Operations Coordinator

This new and exciting role will involve constant collaboration between clients and internal stakeholders to essentially meet the needs of our client's customer base by delivering the right materials on time and organising fabrication works. You will communicate with clients on a daily basis to ensure that our projects run smoothly, from receipt of order to final product delivery to the building site. This is an internal office / warehouse-based role which involves a lot of communication, determination and drive to help push the business forward.

• Starting salary £32,000 - £35,000
• 31 Days holiday (including Bank Holidays, plus additional days for long service)
• Contributory pension scheme
• Life assurance
• Health cash plan
• HSF Perkbox.
• 07:30 to 16:30 (one-hour unpaid lunch break), Monday to Friday (flexibility is required to meet the demands of the business)

• You will ensure that our quality control is in place, that projects are managed efficiently with clear costings organised via spreadsheets for the materials supplied, to keep track that your projects are profitable.
• Your work will begin from when the customer order has been placed, and from that point a meeting will be held with our estimating department to ensure you have all the relevant information you need.
• Once the customer order is placed and our orders placed with suppliers it will be your responsibility to manage and organise fabrication works at our Warehouse and Fabrication facility.
• You will then liaise with the client team to order and deliver all the required items for that project in an organised and documented way, in line with the customer's required timelines and production capabilities.
• Manage the logistics process, including the procurement and transportation of materials.
• Coordinate timely deliveries to customers, ensuring adherence to schedules and quality standards.
• Engage with suppliers to plan and schedule the procurement of materials necessary for production.
• Collaborate closely with the fabrication team to plan and oversee the fabrication processes.
• Coordinate the drilling and preparation of facade products according to client specifications and project requirements.
• Work with warehousing teams to ensure materials are available and organized for upcoming projects.
• Monitor ongoing processes to identify any issues or bottlenecks in production or delivery. Propose and implement improvements to enhance efficiency and reduce costs.
• Ensure compliance with industry standards and safety regulations throughout the operation.

• Minimum 3 years' work experience in a buying, QS or project coordination role or similar.
• Some project management or administration experience
• Experience in buying/selling/trading/organising supply of products and services (preferably construction)
• Ability to manage, develop, and support a team
• Ability to build and maintain excellent relationships with customers and suppliers
• Negotiating skills and a firm approach when needed
• High quality communication skills, verbal and written
• Good IT skills are essential, especially good working knowledge of Microsoft Excel.

Bennett and Game Recruitment are a multi-disciplined technical recruitment agency based in Chichester, West Sussex operating across the UK with specialist teams covering a range of industries. We are acting as a Recruitment Agency in relation to this vacancy, and in accordance with GDPR by applying you are granting us consent to process your data, and contact you in relation to this application and the services we offer.