Packaging Materials & Data Coordinator

Westfalia Fruit Group; 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

Medicash

Life Insurance

Job summary

Westfalia Fruit Group in Spalding, Lincolnshire is seeking a Materials Coordinator to own packaging master data and BOM accuracy, ensuring stock movements are correctly reflected in systems and aligned with production needs.

You will support forward planning, reconcile packaging stock, and drive improvements across planning, production, and finance. The role requires experience in packaging or inventory control, strong Excel skills and a proactive, detail-oriented mindset.

Qualifications

• Experience in packaging, inventory control or similar operational environment.
• Strong stock reconciliation and variance investigation skills.
• Experience maintaining ERP master data and BOMs.
• Excellent numerical and analytical abilities with Excel.

Responsibilities

• Complete accurate packaging, tray and returnable-equipment reconciliations, investigating and resolving stock discrepancies promptly.
• Monitor packaging stock integrity and availability, proactively identifying shortages and risks to production.
• Support stock counts and period-end controls, ensuring adjustments are evidenced, authorised and recorded.
• Create, maintain and validate packaging master data and Bills of Materials (BOMs).
• Coordinate master data and BOM changes, perform data-quality checks and resolve duplicates.
• Investigate packaging and tray variances, identify root causes and drive corrective actions.
• Analyse stock adjustments, usage and write-off trends to identify control issues and opportunities for improvement.
• Maintain audit trails and work with cross-functional teams to resolve issues and ensure continuity.
• Provide coverage for packaging-control activities during peak periods and project activity.

Skills

Numerical skills

Analytical skills

Communication

Organisational skills

Excel

Tools

ERP system

Job description

Westfalia Fruit Group in Spalding, Lincolnshire is seeking a Materials Coordinator to own packaging master data and BOM accuracy, ensuring stock movements are correctly reflected in systems and aligned with production needs.

You will support forward planning, reconcile packaging stock, and drive improvements across planning, production, and finance. The role requires experience in packaging or inventory control, strong Excel skills and a proactive, detail-oriented mindset.