Stores Manager (Engineering)

South Muskham, Nottinghamshire
British Sugar PLC

British Sugar is a home-grown success story and one of the most efficient and competitive beet processers in the world. Around 3,500 farmers based in East Anglia and the East Midlands supply our four advanced manufacturing sites with eight million tonnes of sugar beet every year. We, in turn, make this in to over 1 million tonnes of sugar, serving customers across the UK, Ireland and increasingly growing commercially in the EU and world sugar markets.

Job Details

Full time, Permanent

Location: Newark

Salary: 49,000 to 60,000

Job Purpose

Reporting to the Maintenance Process Manager, working as part of the site Engineering Support Team. This role is accountable for the efficient running of the stores across the whole site, supporting around 200 site-based employees and contractors.

Core Accountabilities

• Managing and improving inventories of engineering stock, process chemicals, bulk stock and consumable items across the entire site
• Managing and delivering the corporate Procure to Pay and financial processes
• Responsibility for inventory stock checks, issuing items, processing new stock requests, managing stock items and consignment stock
• Line management of Stores Operatives
• Managing and continuously improving, visual standards, housekeeping, and safety of stores areas to a high standard
• Work with the stores managers at our other core sites to further develop our stores of the future initiative and lead the site implementation
• Liaising with the Procurement team on corporately agreed contracts and framework agreements as well as advising and supporting others on procurement processes.
• Raising purchase orders and resolving invoice queries using Oracle JDE software and web-based systems
• Liaising with suppliers and on-site departments to obtain quotations, drive best value, progress and expedite orders
• Updating the computerised maintenance management system, using web-based and mobile applications, as orders are processed and received

Skills, Knowledge & Competencies

• Able to work proactively to maintain safe and efficient operation of the stores and understands the hazards of complex industrial environments
• Experience in a similar Engineering stores roles, or in related roles such as warehousing, logistics, procurement or buying
• Good literacy, numeracy, and IT skills
• Counterbalance Forklift license holder; or able and willing to become trained
• Strong demonstrable prioritisation and organisational skills with precise attention to detail taking responsibility for managing own and others workload
• Exposure and/or use of lean processes (six sigma, DMAIC, etc) and demonstrates the ability to analyse and problem solve
• Able to follow financial and procurement processes with a high level of integrity
• Enthusiastic, energetic and self-motivated and willing to take on a challenge
• Excellent communicator and personable; able to establish and maintain excellent working relationships and engage and influence others