Materials & BOM Data Coordinator (FMCG)

Westfalia-Fruit; Spalding; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

20 days holiday

Free on-site parking

Birthday leave

Company pension plan

Medicash cash plan

Life Insurance

Job summary

Westfalia Fruit in Spalding, Lincolnshire, is seeking a Materials Coordinator to ensure data integrity between planning and intake. You will reconcile packaging movements, maintain BOM data, support stock checks, and collaborate with Planning, Production, and Finance to protect production continuity.

The role emphasizes accurate master data, variance investigation, and proactive risk management, with a focus on continuous improvement and packaging availability during peak periods.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in packaging, inventory control, supply chain, manufacturing, master data or a similar operational environment.

Responsibilities

• Complete accurate packaging, tray and returnable-equipment reconciliations, investigating and resolving stock discrepancies promptly.
• Monitor packaging stock integrity and availability, proactively identifying shortages, unrecorded movements and potential risks to production.
• Support stock counts and period-end controls, ensuring all adjustments are appropriately evidenced, authorised and accurately recorded.
• Create, maintain and validate packaging master data and Bills of Materials (BOMs), ensuring system information remains accurate and aligned with approved specifications.
• Coordinate master data and BOM changes, completing regular data-quality checks and resolving inaccurate, duplicate or obsolete records.
• Investigate packaging and tray variances, identifying root causes and coordinating corrective actions to prevent recurrence and minimise loss.
• Analyse stock adjustments, usage and write-off trends to identify control issues, risks and opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Maintain accurate control records, processes and audit trails, supporting internal, customer and external audit requirements.
• Work closely with Packaging Intake, Planning, Production, Technical, Finance and Systems teams to resolve issues and maintain smooth factory operations.
• Provide operational support and cover for critical packaging-control activities, helping to ensure continuity, accuracy and packaging availability during peak periods, absence and project activity.

Skills

Numerical skills

Analytical thinking

Excel proficiency

Inventory control

Stock reconciliation

Supply chain experience

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Collaboration

Continuous improvement

Tools

ERP systems

D365

Job description

Westfalia Fruit in Spalding, Lincolnshire, is seeking a Materials Coordinator to ensure data integrity between planning and intake. You will reconcile packaging movements, maintain BOM data, support stock checks, and collaborate with Planning, Production, and Finance to protect production continuity.

The role emphasizes accurate master data, variance investigation, and proactive risk management, with a focus on continuous improvement and packaging availability during peak periods.