Material Procurement Specialist

6 days ago


Southport, Sefton, United Kingdom Unipart Rail Full time
Job Description

Job Title: Material Controller

Job Summary:

We are seeking a highly skilled Material Controller to join our team at Unipart Rail. As a Material Controller, you will be responsible for ensuring the delivery of materials to meet customer needs, coordinating with internal customers, and sustaining and increasing internal customer satisfaction.

Main Responsibilities:

  • Ensure the delivery of key products to manufacturing and 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, and finance issues.
  • Develop strong relationships with key suppliers and drive improvements within the scope of your 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 prioritization 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.


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