Engineering Stores Assistant - Cardiff, United Kingdom - PRINCES

PRINCES

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Cardiff, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Princes Cardiff are looking for a Engineering Stores Person to join the team This is a great time to join our business due to a recent £60 million investment into the site.

This is an amazing opportunity to work for one of the UK's leading FMCG companies and network with key stakeholders within the business with a great company culture to match

Job Purpose
To run an efficient and cost-effective Engineering Stores.

To manage all requisitioning and purchasing requirements for the Engineering dept., selecting best supplier in terms of price, quality and service whilst ensuring the service to vendors ensures a faultless financial transaction.

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

Benefits

14.5% Pension consisting of a 9.5% Employer contribution (Opt-In)
Critical Illness Scheme
Enhanced Family Friendly Policy (Maternity, Paternity, Adoption Leave)
Flexible holidays the option to buy/sell up to 4 days holiday per year

Principal Responsibilities

Accountable for Control of Spend on stock items
Monitoring & reporting Engineering R&R budget
Constantly challenge stock levels
Source best practise ways of storing items
Continually monitor suppliers' prices, service, and quality to ensure best deals are obtained
Collation & reporting services Utility data to senior managers & Finance dept
Gathering and statistical representation of all engineering work done
Team member responsible for audits & reporting to business
To set stock levels
Select best supplier for spares and service, linked to Group Purchasing
Ensure purchased items conform to legislative, moral, and European directive requirements
Embrace a culture of safe behaviour and contractors' health and safety in the store's areas
Support a culture enhancing behavioural awareness to reduce accidents and near misses
Coordinate between engineering and suppliers to ensure best service is always maintained
Actively challenge vendors/suppliers to minimise the effect of parked/blocked invoices
Challenge all spares/service requests to ascertain need
Adhere to stock reduction plan
Complete relevant documentation / Record data in required formats
Reporting data to required channels including anomalies to manager
Undertake the training of others as required
Attendance at meetings, at various locations, as required by the Engineering Stores Manager
Contribute to and help implement continuous improvement, to enhance quality, safety, efficiency, and waste reduction
Ensure systems for stores to minimise inventory levels and working capital
Communicate daily with Engineering Management to ensure parts available for planned maintenance, engineering, and production priorities
Liaise daily/hourly with colleagues within and across function regarding planning/production matters
Communicate daily with engineering to ensure planned maintenance, engineering and production priorities are considered

General Responsibilities

Understand and take an active role in lean manufacturing work practices including 5S, AM and problem solving (including root cause analysis), to drive continuous improvement activity throughout the site.

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.

Experience Required

Knowledge