About the Role
At Northwood, we are dedicated to zero-harm, empowering colleagues, leading with humility, and ultimately, coming together as one family.
A rare and exciting opportunity has arisen for an Engineering Stores Coordinator to take ownership of keeping the Lancaster Engineering stores fully stocked, safe, and efficient.
This role is brand new which means you will be the first person in this role, getting everything set up to deliver a crucial support to our Engineering team.
To help you avoid some of the rush hour traffic, we will ask you to arrive by 8am, and your day will normally finish at 4:30pm, Monday to Friday.
Job Opportunity
Relying on your expertise, you will carry out inventory checks, identify obsolete stock, and evaluate the capability, durability, and reparability of components/parts to deliver cost savings where possible.
You will collaborate with the Engineering team regarding upcoming projects, proactively preparing the required parts and stock. Alongside this, you will liaise with suppliers to confirm right components are on hand, as well as accurately processing invoices for payments.
From time to time, it will be necessary to appraise components/parts to establish the most efficient and cost-effective course of action.
Please be mindful that within the operational part of our tissue mills, you may encounter some humidity, puddles on the ground from water residue, and a scent from waste-water extraction. We minimise this as much as reasonably possible, however this is a common theme within a tissue mill setting, and we are committed to our ‘Zero Harm by Choice’ guiding principle.
Essential Skills
To become our Lancaster site's brand new Engineering Stores Coordinator, here's what we're looking for:
* A natural self-starter with a proactive mindset
* An individual who can transform concept into practice, and position this role as a key support channel for the Engineering team
* 5 GCSEs at Grade C or Grade 4/5
* Experience or familiarity with SAP (ERP) system
* At least 5 years' experience in an Engineering or Engineering Stores role, preferably in the FMCG sector.
* Comfortable working effectively in a team, as well as autonomously
About Company
Northwood is a family-owned group of associated companies that provide the manufacturing, supply and transportation of paper hygiene and wiping products for both the away-from-home and consumer market.
Our mission is to be the market-leading partner of choice in the away from home tissue industry. One of only a small handful of companies in the UK market that is fully vertically integrated; Northwood is involved at each point in the supply chain, from raw material supply, tissue and towel manufacturing, end-user product converting, storage and transportation.
Our remit is huge, with a portfolio of products covering two key systems brands, professional wiping, commodity, consumer paper and private label. We sell into a distribution network spanning the UK, Ireland and Europe, which in turn service markets such as healthcare, hospitality, hotels, engineering, janitorial, catering and education.
We are a highly successful, award-winning and ambitious business that has grown from a humble paper sales business to a market leader employing over 800 colleagues, across 11 sites in the UK and Spain.
We differentiate ourselves by excelling in product quality alongside market-leading service and sales support.
Benefits
* Company pension
* Life assurance
* Free company products
* Free on-site parking
* Food, retail, holidays, cinema, and gyms discounts
* Wellness programmes, including Employee Assistance Program and OnDemand GP service
* Free early access to pay scheme
* Salary sacrifice schemes
* Employee referral scheme