Are you looking for a challenging and varied role to apply your excellent administrative, transport co-ordination, and operational support skills to?
Northwood is a family-owned group of companies that manufactures, supplies, and transports paper hygiene products throughout the UK. We have a fantastic opportunity for an Operations Support Assistant to join our team based in Disley, 7 miles south of Stockport.
This is a full-time, permanent position offering a competitive salary, a great range of benefits, and hybrid working (after an initial training period).
As the Operations Support Assistant, you will provide operational and administrative support for the Northwood Recycling supply chain, covering integrated businesses and third-party customers.
The varied tasks involved in this role means no two days will be the same. Responsibilities include:
scheduling the collection and delivery of wagons of recycled paper by booking haulage, creating despatch paperwork, and troubleshooting issues.retrieving delivery weights from customers.advising delivery weights to suppliers.creating purchase orders and goods receipts.managing the expectations of internal and external stakeholders.The hours for this Operations Support Assistant role are 8.30am - 5pm Monday - Thursday, and 8.30am - 4pm Friday (these are standard hours, but we may wish to use an alternative pattern to cover earlier start).
If you have excellent organisational and administrative skills and experience as a Logistics Clerk, Operations Administrator, Transport Co-ordinator, Operations Support Assistant or in a similar role, we'd love to hear from you. Apply today to take the first step towards your new career!
Benefits
Hybrid working (after an initial training period)25 annual holidays plus public holidaysCompany pension Private medical insuranceLife AssuranceFree company productsFree on-site parkingRetail, holidays, cinema, and gyms discountsWellness programmes, including Employee Assistance Program and OnDemand GP serviceFree early access to pay scheme.Essential Criteria
· Excellent time management skills to effectively handle conflicting priorities and changing requirements.
· Clear and professional written and verbal communication skills.
· IT literate, including accurate data entry for all deliveries, purchase orders, and goods receipts in Excel and SAP.
· Strong customer service skills including a polite and professional telephone manner.
· Planning / scheduling experience.
Desirable Criteria
· Experience of IT systems for purchase orders, such as SAP.
· Understanding of customs procedures.
About CompanyNorthwood is a family-owned group of associated companies that provide the manufacturing, supply and transportation of paper hygiene and wiping products for both the away-from-home and consumer market.
Our mission is to be the market-leading partner of choice in the away from home tissue industry.
One of only a small handful of companies in the UK market that is fully vertically integrated; Northwood is involved at each point in the supply chain, from raw material supply, tissue and towel manufacturing, end-user product converting, storage and transportation.
Our remit is huge, with a portfolio of products covering two key systems brands, professional wiping, commodity, consumer paper and private label. We sell into a distribution network spanning the UK, Ireland and Europe, which in turn service markets such as healthcare, hospitality, hotels, engineering, janitorial, catering and education.
We are a highly successful, award-winning and ambitious business that has grown from a humble paper sales business to a market leader employing over 800 colleagues, across 11 sites in the UK and Spain.
We differentiate ourselves by excelling in product quality alongside market-leading service and sales support.
DE&IAt Northwood, we are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse environment where everyone is welcomed and respected. We strive to promote a workplace that celebrates diversity and encourages individuals to express their opinions and beliefs. We are dedicated to providing equal opportunities for all.