Vacancy NameEngineering Materials Coordinator Employment TypePermanent CountryUnited Kingdom LocationCardiff Business AreaOperations Workplace TypeOnsite About PrincesThe Princes Group has over 7, employees with offices and production sites in the UK, Netherlands, Italy, Poland, France and Mauritius. Princes manufactures different food and drink products responsibly sourced and enjoyed by consumers every day. None of this would be possible without striving to be an employer of choice, where our colleagues are proud to represent our business. Role DescriptionTitle: Engineering materials co-ordinator
Job Purpose
To run an efficient and cost-effective material inventory delivery for the engineering function. Ensuring stock accuracy against SAP.
Support Cardiff site vision, to be the home of operational excellence and the customer’s first choice soft drinks manufacturer.
Working Hours
This is a Monday - Friday 08.45 until 17.00 position and is office based
Principal Responsibilities
1. Communicate daily with Engineering Management to ensure parts available for planned maintenance, engineering, and production priorities.
2. Control of Engineering stock items
3. Monitoring of R+M budget – daily spend sheet
4. Constantly challenge stock levels
5. Source best practise ways of storing items.
6. Team member responsible for audits & reporting to business on Engineering stores area.
7. To assist with company cost reduction projects.
8. Select best supplier for spares and service.
9. Ensure purchased items conform to legislative, moral, and European directive requirements.
10. Embrace a culture of safe behaviour and contractors’ health and safety in the store’s areas
11. Support a culture enhancing behavioural awareness to minimise accidents and near misses
12. Challenge all spares/service requests to ascertain need.
13. Complete relevant documentation / Record data in required formats
14. Reporting data to required channels including anomalies to the line manager
15. Undertake the training of others as required
16. Attendance at meetings, at various locations, as required by the line Manager
17. Contribute to and help implement continuous improvement, to enhance quality, safety, efficiency, and waste reduction
18. Ensure systems for stores to minimise inventory levels and working capital
19. Liaise daily/hourly with colleagues within and across function regarding planning/production matters
20. Controlling refurbishment of used parts for repair.
21. Assisting other departments as and when required – material inventories / consumables
22. Communicate daily with engineering to ensure planned maintenance, engineering and production priorities are considered
General Responsibilities
You must exercise reasonable skill and care for the health and safety of yourself and other people at work and you must not interfere with or obstruct anything provided in the interests of health and safety at work.
The incumbent should demonstrate behaviours which are in line with the site values & help to improve the Quality, Safety & Environmental culture.
Support the business in working towards delivering our ethical trading and human rights vision.
When engaging with internal and external stakeholders (such as consumers, customers or suppliers) maximise any potential opportunities to communicate Princes’ ethical trade and human rights approach.
These are the key daily tasks, not a comprehensive list of all tasks undertaken by the job holder. Flexibility is required by the business & this will be agreed with the individual’s line manager.
Development:
23. To manage all requisitioning and purchasing requirements for the Engineering dept
24. Selecting best supplier in terms of price, quality and service whilst ensuring the service to vendors ensures a faultless financial transaction.
25. Continually monitor suppliers’ prices, service, and quality.
26. Reduction of stock holding
Knowledge
27. Effective Communication
28. Working with Others
29. Experience of working in FMCG Manufacturing
Skills
30. SAP knowledge and experience – desired.
31. IT - Word Processing, understanding Spreadsheet
32. Communication
Role Requirements