Administrator Product Data

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Summary of Position Purpose:

Support item transaction by maintaining item data integrity in the ERP via agreed change and release processes.

Primary Responsibilities:

- Maintaining quality item data in the ERP via change management and revision control
- Support R&D with new item creation for engineering projects and ensuring the setup of BoMs enable transaction through the business during development stages and into product release
- Review processes and tools surrounding item setup and maintenance and where possible make improvements to efficiency and quality
- Work closely with production, planning, purchasing and customer service to ensure smooth transitions of item data and physical parts through the development cycle
- Support engineering and product management functions with queries relating to item setup and release, including escalating conflicting priorities
- Where needed liaise with purchasing for item data
- Support large scale change projects which have high impact across product lines and implications for stock, purchasing and planning.
- Support the standardisation and obsolescence programme with data integrity maintenance.

Person Specification:

Knowledge

Essential

- Process driven mindset.
- Excellent attention to detail
- Microsoft Excel to intermediate level.

Desirable

- Experience with Software which calculates BOMs routings and works orders.
- NetSuite or other ERP system experience.
- Knowledge of the different part types, the differences between these part types and why they are used.  E.g. kanban / issued items / inventory / non inventory / back flush / phantoms.
- Understanding the breakdown of the costs of parts.
- Understanding of production works orders and how they work within a manufacturing process.

Experience

Essential

- Confident working with computers and various software applications
- Use of emails, Microsoft Outlook
- Working to defined processes

Desirable

- Experience in a manufacturing environment
- Use of a system controlling business data and/or transactions

Aptitudes, Abilities and Behaviours

Essential

- Communication skills to enable exchange of information and ideas with colleagues
- Team based individual
- Able to work on own initiative
- Pro-active
- Confident to put forward ideas for improvements
- Responds positively to change
- Able to follow processes and have the discipline to keep to the processes
- Able to take responsibility for the controls within the processes
- Able to do routine tasks repetitively and consistently
- Excellent attention to detail

Other Factors

Essential

- Fits in and agrees with the core values of the business
- Willing to work out of normal business hours when necessary for the business

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