Materials Controller - Bourne, United Kingdom - Bakkavor

Bakkavor

Verified Company

Bourne, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

Materials Controller
Proud to be trusted and believed in

Salary:
£25,500 - £27,000 depending on experience

Location:
Bourne, Lincolnshire

Working Hours:

Working Days:
Sunday - Thursday

Benefits Package: 33 Days Holiday, Life Assurance, Pension, Flexible Benefits Package, Staff Shop with hot food available, Free Parking and more.

Bakkavor Bourne specialises in making prepared fruit, stir-fry and dressed salads. It employs over 1,200 people and forms part of the Bakkavor Meals sector in the UK.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Materials Controller to join our Materials function, to schedule the inbound materials, coordinate with production areas to prevent risk of shortages and maintain stock levels.

Accountabilities:

To maintain standards of information produced to ensure accurate materials (inbound and outbound) schedules are sustained
Forecast, order and schedule materials into the business in order to fulfil all sales within specified stock holding levels.
Proactively contribute to improvement activities
Participate in NPD, ensuring all new products for launch are researched with the procurement teams so that prepro's and launches are undertaken smoothly within the business.
To ensure the delivery of agreed KPI's across the operation banner are complied with and that the department KPIS are adhered to and maintain at all times.
Actively seek coaching and development to the required level of competence to encourage continuous improvement within the department and the business.

About you:

Great organisation skills, forward thinking and good attention to detail.
The ability to analyse information, summarise and report your findings
Be comfortable communicating externally with Customers and Suppliers
Ability to use initiative to propose solutions and overcome obstacles
Selfstarter with a drive to improve
Good IT skills (Excel / Word / PowerPoint / Outlook)
Ability to build strong working relationships cross functionally
Be able to adhere to Health & Safety Requirements

What you can expect from us

When joining us you can expect a highly competitive rewards package including group pension, life insurance and other flexible benefits - alongside excellent career progression prospects across the Bakkavor group.

Proud to be Bakkavor
We're proud to be the leading UK provider of innovative, high-quality, fresh prepared food. We're proud to be driven by the hard work and passion of our people. And we're proud to offer a wide range of careers full of support and opportunity. Join our team and we'll make you proud too.

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