Freightliner is the UK's largest maritime intermodal logistics operator, transporting containers from all major deep-sea ports to our national network of inland terminals, as well as a leading operator in the UK Heavy Haul rail freight market. Freightliner has operations across Europe offering both Intermodal and Heavy Haul rail freight services seamlessly connecting European countries and the UK.
In the UK the Freightliner Group operates under a number of legal entities including Freightliner Group Ltd, Freightliner Heavy Haul Ltd, Freightliner Ltd, Pentalver Transport Ltd, and Pentalver Cannock Ltd.
Freightliner was recently voted Rail Freight Company of the Year at the 2024 Multimodal Awards. We are a proud WORK180 endorsed employer for women, highlighting the company’s commitment to increased diversity and a supportive work culture for all employees.
Materials Manager
Freightliner Heavy Haul Ltd
Location: Southampton / Crewe / Ipswich
Who are we looking for?
We are looking for an experienced Materials Manager who is a natural self-starter, with a dynamic and engaging personality to take our material division forward and build on the great work that has already been achieved. The location of the role can be based at any three of our four Intermodal maintenance depots; Crewe, Ipswich, or Southampton. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing our materials team to deliver loco and wagon materials to our sites. This is a senior position within our engineering team looking after over a 1000 product lines across multiple sites and as such we offer a competitive renumeration package to support this complex role.
On your first day, we’ll expect you to have:
1. Commitment to developing safe working practices.
2. In depth knowledge of supply chain and inventory management systems, with proven experience in this area.
3. Experience within the role of Materials Controller / Logistics Controller / Buyer / Materials Management with experience in forecasting and procurement tools, collating and developing business KPIs.
4. Ability to drive Continuous Improvement to ensure we achieve our targets and standardise our processes across our depots.
What will be your responsibilities?
5. Being a safety influencer by ensuring you and your team work safely at all times whilst always looking for opportunities to do things safer and more efficiently.
6. Owning the material control process using our Asset Management System and working with the stores teams to deliver effective planning, implementation and optimal stock levels that are accurate and proven through audit/stock counts.
7. Liaise with internal customers and external suppliers and develop good relationships with them through regular engagement to ensure we optimise stock levels and achieve maximum efficiency for the control of material.
8. Resolve material shortages, backlogs and other potential schedule interruptions while identifying and creating strategic solutions to improve material flow at multiple levels
9. Develop and maintain visual management process in line with lean practises and monitor the utilisation of materials on site producing reports to show performance.
10. Report on all of the above at our monthly team meetings.
Testimonial
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Our perks and benefits
Our people are our most important asset. We strive to empower our employees, ensuring they are trained and competent, fit for work, always informed, and completely engaged in our culture that places safety and wellbeing firmly at the heart of everything we do.
We are looking for the most committed and reliable individuals who possess the knowledge, skills and experience needed for their roles. In return we can offer considerable career progression, and a rewarding career in an award-winning team alongside:
11. Competitive pay
12. Fantastic final-salary pension scheme after an initial qualifying period
13. Enhanced maternity & paternity pay
14. Access to the company's life assurance scheme
15. A range of benefits to make your own so you can get the most of your work and home life which will also help save you money and hassle. From reimbursement on health treatments, to savings on new cars.
16. Hybrid working options for eligible roles