Supply chain assistant

A global manufacturing business based near Bolton is looking for a Supply Chain Assistant to join their team. The opportunity will be to support the Supply Chain Manager with key tasks within the Supply Chain department. This position is responsible for accepting orders from internal and external customers, managing orders for all product streams. Some key tasks include: * Work closely with sales team, planning, procurement, production, quality, packing and shipping to achieve on time deliveries. * Input details into the Shipping Log to provide notice of collections to site. * Arrange security escorts and transport compliant with the required security level for each shipment. * Communicate shipment details with other sites, notifying delays and changes in advance. * Monitor the progress of orders so ensuring all risks and issues are addressed in a timely manner. * Responsible for the processing and maintaining Sales orders and related customer correspondence. * Excellent communicator who is able to organise themselves and their workload daily but also a great team player who can provide cover and support to the wide team. The position is full time Monday-Friday, 37.5 hour week and 5 days a week on site (with flexi start/finish times). As well as salary the position comes with 26 days holiday + bank holidays, private healthcare, a company pension scheme and x4 salary life insurance. To be considered for this role you will be required to have excellent numeracy skills. Some experience of an Excel, Word and ERP system would be beneficial. This position could be suitable for someone with experience in logistics or a recent graduate in business/supply chain