Goods in Quality Supervisor

MPI Limited; Goole; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Siemens is seeking a Goods In Inspection Supervisor to lead a small team of inspectors, ensuring all incoming materials meet quality standards and drawings. You will drive timely inspection, release, or quarantine decisions and coordinate with suppliers to resolve non-conformances while supporting production and broader logistics goals.

The role emphasizes leadership, data-driven improvement, and strong collaboration with cross-functional teams in a warehousing environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in an operational leadership role in a warehouse or similar environment.
• Strong understanding of European quality standards and compliance.
• Ability to perform root cause analysis (8D) and communicate findings clearly.
• Ability to present data in a concise way and drive improvements.
• Excellent communication across levels of the organization and with suppliers.

Responsibilities

• Lead a small team of inspectors for goods in and material release.
• Ensure all incoming materials are inspected to defined specs and drawings.
• Maintain and adjust inspection parameters to meet production needs.
• Investigate non-conformances and coordinate with suppliers to resolve issues.
• Support warehouse activities and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills

Operational leadership

Quality standards

Team supervision

SAP familiarity

Tools

SAP

Job description

ROLE PROFILE

Job Title: Goods In Inspection Supervisor Division:

Goals/Mission: Forms part of the Supervisory organisation in the warehouse. Provide operational leadership to a small team of inspectors responsible for ensuring all materials entering and being stored in the warehouse comply with the appropriate quality standards and specifications, as well as engineering drawings. Ensures that material is both inspected and released or quarantined within the appropriate time frame to support production. Leads resolution of quality issues with materials on site, working alongside other supply chain colleagues all with the purpose of ensuring material availability.

Key Accountabilities

Team Management

• Line management and leadership of a small team of inspectors
• Works alongside team to complete tasks together daily, leading by example
• Sets priorities for the team to ensure material availability
• Ensures the appropriate coverage, development and capability of the team so that they are able to perform their role on a daily basis

Material Availability

• Ensures that all material arriving into the warehouse is inspected and tested in line with the appropriate quality standards, specification and engineering drawings
• Ensures that all material is inspected in line with the appropriate quality check parameters, and adjusts these parameters to increase or decrease inspection frequency as and when required
• Ensures that all material is handled and moved within a defined SLA to make it available to the production line after passing the appropriate inspections
• Leads the resolution of issues with materials incoming in the event of non-compliance and works with other functions inside the logistics function to resolve as quickly as possible, highlighting concerns with material availability
• Liaises with suppliers to resolve issues where appropriate, escalating when needed to other functions inside logistics team or within the wider QM or project organisation in SMO
• Ensures stock checks are performed as and when required, if an issue is raised in the factory with regards to material specifications
• Leads the resolution of material issues reported by production line to establish root cause and / or timely resolution
• Supports warehouse activity if required alongside team to promote material availability, and may also be asked to step in to supervise warehouse activity from time-to-time

Non-Conformance Management

• Ensures non-conformances are logged as quickly as possible in the appropriate system and tracked through for completion
• Ensures costs are recovered where appropriate from suppliers and tracked accordingly
• Facilitates the blocking and unblocking of materials physically and in SAP to ensure no non-compliant materials get to the production line
• Facilitates the special release process from inside the warehouse when required, liaising with other functions in the factory as appropriate

Reporting and Data

• Produces a variety of KPI’s on the performance of the area that allows targeted improvements to occur, with escalation to other functions inside SMO as and when required
• Ensures data is available to allow feedback and communication with suppliers, supported by data
• Ensures the system is always aligned with physical reality and that material is represented correctly in accordance with its status

Equipment

• Ensures that all appropriate testing equipment is calibrated and available to perform required tests on material incoming to the warehouse
• Liaises with other functions in the facility if other equipment is required to perform inspections or if faults must be rectified
• Facilitates the tool calibration process on site

Cost

• Ensures a continuous focus on cost, particularly in discussion on resolution of non-conforming parts with suppliers

Health, Safety & Environment

• Implement safe systems and controls within your area of responsibility
• Understand, implement and comply with the Siemens Rolling Stock HSWE policies.
• Communicate health and safety responsibilities to your team (or virtual team) and ensure employees raise issues and participate in implementation of agreed changes.
• Fully participate and engage in RL behavioural safety agenda to ensure you and your team work safely.
• Engage with HSWE team to agree targets and priorities to communicate and cascade to team.
• Take reasonable care to avoid acts or omissions that may have an environmental impact.
• Accept personal responsibility to take care of ourselves and any others affected by one’s own acts or omissions

Behaviours

• Role Model behaviour and values consistent with Siemens Values, Siemens Rolling Stock Behaviours and Siemens Business Conduct Guidelines.

People Management

• Demonstrate competence and development in all of the Siemens Management Standards and Siemens Leadership capabilities.
• Place Employee Safety and Wellbeing at the forefront of your team management activities, and ensure your awareness and competence in employee welfare tools (such as Mental Health First Aiders, EAP, Occupational Health etc)
• Develop a high performance culture with strong employee engagement using the Siemens People Management policies and tools, including but limited too: Continuous Dialogue, target/objective setting, appraisal and development plan, Succession planning, Recognition through available scheme or ad hoc approach etc.
• Enable the growth and development of individuals, championing your employees development and enabling them to develop using the “Own your Career” strategy.
• Ensure Employee Administration activities are completed in a timely manner (ie Updating Role Profiles, SOM Charts, Completing Expenses, Grade Movements, Role requisitions raised etc as applicable within your role)
• Ensure good engagement by owning your Induction and Onboarding of employees, along with medicals where relevant

Continuous Improvement/ Quality

• Actively participate in our 3is improvement programme and drive implementation of improvements from the team.
• Continuously develop cross functional and departmental processes.

Compliance

• Monitor compliance to meet internal control procedures and take appropriate corrective action.
• Ensure awareness and understanding of Siemens compliance policies and ‘Tell Us’ ethos. Implement in areas of responsibility.

Other

• This role profile may vary from time to time in accordance with changes to business needs. Your annual objective setting with your line manager will outline any additional responsibilities to meet business requirements or individual development needs for the forthcoming financial year.

Stakeholders & Interfaces

Warehouse Manager, Supply Chain Manager, Supplier Quality Lead, Programme Manager Manufacturing, Procurement, Warehouse, Assembly, Industrial Engineering, Quality, Material Management, External Suppliers

Qualifications, Experience & Technical Know-How

Essential

• Experience in an operational leadership role in a similar sized operation where direct involvement in work is required to achieve defined SLA’s
• A strong understanding and experience of appropriate European quality standards
• Familiarity with basic root cause analysis tools such as 8D
• An ability to present data clearly and concisely, spotting trends as and when they appear and acting accordingly
• An ability to successfully communicate with people at all levels of the organisation
• Experience in leading warehousing operations, and a strong understanding of logistics in general

Preferred

• Experience with MRP systems (SAP preferable)
• Strong MS Office suite skills
• Familiarity with material required to build rolling stock
• Experience driving mechanical handling equipment (MHE) and a current licence

Unrestricted