Emily Knowles

Experience

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  Bettys and Taylors of Harrogate

  Jun 2010 - Jun 2011

  Stock Control Assistant, Purchasing

  Coordinating all inbound packaging logistics: scheduling deliveries, calling off items and ordering packaging items.Co-ordination of all inbound freight for packaging supply.Close liaison with the warehouse to ensure minimum and maximum packaging inventory levels maintained.Close liaison with production planning team to ensure packaging available to meet all production schedules.Maintaining costs in line with budget.Worked on brand drives and marketing events for Yorkshire Tea giving me an insight into marketing and communicating the brand to the market with enthusiasm.The role gave me great interaction across the businesses functional areas. Show less

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  Northumbria University

  Feb 2012 - Jun 2012

  Open Day Assisstant
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  Tesco PLC

  Jul 2012 - Jun 2014

  Within this role I managed a £5million spend, predominantly within the Distribution category, purchasing consumables for use within Tesco Distribution Centres. I supported a number of leading initiatives within Distribution including the Waste Backhauling process and the Click and Collect delivery channel. I successfully consolidated the supply base, improving efficiencies for the stakeholder base and within spend control. I achieved full year effect savings of +£800k for the Tesco Group. Within the retail sector of Tesco I lead the development of various packaging lines including Salad Pots, Counters Meal Deal Boxes and Pizza Packaging implementing change and negotiating rates through tender processes adding value for retail. Show less

  • Graduate Buyer- Group Procurement Marketing

    Feb 2014 - Jun 2014

  • Graduate Buyer- Group Procurement Consumables

    Jul 2012 - Feb 2014
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  Hays

  Jun 2014 - Jul 2016

  Senior Recruitment Consultant- Procurement North West

  In the UK, Hays is the market leader. Hays has been in the UK for many years, and operates across 105 local offices including London, Birmingham, Manchester, Edinburgh and Belfast. Hays UK’s 20 specialisms include Accountancy & Finance, Construction & Property, IT, Procurement and Supply Chain, Human Resources, Legal, Retail and Education. Hays is the expert at recruiting qualified, professional and skilled people worldwide. We operate across the private and public sectors, dealing in permanent positions, contract roles and temporary assignments. Our deep expertise across a wide spectrum of specialised industries and professions makes us unparalleled recruiters in the world of work. Show less

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  Co-op

  Jul 2016 - now

  I plan strategic and tactical campaigns to ensure a healthy pipeline of candidates for roles across the Co-op, as well as contributing to the strategic development of our talent brand and employer value proposition.I have had the privilege to work with business areas across the Co-op group including retail, funeral care, insurance and new business ventures. More recently I've been working on a programme of recruitment to build our UK wide Member Pioneer team. It's a unique community based role, and it's being an interesting campaign to lead on with some huge successes including positive time to hire and cost per hire figures. As of September 2020, I step back into the world of non-volume roles alongside those in the volume space and I am excited to be back on that team. I also work closely on team projects such as service mapping and integration of new marketing leading partnerships and processes. Show less

  • Talent Acquisition Partner

    Jun 2022 - now

  • Candidate Marketer

    Jul 2016 - Jun 2022