Job Title:

Support Manager

Reports to:

Plant Manager

Department:

General support Purchasing, Warehouse, Customer service, Shipping & Receiving

Location:

Fredrikstad

Head of Purchasing, Shipping & Receiving, Customer support, Logistics and Warehouse in Fredrikstad. Support for the Plant Manager, Member of Operation management team in Fredrikstad.

Purchasing:

• Manage Purchasing with responsibility for 1 Purchasing Specialist.
• Contribute to correct purchase in accordance with consumption and target for material on stock.
• Ensure correct Customs clearance for all imports and export of materials.
• Purchase orders for MRO and CAR.
• Approve invoices for purchased materials.
• Raw Material costing in SAP and reporting.

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Shipping/customer service:

• Manage Shipping and Customer support with responsibility for 3 Shipping/Customers Coordinators.
• Ensure that all orders are executed in accordance with produced volume and customer request for delivery.
• Follow-up on relevant laws and regulations.
• Ensure correct Customs clearance for all exports.
• Ensure correct transport documents for all modes of transport.

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Warehouse:

• Manage finished goods and raw materials Warehouse with responsibility for 2 operators.
• Ensure correct picking and loading of goods in accordance with delivery notes, customer requests and transport regulations.
• Ensure goods receipt control of bulk and packed materials.
• Ensure correct labeling of packed raw materials.
• Ensure that FI/FO principal for finished goods and raw materials.
• Follow up for shelf life for materials in stock.

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Logistics:

• Responsible for negotiations and follow-up of agreements with carriers to ensure functional and cost effective transport.
• Seek solutions for improvements on cost and logistics issues to and from Norway.
• Ensure that freight rates are registered in SAP to enable correct calculation and accrual for freight cost.
• Approve invoices for transport cost.

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General:

• Support to Plant Manager Fredrikstad
• Member of Operation management team in Fredrikstad.
• Follow up on budget.
• Ensure flexibility within own departments and use of available resources.
• Follow up on HR related issues.
• Go-to person for SAP related issues, locally and outside own site.
• Responsible for The Transparency Act for Polynt Composites Norway
• General reporting to Polynt head quarter

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Negotiate price for small raw materials, packaging, labels, office and warehouse supplies.

Negotiate contracts for transport services.

Negotiate contracts for import and export Customs clearance.

Administration of personnel.

Needs to cooperate with multiple departments and flexible

Solution oriented.

Good skills in Norwegian and English, both written and oral.

Self-starting and able to work under own direction with minimal input from manager.

Good influence and problem solving skills.

Flexibility, ability to cooperate and conflict solving abilities.

Logistics/Purchase education, Bachelor level.

3 years of experience in domestic and foreign trade, delivery terms, Customs clearance, transport regulations and documentation.

SAP competence and general data experience.

Statistical/analytical background.

Norwegian and English language,