Supply Chain Coordinator

Barbour; South Shields; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Staff discount

Staff shop

25 days holiday

Free onsite parking

Subsidised canteen

Hybrid & flexible working

4pm finish on Friday

Job summary

Barbour, headquartered in South Shields, is seeking a Supply Chain Coordinator to join the Supply Chain team. The role focuses on controlling and delivering the product range, ensuring finished goods move from international supply base to worldwide distribution centres on time and within cost targets.

Key duties include raising Purchase Orders accurately, coordinating with QA and production teams, updating the Infor M3 system, and liaising with freight forwarders for efficient shipping.

Qualifications

• Garment procurement experience and general procurement experience.
• Experience in production planning.
• Experience working with freight forwarders.
• Proven ability to build strong stakeholder relationships and drive performance.
• Ideally experience with offshore supply base.
• CIPS Diploma desired but not essential.
• High level of numeracy.
• Strong Excel skills with formulas and pivots.
• Competent with IT packages including Microsoft Office.
• Excellent communication to build internal/external relationships.
• Attention to detail and accuracy first time.
• Effective time management and prioritisation.

Responsibilities

• Raise Purchase Orders accurately and on time.
• Liaise with QA and technical teams to hit milestones.
• Monitor PO progress with supplier meetings and factory visits.
• Update Infor M3 data from WIP and shipping docs.
• Review and expedite sales priorities with suppliers and freight options.
• Ensure POs are delivered on time and optimise order fulfilment.
• Maintain PO plans reflecting capacity, holidays and lead times.
• Coordinate bookings with freight forwarders.
• Order and deliver samples for seasonal launches.

Skills

Garment procurement

Production planning

Freight forwarding

Stakeholder management

Offshore sourcing

Excel

Numeracy

IT packages

Education

CIPS Diploma (desired)

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

We have an exciting opportunity for a Supply Chain Coordinator to join our Supply Chain team here at our Head Office in South Shields. This role will be key to assisting in the control and delivery of the product range, to ensure finished goods are supplied from our international supply base to our worldwide distribution centres, to the agreed quantities, cost and timelines. The successful candidate will be responsible for achieving ‘on time’ delivery for product Purchase Orders, ensuring the Business System data accurately reflects production plans and delivery schedules, liaising with factories and freight forwarders to arrange cost and time efficient shipping and ensuring key samples are ordered and delivered on time.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Ensure Purchase Orders are raised accurately and in a timely manner.
• Liaise with Technical and Quality Assurance Teams to highlight priorities and ensure key milestones within the critical path are met.
• Monitor Purchase Order progress with regular Supplier meetings, including UK & Overseas Factory visits.
• Update & maintain Infor M3 (our Business System) to reflect accurate data from factory WIP reports and shipping documents.
• Review the POBE to ensure key sales priorities are expedited with Suppliers & freight options are maximised.
• Ensure Purchase Orders are delivered “on time”, optimising our Customer Order fulfilment.
• Maintain PO plans to reflect true delivery position including capacity constraints, factory closures, holidays, transportation lead times etc.
• Liaise with freight forwarders to review and approve bookings.
• Manage the ordering and delivery of samples for seasonal launches

Skills and Experience:

• Ideally proven experience in garment and general procurement
• Experience of production planning
• Experience of working with freight forwarders
• Proven experience of building strong working relationships and influencing key stakeholders to drive high category performance
• Ideally experience of working with an offshore supply base
• CIPS Diploma desired but not essential
• High level of numeracy skill
• Strong Excel skills with experience of creating formulas and pivot tables
• Competent level of IT packages: Microsoft Office
• Excellent communication skills, to build strong relationships internally and externally of the department.
• High level of attention to detail - able to provide accurate information first time
• Time Management skills to enable effective prioritisation and decision making
• Ability to work in a fast paced and challenging environment
• Able to independently prioritise and organize your own workload whilst working within a small team.
• Flexibility to be able to travel overseas.
• Discretionary Company bonus scheme
• Staff Discount
• Staff Shop
• 25 days holiday as standard increasing with length of service plus bank holidays
• Access to training and development activities to support your career development
• Free onsite parking
• Subsidised canteen
• Operate hybrid & flexible working
• 4pm finish on a Friday

Additional Information

Note: In the event that a sufficient volume of suitable applications are received, the post may close prior to the specified closing date.

The Company

The Barbour story began in 1894 in South Shields in the North East of England. Founder John Barbour began supplying oilskins and other garments to protect the growing community of sailors, fishermen and dockers. Still family owned and now fifth generation, Barbour HQ remains in South Shields. Under the leadership of Chairman Dame Margaret Barbour, Barbour has grown into a lifestyle brand sold in over 55 countries worldwide including Europe, the US and Asia offering a wardrobe of stylish functional clothing, footwear and accessories inspired by the unique values of the British countryside.

The iconic Barbour Bedale and Barbour Beaufort wax jackets continue to be made by hand in the factory in South Shields. In 2020, Barbour launched Wax for Life, an overarching name for all of Barbour’s wax services designed to encourage customers to extend the life of their wax garments. Wax for Life includes re-waxing and repairs (first introduced in 1921) and Barbour Re-Loved an upcycling circularity initiative. Each year over 70,000 wax garments are sent back to Barbour globally to be repaired, rewaxed or altered.