Senior Stores Manager

2 weeks ago


Ashford, Kent, United Kingdom QinetiQ Full time

Company Overview

We are QinetiQ Target Systems, a leading provider of state-of-the-art Unmanned Aerial and Surface Target systems. Our targets are used for realistic weapons test and evaluation and operator training in over 40 countries worldwide.

Salary: £45,000 - £55,000 per annum (dependent on experience)

Job Description

Stores Lead Role

You will provide leadership to a team of up to 10 and ensure that the Stores function operates efficiently and effectively. Day-to-day tasking will involve on-time delivery of the Stores plan and goods inwards, active participation in production meetings, team development, and taking ownership of departmental continuous improvement activities.

Duties will include:

  • Ownership of the delivery of the kitting and dispatch plan, goods inwards and dispatch, utilising resources effectively to ensure delivery on time and in full.
  • Conducting departmental production meetings, to collate meaningful improvement metric data, and taking ownership in delivering improvements.
  • Ensuring all items received into stores are correctly and efficiently processed; handled, recorded, identified, and located correctly.
  • Ownership of departmental Health and Safety, including Risk Assessments, which include continual review and maintenance, and effective communication.
  • Overseeing Inventory management aspects, including cycle counting, accuracy of stock levels, and ensuring adequate storage solutions.
  • Monitoring, progressing, and updating departmental training / skills matrix.
  • Being responsible for all items that are returned for servicing, raising the relevant documentation and tracking goods until ready for despatch back to customer.
  • Maintaining a consistent standard of work and performance to satisfy the Company's Quality Assurance standards, in line with the company's procedures.
  • Steering recruitment activities, including interview, on-boarding, and induction.
  • Departmental time and absence management – Holiday, sickness, etc.
  • Departmental Performance Development Reviews (PDR) – Setting SMART objectives, in line with business strategy, perform quarterly reviews, and salary reviews.
  • Driving departmental Continuous improvement activities.
  • Key holding and security-related activities.

Required Skills and Qualifications

You will have previous experience in a similar role, and be able to influence and motivate a team. You'll be extremely well organised, work to a high standard, and have excellent communication skills.

Benefits

Joining QinetiQ offers you an opportunity to work on a broad range of exciting defence-based projects, with vast career progression across a global organisation, in addition to competitive personal and professional benefits. These include adaptive and flexible working, ample holiday entitlements, generous employer pension contributions, enhanced Maternity and Paternity Pay, and the ability to purchase discounted Health Cash Plans, Private Medical Insurance, and Dental Insurance, plus much more.

Others

You'll receive a competitive salary and benefits package, as we constantly review what's happening in the market.



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