Total 3 Purchasing / Procurement / Inventory job vacancies in Alloa, FK10 1EB

Brightwork’s client is currently recruiting for an Engineering Materials Buyer to be based in Glasgow working within the beverage industry.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a decisive and organised buyer to join an established company with an impressive list of clients. Reporting to the Area Manager for Scotland, the ideal candidate will demonstrate a strong ability in the sourcing and supply across a wide range of engineering materials.

Ambitious and driven with a real passion to succeed, you’ll be expected to deliver a high level of accurate, quality work. With exceptional attention to detail, you’ll have to have excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills and be comfortable collaborating with colleagues and clients.

Relevant industry experience as Engineering Materials Buyer in this role is desirable.

You will be responsible for but not limited to the following duties:

• Compliance with the sites Health and Safety standards
• Supplier negotiation and placement of purchase orders
• To expedite and ensure on time delivery
• Provide complete and concise information flow from supplier through to end user
• Resolve and manage supply discrepancies
• Assist and support Area Manager as well as other administrative tasks when required
• Deliver best value for money
• Run the MRP program
• Deliver agreed KPI’s

Essential Experience & Skills:

• Computer Literate
• Communication Skills
• Previous experience in associated discipline
• Systems Knowledge - SAP, Microsoft Office
• Ability to partner with Stores Personnel
• Analytical problem solving
• Considerable Organisation skill.
• Knowledge of engineering parts
• Ability to react to change
• Ability to achieve set goals
• Ability to handle queries from engineering teams

If you are interested in this role please send your most recent CV and salary expectations to the address supplied.

Brightwork offers the services of a recruitment agency for permanent roles and a recruitment business for temporary roles.

Job Description

The post-holder will assist the Purchasing Officer in providing a wide range of Procurement Services within the Property Contracts Service based at Kelliebank, Alloa.

For more detailed information regarding duties of the role, please see attached application pack.

Additional Information

You can view the application pack below which contains the job profile outlining the skills, experience and knowledge required for this job. You can also find our recruitment privacy notice and a general information pack about Clackmannanshire Council.

Clackmannanshire Council is currently promoting the recruitment campaign “Get into Care for Adult Care”. Further documents can be viewed below – these do not relate to the job advertised.

Clackmannanshire Council welcomes applications from everyone and we value diversity in our workforce. We are committed to being an exemplar employer with an inclusive culture, developing a workplace environment where all our employees are treated with dignity and respect. For this vacancy, we would welcome applications from ethnic minority groups, who are currently under represented in our workforce.

Clackmannanshire Council operates a flexible hybrid approach for those roles that allow this type of working. Attendance at the office will be required to meet the needs of the business and for example to build team and stakeholder relationships. The exact pattern of working will be agreed with you as part of the recruitment process.

Clackmannanshire Council is a living wage accredited employer.

Should you have difficulty applying for a job online please call 01259 452244 (24 hrs) and leave your details along with the reference number of the post.

Please note that if you are selected for interview you will be notified by e-mail.

Please click this link to view a short video on what is expected when completing application forms for Clackmannanshire Council - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXaasgoGqmw

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Store Manager

At Scotmid Co-operative, we are focused on serving our local communities and improving people’s everyday lives through our different businesses. We’ve been doing this for 160 years, and we will continue to work hard to do this for many more years to come. We’re a co-operative, which means that we are run by our members for the benefit of the local communities that we serve.

Scotmid food’s aim is to be Scotland’s preferred community convenience retailer and a key factor in achieving this is through our people.

Our Store Managers are key to the success of our business by leading, motivating and developing their teams to exceed customer expectations. Regardless of which store you are in, your main focus areas will include driving sales, product availability and developing the team. You could also have an instore bakery offer, hot food and ‘food to go’, or a Post Office offer that gives your store a real point of difference to get behind.

Our perfect candidates will have retail experience at management level, ideally in food - although we would like to hear from anyone who has a real passion for retail and who can demonstrate that they:

· Are a proven people manager

· Have a clear understanding and proven achievement of KPI's

· Have a passion for retail excellence, standards and customer service

· Have the ambition to drive their team and store to a higher level of retailing

· Have the talent to apply performance management and succession planning in store

We are passionate about supporting, challenging and developing people to be the best they can, and we offer a comprehensive induction and training program to quickly get you up to speed with our business.

To ensure that we comply with alcohol licensing legislation applicants must be aged 18 or over and will ideally be eligible to become a Personal Licence Holder, and as you may be positioned within a store with a Post Office, you will be required to successfully complete Post Office Limited’s security and background checking processes.

With excellent benefits, competitive salaries and opportunities for training and development, a Store Manager position with Scotmid is a great way to continue your retail management career.