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Material Controller

Material Controller

Unipart RailSouthport, England, GB
30+ days ago
Salary
£26,145.00 yearly
Job description

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 :

  • A level qualification (or equivalent) in a related subject
  • Experience working within material control within a manufacturing environment
  • Excellent communication, relationship and interpersonal skills
  • Strong data analysis, presentation and problem solving skills
  • Effective time and deadline management and prioritisation skills
  • Good attention to detail, with a methodical and logical analytical approach
  • Excellent IT skills

    • Desirable criteria :

  • Working knowledge of SAP / MRP systems
  • Good understanding of the Rail market, UK and International

    • 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.