Materials Manager

**Materials Manager**
Due to continued growth, we are now looking to recruit a Senior Material Controller to join the team at Southport.
**Main Purpose of the Role**
Reporting into the Materials, Planning & Logistics Manager you will manage all aspects of Procurement activities to deliver exceptional services to the Manufacturing teams, ensuring that materials are planned and delivered to meet customer needs. You will beresponsible for managing a small team based at the Southport site consisting of a Material Planning Analyst and Material Planning Support.
**Duties & Key Responsibilities**:

- Daily management of the team
- Manage the delivery of key products to manufacturing including internally supplied products
- Coordinate with internal customers including attendance of production meetings
- Management of supply chain for raw materials required for new production introductions to manage delivery in line with agreed project plans
- 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
- 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**:

- Working towards CIPS or CIPS qualified.
- Ability to analyse and present information to senior stakeholders
- Excellent communication, relationship and interpersonal skills
- Strong data analytical and problem solving skills
- Operational procurement and Supply Chain management experience (supplier/pipeline control)
- Previous working knowledge of a production environment
- Previous experience working with OEM Customers.
- Experience working within an MRP system (ideally SAP system experience)
- Proven leadership skills of a small team
- Analytical and data driven.
- Proven planning and organisational skills
Desirable Criteria:
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
- Cycle to work scheme, recognition events and rewards
- Free car parking
**Unipart Rail - who we are**
We have a long heritage in the rail industry based on decades of experience, we have continuous improvement plans to embrace innovation in both products and business techniques to ensure that we remain the first and best choice for our customers. Our focuson Technology in our products, services and solutions places us at the forefront of industry 4.0 and in our Technology & Product Solutions and Supply Chain Solutions, delivering value for our customers.
Unipart Rail is part of the Unipart Group, one of Europe's leading independent logistics’ companies that employs more than 8,000 employees worldwide and has an annual turnover of more than £800 million.
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.
Unipart Rail has sites across the UK, and operations across the world. As the leading supply chain partner to the UK rail industry, we have opportunities across a huge range of professions - from the shop floor through to the boardroom.
And with our strong focus on training, development and promoting from within, we have career progression paths that could take you to the head of your department, working in Australia, or even into an area of the business you didn't know you were interestedin
We will challenge you to be creative and contribute with new ways of working, and we will reward you with a rich working environment with an emphasis on continuous improvement and an opportunity to make your mark on our business.
Join us today and start to work the Unipart Way.
Location: Southport
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: Full time, 37 hours per week

**Salary**: Competitive
You may also have experience in the following: Material Resource Controller, Stock Controller, Resource Planner, Service Controller, Resource Allocator, Scheduling, Stock Control, Supply Chain, etc.
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