Materials Controller

MATERIALS CONTROLLER

Location: Goole

Pay rate: £14.40-15.86/hr (equivalent to £30,000-33,000/annum)

Type of role: contract (with an opportunity of role become permanent with 6-12 months)

About Company

Our client is a prominent railway infrastructure company committed to excellence in the rail industry. We are currently seeking a highly organized and detail-oriented Materials Controller to join our team. In this critical role, you will be responsible for expediting and managing materials to ensure they align with agreed production schedules, meeting operational, sales, and contractual requirements.

Key Responsibilities

Warranty Management:

• Deliver the warranty returns administration process to ensure the timely return of warranty failed products, including the coordination with the respective fleets for ongoing claim management and resolution.

Inventory Management:

• Deliver the order book and prioritisation for replenishment and repairable parts to ensure delivery is in compliance with planning and optimised inventory levels, including the supply of parts for un-scheduled (UVS) requirements.
• Effective and proactive liaison at all levels to ensure the supply priorities of the main inventory, each fleet / contract is fully understood on a routine basis.

Process:

• Deliver operational process in relation to key supply chain activity and flow of materials.
• Continuous development of cross functional and departmental processes in relation to responsible activity.
• Monitor compliance to meet internal control procedure and take appropriate corrective action as necessary to achieve consistent process across the business.
• Deliver the returns and rejections of product directly with suppliers’ to minimize commercial risk and liability.

Materials Planning:

• Coordinate and control the materials planning and forecasting process between the respective fleets and our inventory specialist to ensure optimised inventory levels are achieved.

Customer Relationships:

• Collaboration with internal/ external customer to meet current needs and explore opportunities for mutual benefit.
• Develop a relationship with the customer that provides a stable foundation for future business opportunities.

Financial Management:

• Optimising of materials to support the fleets.

Health, Safety & Environment:

• Implement safe systems and controls within your area of responsibility.
• Understand, implement and comply with the Siemens Rail Systems HSQE policies.
• Communicate health and safety responsibilities to your team (or virtual team) and ensure employees raise issues and participate in implementation of agreed changes.
• Fully participate and engage in RL behavioural safety agenda to ensure you and your team work safely.
• Engage with HSQE team to agree targets and priorities to communicate and cascade to team.
• Take reasonable care to avoid acts or omissions that may have an environmental impact.
• Accept personal responsibility to take care of ourselves and any others affected by one’s own acts or omissions.

Continuous Improvement/Quality:

• Actively participate in our 3is improvement programme and drive implementation of improvements from the team.
• Continuously develop cross functional and departmental processes.

Compliance:

• Monitor compliance to meet internal control procedures and take appropriate corrective action.
• Ensure awareness and understanding of Siemens compliance policies and ‘Tell Us’ ethos. Implement in areas of responsibility.

Experience & Qualifications

• Experienced in stock control and inventory management

• Detailed knowledge of materials, stores management procedures and warranty processes

• Good knowledge of IT systems / software

• Good organisational skills

How to Apply

If you are a dedicated and highly organized Materials Controller with a background in materials management and a passion for contributing to the railway infrastructure industry, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a market leader so if you’re interested in being considered please send your CV via the “Apply Now” button or contact Tomasz at Morson Talent by send an email to tomasz.chrost@morson.com

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