Logistics Inventory Controller

Spirax-Sarco Engineering; Cheltenham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A global engineering solutions company in Cheltenham is seeking a Logistics Administrator to manage various administration tasks within the logistics operation. The ideal candidate will ensure orders are processed efficiently, comply with EHS practices, and engage in continuous improvement initiatives. Competitive salary with excellent benefits including 27 days of holiday, private medical insurance, and a pension plan.

Benefits

27 days holiday plus Wellbeing day

Private Medical Insurance

Bonus scheme

Share scheme

Enhanced pension plan

Life assurance

On-site gym

Free on-site parking

Salary sacrifice schemes for Technology and Electric Vehicles

Qualifications

• Experience of working in a production environment.
• Understanding of commercial impact on department.
• Continuous improvement knowledge/certification.
• Training in PLM system.

Responsibilities

• Carry out administration tasks for logistics operation.
• Process customer orders to meet OTTR requirements.
• Engage in continuous improvement initiatives.
• Ensure compliance with EHS practices.

Skills

Advanced user of MRP software

Excellent communication skills

Ability to interpret data

Proficient with Microsoft Office Packages

Tools

JDE/E1

WMS

Job description

Location

Cheltenham, UK

Benefits

(UK only) 27 days holiday plus Wellbeing day, Private Medical Insurance, Bonus scheme, Share scheme, Enhanced pension plan, Life assurance, On-site gym, Free on-site parking, Salary sacrifice schemes for Technology and Electric Vehicles.

Role Overview

To carry out administration tasks associated with a busy logistics operation around product lifecycle management (PLM), engineered to order (ETO), transit location management, root cause analysis, corrective actions, sales order requests, negative corrections, cycle counting & discrepancy investigations.

Objectives & Responsibilities

• Advanced user of company’s MRP software database.
• Excellent working knowledge and ability to carry out all key administration tasks across the full Logistics operation as and when required including GRB, North stores & DC.
• Develop and foster cross functional key relationships with wider logistics and business teams.
• Ensures customer orders are processed to meet on time to requirement (OTTR) requirements.
• Operate computerised databases and systems to ensure that all transactions are accurate and completed within the required timescales.
• Perform routine daily duties for the collection and correct disposal of recycling and general waste streams as required.
• Understand and comply with Company Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) practices, identify areas for improvement and support related initiatives.
• Understand and comply with the Company Core Values.
• Engage, suggest and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives and projects, as required.
• Flexible to complete other duties when required.
• Develop and drive your own personal development plan.

Previous Experience

• Experience of working in a production environment.
• Understanding of your commercial impact on the department.
• Continuous improvement knowledge and/or certification.
• Training in the PLM system.

To Be Successful

• Demonstrate Company Core Values at all times.
• Proficient with JDE/E1 or similar and the ability to interpret data.
• Continuous improvement knowledge and/or certification.
• Understand the PLM and ETO systems.
• Recent experience using WMS or similar in day to day operations.
• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written to all levels of the hierarchy.
• Excellent numerical skills.
• Ability to provide support for IS and handheld scanners.
• Ability to work on daily plans and tasks using numeracy and literacy skills.
• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office Packages.

The Steam Thermal Solutions business is one of three businesses within Spirax Group. Spirax Sarco and Gestra, are our two brands that form Steam Thermal Solutions and are global leaders in the supply of engineered solutions for the design, provision and maintenance of efficient industrial and commercial steam systems. Steam Thermal Solutions has global coverage across 67 operating units (called OpCos), organised into four Divisions: EMEA, APAC, Americas, Gestra.

Spirax Group is a FTSE100 and FTSE4Good multi-national industrial engineering Group with expertise in the control and management of steam, electric thermal solutions, peristaltic pumping and associated fluid technologies.

Our Purpose is to create sustainable value for all our stakeholders as we engineer a more efficient, safer and sustainable world. Our technologies play an essential role in critical industrial processes and industrial equipment across industries as diverse as Food & Beverage, Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology, Power Generation, Semiconductors and Healthcare. With customers in 165 countries, we provide the solutions that sit behind the production of many items used in daily life, from baked beans to mobile phones!

Our Purpose, supported by our inclusive culture and Values, unites us, guides our decisions and inspires us everywhere that we operate. We support our colleagues to make their difference for each other as well as customers, communities, suppliers, our planet and shareholders by creating a truly equitable working environment where everyone feels included.

You will receive a competitive salary (and a discretionary bonus), flexible working and excellent benefits including 27 days holiday allowance (before bank holidays), 3 days’ paid volunteering leave, comprehensive private healthcare, enhanced pension plan, life assurance, optional participation in a Share Ownership Plan, free onsite parking, flexible benefits, and access to a personal discounts’ portal. We also offer a range of additional support and benefits through our Everyone is Included Group Inclusion Plan, detailed below.

Everyone is Included at Spirax Group

We are passionate about creating inclusive and equitable working cultures where everyone can be themselves and achieve their full potential. For us, that means supportive teams and strong relationships where everyone’s contribution is valued - across social and cultural backgrounds, ethnicities, ages, genders, gender identities, abilities, neurodiversity, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, and everything else that makes us human and unique.

We want everyone to be able to make their difference here, so we will always consider requests for flexible working.

We know that everyone needs some extra help from time to time too, so we have introduced a range of additional benefits through our Group Inclusion Commitments. These include gender-neutral parental leave, 15 days of extra paid caregiver leave, paid time off and support for anyone experiencing pregnancy loss or domestic abuse, menopause-friendly workplace principles and more. Learn more at https://www.spiraxgroup.com/en/life-at-spirax/our-inclusive-group/our-inclusion-commitments.

We are also a Disability Confident Committed Employer. If you would like to apply using this scheme, please select this option in our application form or notify our recruitment partners.