Senior Materials Management Operative

Do you have experience working within a stock control environment and looking for your next challenge

We have an opportunity for a Senior Materials Management Operative to join our team at our Loughton Essex site. Reporting to the Materials Management Working Team Lead you will be responsible for responsible planning out work activities and ensuring the correct resources in the right place at the right time accountable for what happens in their area of responsibility this includes implementing improvements health & safety auditing processes cycle counting incident reporting managing spoils/projects/quarantines and escalations to the Working Team Lead.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage the daytoday movement and storage of materials within your area ensuring systems and processes support safe and efficient material flow.
• Direct safe working practices including correct labelling storage handling paperwork and system transactions reporting and escalating unsafe practices where required.
• Ensure deliveries and material distribution align with production forecasts using FIFO principles to support a justintime approach.
• Maintain accurate system and paperwork controls (e.g. SAGE) ensuring all material movements are correctly recorded and traceable.
• Monitor compliance with regulatory legal and security requirements supporting audits cycle counts and addressing any issues raised.
• Hold responsibility for safe access controls including keys safe opening and maintaining dual control at all times.
• Lead by example on the shop floor mentoring and coaching material management operatives escalating performance or process issues to the Working Team Leader as required.

Contract type: Permanent

Working hours: Double Day shift pattern Monday to Friday 6am 2pm or 2pm - 10pm (alternated weekly).

From 31st August 2026 we will transition to a 24/5 Shift Pattern - consists of 3 crews of 12-hour shifts of either: 6.00 am to 6.00 pm; and 6.00 pm to 6.00 am Monday to Friday rota. Attendance is 40 hours per week on average including a 30-minute unpaid break plus a 15-minute unpaid break to be taken during the shift

Base location: Debden

Basic Salary: 39031 per annum on Double Days rising to 41313 per annum on 24/5 shift pattern. Upon successful completion of a 6-month probation period this will rise to 43823 per annum.

Skills Qualifications & Experience

• Experience of working in a stock control environment
• Planning and organisational skills essential
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Experience of working on computerised stock systems i.e. SAGE would be an advantage

About De La Rue

De La Rue is a leading supplier of currency solutions and a long-standing trusted partner to central banks and governments worldwide. Our products underpin the integrity of economies and trade enabling businesses and citizens to participate securely in their respective economies.

With a heritage spanning over 200 years we remain a global leader in advancing security and integrity for currency solutions supplying 54% of the worlds central banks and manufacturing in the UK Europe & Asia. We produce fully finished banknotes polymer substrate security and currency services.

Benefits

• Double Day Shift Pattern: 26 days annual leave bank holidays
• 24/5 Shift Pattern: 17 days annual leave bank holidays
• Contributory pension scheme (De La Rue pay 1.5x the employees contribution employee contributions up to a maximum of 6% with employer contributions up to a maximum of 9%)
• Life assurance - 4x your annual salary
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Subsidised Gym Memberships
• Various other perks and Employee Assistance packages
• Enhanced family friendly policies (e.g. four weeks paid paternity leave)

Join the Team

We want to work with people like you from all backgrounds and experiences to help us gain a diverse workforce with a broad outlook and sharp expertise. We are looking for people unafraid to go that extra mile bringing with them unique characteristics and abilities.

Show us you have what it takes and well reward you with a great place to work alongside other great people. Global business global people. We think De La Rue is an amazing place to work. But dont just take our word for it.

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Senior IC

Employment Type : Full-Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1
Yearly Salary Salary: 35001 - 50000