Materials Manager

Tyne and Wear Permanent Competitive + Excellent Benefits Ref: 420523

The Role

I am delighted to be working on a newly created Materials Manager role for a growing national business.
Day to day duties include:

•   Lead a small purchasing admin team
•   Own demand planning and maintain appropriate stock availability across long international lead times
•   Take ownership of container ordering currently managed separately
•   Place and monitor purchase orders and expedite international supply
•   Coordinate shipping/import activity
•   Manage internal purchasing requirements across multiple depots/departments
•   Build effective relationships across the wider group supply chain
•   Improve existing processes and help shape the purchasing/inventory function

The Organisation

Our client is an established UK business with a multi-site operations and a strong focus on improving the effectiveness, visibility and control of its operations. The business is developing its operational structure for the future, with emphasis on better forward planning and materials management between sites and stronger alignment between demand, capacity, materials, purchasing and delivery requirements

About You

The successful Materials Manager will be/ have:

•   Highly organised and comfortable managing significant product/SKUs
• Inquisitive individual with a technical mindset
• Willingness to understand products rather than simply process purchase orders
•   Commercially aware individual
•   Strong communicator able to work well with internal and external stakeholders
•   Comfortable improving established processes and bringing greater structure to the department

What's in it for you?

The Materials Manager role offers:

• A competitive salary
• Opportunity to lead an established team
• Work in a growing, secure business
• 25 days holidays + BH
• Competitive pension
• A collaborative working environment liaising closely with colleagues across supply chain, warehousing, logistics and finance, giving you excellent visibility across the operation.