with the airport handling agents for updates on the shipment progress through DEFRA and clearance checks
- Organise delivery of all airport shipments to site to arrive in a timely manager for processing
- Organise, separate and process all product
- Communicate with suppliers on the quality of items received
- Check off all items received into the nursery of living and non-living deliveries
- Sign off delivery notes to confirm they are correct, amend if necessary
- Where necessary, raise credit requests for any items missing or rejected
- When requested by APHA, carry out traceability exercise to show full information for set products checking for quality and ensuring no pest or disease is detected in the shipments
- Check off correct quantities are received per product line ready for production
- Keep detailed records for each shipment received to satisfy APHA and DEFRA traceability requirements
