Jobs in Southport, eng, uk

Material Controller Southport Manufacturing Full time Permanent

Main Purpose

We are looking for a Material Controller to join our small team based at our Southport site. Reporting into the Procurement Operations Team Leader, Manufacturing, you will be responsible for delivery of all aspects of the material control function, conducting activities to deliver an exceptional service to the manufacturing teams by ensuring that materials are planned and delivered to meet the customer needs.

Main Responsibilities :

• Ensure the delivery of key products to manufacturing / Supply Chain Solutions including internally supplied products
• Coordinate with internal customers including attendance of production meetings
• Sustain and increase internal customer satisfaction
• Resolution of receipt queries, non-conformance and other warehouse / supplier / finance issues
• Develop strong relationships with key suppliers and drive improvements within scope of own work
• Achieve specific targets set by Unipart Rail in line with customer expectations, including production plans, supplier delivery performance, blocked stock, order book acknowledgements and reduction in overdue orders
• Regularly monitor supplier delivery performance and address issues to resolve using Unipart Way tools and techniques
• Develop internal working processes to reduce waste and achieve improvements
• Work with strategic procurement and inventory teams to ensure supplier relationships are established and SAP inventory planning levels are maintained to meet needs

Essential criteria :

Desirable criteria :

Benefits

Competitive salary

Pension and death in service provisions for employees in pension scheme

25 Days Hols (plus Bank Holidays)

Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

Health and Wellbeing Initiatives

Employee offers and discounts from various retailers

Recognition events and rewards

Unipart Dorman - Who are we?

Unipart Dorman is a leading UK manufacturer of LED solutions for rail and traffic signalling and hazard warning lights and its name is recognised globally for quality and innovation. We also undertake complex electronics manufacture for some of our other rail products at this site. The organisation is part of Unipart Rail who provide the most comprehensive portfolio of products, services and solutions available for the rail industry, using its deep expertise in continuous improvement processes to support its customers in the development of the railway system.

Unipart Dorman is part of the Unipart Group, one of Europe's leading independent logistics companies that employ more than 12,000 employees worldwide with an annual turnover of more than £1 billion.

As a valued employee of Unipart Rail, you can look forward to a varied and rewarding career with a company that holds the Investors in People accreditation and also world class status in employee engagement.