Job Title: Stores Supervisor
Location: Long Eaton, Nottinghamshire
Salary: from £28,000 negotiable dependent on experience and proven capability, 6.51% employer pension contribution, 3 x salary life assurance, generous holiday entitlement, free parking, free PPE and uniform, bike to work scheme (after qualifying period).
Job Type: 37 hours per week
TecQuipment is the leading provider of high-quality educational equipment for engineering disciplines. The company’s laboratory products are used by students and educators across the world, in over 1500 establishments in more than 100 countries.
Be part of a rapidly growing, world-leading company that is now an employee-owned business where we all share in the responsibilities and successes.
The role:
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a suitably experienced Stores/Goods-In Supervisor to join our busy Stores team in a hands-on supervisory role. Stores is central to the effective operation of our production system in which Manufacturing Requirements Planning is used to manage material flow from in-house supply departments and external suppliers into Stores and from Stores out to Assembly. We are looking for a committed and experienced Stores professional to lead and develop our Stores operations.
Your main responsibilities will include:
- Managing receipt, storage, picking and kitting of components from in-house manufacturing and external suppliers in line with a demanding production schedule
- Coordinate, manage and monitor the despatch, receipt and locating of components
- Manage deliveries to and collections from external providers such as heat treatment and screen printing
- Organise and manage annual and monthly Stock counts
- Actively seek to reduce out of stock scenarios, identifying errors and eliminating root causes
- Motivate, organise, and encourage teamwork within the Stores to ensure targets are met or exceeded
- Liaise with other areas ensuring open and clear communication between departments
- Organise the recruitment and training of staff, as well as monitoring staff performance and progress
- Oversee planned maintenance of equipment and vehicle
Essential:
- Minimum 3 years’ supervisory experience
- Minimum 5 years’ experience within a fast-paced, high-volume Goods in/Stores department
- Experience of picking and kitting
- A self-motivated, organised leader, displaying accuracy, flexibility and discipline whilst maintaining a productive working environment
- Proven track record with the use of MRP systems and Excel
- Excellent communication skills with both internal and external customers and liaising with other areas of the company
Desirable:
- Experience of working within a fast-paced engineering manufacturer
- Experience of SAP
- Evidence of supervisory/management training
- Experience with managing Health & Safety within a Stores environment
- Experience of handling high value, delicate components
- Experience of managing staff involved in delivery and collection of components
Benefits:
- Pension
- Life assurance
- Free parking
- 26 days holiday entitlement plus bank holidays
About Tecquipment:
We design and make lab equipment used by universities and colleges to teach engineering so quality of function and finish are critically important. Operating at the extreme end of high mix/low volume electro-mechanical manufacturing, we have evolved approaches that have served the business well and now are looking for the successful candidate to drive the identification and implementation of manufacturing best practise tailored to our particular product mix and business needs.
TecQuipment manufactures of over 400 different products in our site in Long Eaton, near Nottingham. We typically complete and ship around 60 sales orders per month, each of which may include multiple products. The products cover a range from simple forces and moments kits through to wind-tunnels and gas turbines so there is tremendous variety and different challenges every day.
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Candidates with experience or relevant job titles of: Stores Manager, Warehouse Manager, Supply Chain Administrator, Dispatch Manager, Warehouse Coordinator, Warehouse Supervisor, Warehouse Operative, Goods Inwards Warehouse Operative, Warehouse Team Leader, Warehouse, Process Operative, Goods Outwards Operative, Dispatch Operative, Supply Chain Operative and Warehouse Worker may also be considered for this role.
