Materials Controller

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Salary:  £26,000 - £30,000 depending on experience

Location: Bourne, Lincolnshire

Working Hours: 08.30 – 17.00

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.

About the role:

• 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.
• Pro-actively contribute to improvement activities
• Participate in NPD, ensuring all new products for launch are researched with the procurement teams so that pre-pro’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
• Self-starter 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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