We are looking for an experienced Purchasing Administrator to join our clients team based in Ely. This is a long-term temporary role with an immediate start.

Key Responsibilities:

The main purpose of the role will be to provide purchasing support in line with company policies and procedures. You will be proactively planning all purchasing activities and be directly responsible for ensuring all orders are received in a timely and controlled manner.

You will also provide admin support to the Sales Team and ensure the site is maintained as a clean, secure and safe working environment.

Key Tasks:

Placing all purchase orders accurately, efficiently and in a timely manner.

Organise shipments between multiple sites and updating customers and relevant department where required.

Manage customs and transport documentation for all imported items and maintain up to date price lists.

You will also be required to provide cover for the Sales Administrator in times of absence.

Skills and Experience:

The successful candidate will have experience of ISO driven practices, SOPS, processes and systems. You will have good working knowledge of all Microsoft Office programs and experience of purchasing / ERP systems and processes. You will have excellent communication skills with the ability to disseminate information accurately. You will be task focused and have excellent attention to detail.

Due to my clients continued growth we‘re currently looking for an Assistant Warehouse Manager to join their team based just outside of Ely, Cambridgeshire. My client has been working in the distribution & Logistics industry for 35 years and has built up a trusted reputation.

The role

Your role would be to assist the Warehouse Manager in the successful and timely flow of production work. Assist with and oversee all work that is set-up during the day. You'll also ensure accurate and timely shipping and receiving of all subcontract work materials and finished products.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategically plan and manage logistics, warehouse, transportation and customer services
• Liaise and negotiate with suppliers, manufacturers, retailers and consumers
• Keep track of quality, quantity, stock levels, delivery times, transport costs and efficiency
• Arrange warehouse, catalog goods, plan routes and process shipments
• Resolve any arising problems or complaints
• Meet cost, productivity, accuracy and timeliness targets
• Maintain metrics and analyse data to assess performance and implement improvements

Additional Requirements

• Demonstrable ability to lead and manage staff
• Proficient in standard logistics software
• Excellent analytical, problem solving and organisational skills
• Ability to work independently and handle multiple projects

Our client a supplier of innovative and specialist construction products is currently looking for a Technical Sales Coordinator to join their successful support team. The successful applicant will deliver sales growth across all the company’s product ranges, this consists of a wide variety of concrete accessories and other products for the construction market.

The Role

The technical sales coordinator will work within a team of professional sales people to develop customer relationships, respond to sales enquiries, follow up sales leads and proactively seek out sales opportunities.

Main Responsibilities

• Answer direct sales calls
• Respond to technical sales enquiries
• Utilising market intelligence to generate sales leads over the telephone and by e-mail.
• Developing customer relationships to identify additional sales opportunities and encourage repeat business
• Produce sales quotations and chase these through to final outcome
• Verify invoices before postage
• Liaising with Stores team to ensure stock levels and order requirements
• Checking computer stock levels for potential sale orders
• Placing stock requirement orders with suppliers
• Assist the Internal Sales Manager and sales team in procuring stock and resources at the best cost prices to maintain sales margins.

 Key Skills

• Attention to detail - Ensures that information is correctly processed and that work complies with relevant internal/external rules, procedures and regulations to achieve business goals.
• Planning & Organising - Achieves goals by establishing priorities, actions, milestones and constraints in a logical sequence
• Communication - Communicates clearly, efficiently and effectively in transferring information at all levels.
• Teamwork - Works co-operatively and productively with others, openly exchanging information and supporting colleagues from around the company to achieve the business goals.

Our Client based in Littleport is urgently looking for Packing Operatives for an immediate start.

You will be packing medical devices - all training will be provided.

This is a temporary position working Monday to Thursday from 7am to 3.30pm and Friday from 7am to 1pm.  There is also potential for overtime.

Pay rate £9.60 per hour

If you;re available for an immediate start, contact us now.

Our client a member of the public sector is currently looking for an Estates Surveyor to join their Commercial Estates Team. The successful applicant will have experience of dealing with all aspects of commercial property asset management including lettings, rent reviews, lease renewals, day to day Landlord and Tenant management as well as supporting with property advice to services on land ownership matters.

The Role

To undertake the day-to-day management of a portfolio of properties forming the Investment and operational property estate, comprising over 200 units/leases in partnership with the Estates and Asset Managers.

Key Responsibilities

• Expediently letting vacant units on best possible terms
• Undertake rent reviews and lease renewals to maximise rental and lease term to achieve budgets in accordance with delegated authorities
• Manage assignments and Landlords consents and support lease re-gear activity
• Manage tenant compliance within lease terms and repairing obligations
• Undertake inspections of premises for management, lease and statutory compliance purposes, including repairs and dilapidations in conjunction with the asset surveyor
• Timely and appropriate follow up of estate management actions to a satisfactory resolution and develop enterprising solutions to property issues.
• Provide support to the Council’s commercial investment strategy including due diligence for acquisitions, disposals and land sales and asset management to meet audit, statutory e.g. LGA 1972 and professional industry standards.
• Lead on the active management of the Council’s small land sales policy.
• Support the Council in ensuring that it has an up to date and actively managed Asset Management Plan that details the short, medium and long term objectives for the Councils Operational and Investment estate of land and buildings.
• In collaboration with the Asset and Estates managers to provide monthly performance reports to demonstrate progress in key work areas and benchmark performance data on voids, lettings, income generation, arrears and payment stats
• Work collaboratively, build strong relationships with key stakeholders and partners to provide professional property advice to other services in a business partner model to deliver mutual outcomes such as disposal of assets, development and re-purposing of assets and regeneration of assets to promote the growth ambitions within the Corporate Plan, leading on negotiations as required
• Ensure that landlord service charge and insurance payments are actioned in a timely manner and in line with relevant practice codes.
• Develop solid working relationships with tenants to minimise tenants' arrears and deal with tenant account queries.
• Undertake the negotiation of agreements, e.g. car parking licences, storage accommodation, communications facilities, wayleave agreements etc.
• Ensure common area service charges and building management are efficient and effective.
• Support the identification of local opportunities through planning issues, enforcement etc and assisting with the delivery of solutions to issues with those services.
• Effectively use relevant professionals and strong property network to achieve a cost-effective delivery of service and an increase in property income, benchmarking performance in the wider market.

Skills & Experience

• Having the technical skills and abilities to effectively deal with all aspects of day-to-day management of a diverse commercial and operational along with good interpersonal skills provide sound property related advice to the council and a broad range of customers.
• Ability to work collaboratively within the team to deliver short, medium and long-term workload and projects to meet a range of targets and deadlines (contractual, budgetary control etc.)
• Credible interpersonal skills to deal with a wide range of tenants, customers, contractors and colleagues, with a collaborative approach and the ability to gain agreement through respectful persuasion to ideas, proposals and courses of action.     
• Using negotiation skills to deliver successful outcomes in transactions, contract and other negotiations, developing a variety of approaches to negotiation as appropriate to the individual case.                                                        

We have an exciting opportunity to join our client based just outside of Soham as a Hygiene Operative.              

As a hygiene operative you’ll work across all of the production areas and be responsible for ensuring that all machines and the actual building meet strict standards of hygiene at all times.

Main Responsibilities

• Carrying out scheduled daily cleaning tasks
• Cleaning of processing equipment and production lines to meet required standards, measured through testing of samples
• Deep cleaning of production areas 
• Post cleaning checks to make sure everything has been completed properly 
• Ensuring that all paperwork is correctly completed
• Making sure that everything you do complies with company procedures for Health & Safety and Hygiene
• Ensuring that your cleaning and personal protective equipment are functioning correctly at all times
• The ability to work effectively under pressure of time
• Reporting any incidents or environmental concerns to your line manager.

The role is ideal for someone with a high degree of self-motivation and initiative. Your communication skills will also need to be good in order both to understand technical cleaning requirements and also to report any issues as they arise in a clear manner.

Our Client, a market leader in the manufacture of diagnostic test kits are looking for Production Operatives to join their team based just outside Ely. 

Duties include bottling, packaging and labelling according to the production schedule, packing finished kits to meet customer orders, use and maintain bottling, packaging and labelling equipment.

These are temporary roles and there are 2 shifts across 2 different departments available. 

The shifts are Monday to Thursday 7am to 3.30pm and Friday 7am to 1pm or Monday to Thursday 8.30am to 5pm and Friday 8.30am to 2.30pm.

The successful candidates will:

• be flexible and willing to take on varied tasks/ multi task.
• Have exceptional written and oral communication skills.
• be able to follow set procedures accurately.
• Have good time management skills and the ability to prioritise effectively.
• Have the ability to multi-task
• be careful, efficient and practical
• be a good team worker

Adhere to good practice and follow instructions accurately

Our Client, based in Witchford near Ely, is urgently looking for a part-time cleaner to join their team on a temporary basis.  

Main duties:

Clean all areas including staff room/kitchen areas, toilet areas and workshop floor

Mop and vacuum floor areas

Empty bins

Working days and hours are flexible and will be a total of 12 hours per week  These can be carried out from Monday - Friday between 9am and 5pm 

Due to our client’s imminent expansion we’re currently looking for Internal Sales Coordinators to join their team based just outside Ely. Working in a small team in a fast-paced environment, you’ll work with our client’s customers ensuring they receive a quick and efficient service. The suitable candidate will have previous experience in sales, ideally two years.

Main Duties

• Update quote logs daily – Order to place quote management
• Establish, develop & maintain relationships with contractors/consultants/designers & merchants
• To promote the full range of concrete products
• Servicing the needs of existing customers, increasing business opportunities through various routes to market to maximize profit margins
• Collecting customer feedback and market research
• Keeping up to date with products and competitors
• To promote the innovation of any new products

Additional Requirements

• Educated to GCSE or equivalent in Maths and English (Grade C or above)
• Confident personality with excellent communication and people skills
• Good administrative skills
• Be organised and have the ability to work calmly under pressure
• Good planning and organisational skills
• Good time management skills
• Show good initiative and enthusiasm
• Ability to work on own initiative and be self-motivated to arrange daily diary and work as part of a team without constant supervision
• Good business sense and exceptional attention to detail