Salary: £28,000
Job Location: Kempston
Type of Contract: Permanent, Full time
Hours: Monday – Thursday 8.15am – 4:45pm, Friday 8:15am – 1:45pm
The role…
As the Operations Administrator your role will involve the following important duties:
- Provide administrative and coordination support to the Head of Operations and supporting functions.
- Maintain accurate operational, order and delivery information within the ERP/business management system.
- Monitor aftermarket order progress, key dates and outstanding actions.
- Support project, procurement and production teams with status updates, trackers, reports and follow-up actions.
- Identify potential delays, issues or information gaps and escalate them to the appropriate manager.
- Support operational, project, procurement and production meetings with accurate information and administration.
- Maintain action trackers and ensure agreed actions are followed up to completion.
- Coordinate information between departments to improve visibility and flow of work.
- Support continuous improvement of operational processes, reporting and system data.
- Ensure information is accurate, timely and readily available to support effective operational decision-making.
- The experience required…
- GCSEs or equivalent, including English and Maths, or relevant practical experience.
- Previous experience in an operations administration, coordination, manufacturing administration or similar role.
- Experience working within a manufacturing, engineering, OEM or industrial environment.
- Experience supporting operational, project, procurement or production teams.
- Experience working with ERP/MRP or business management systems.
- Good level of written and numerical literacy.
- Experience with Power Query and/or Power BI would be advantageous.
- As a successful Operations Administrator, you will have the following:
- Strong organisational and administrative skills with excellent attention to detail.
- Ability to coordinate multiple activities, priorities and deadlines.
- Good communication skills with the ability to work effectively across departments.
- Confident using Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, for data management and reporting.
- Strong follow-up skills with the ability to monitor and close outstanding actions.
- Good understanding of manufacturing, production, procurement and order fulfilment processes.
- Ability to identify potential operational issues and escalate them appropriately.
- Proactive, practical and solutions-focused approach.
- Ability to maintain accurate and confidential business information.
- Good commercial awareness and understanding of the importance of cost, quality and delivery.
