Supply Chain & Inventory Manager

Optima Consultancy Services Ltd; Barrowford; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Optima Consultancy Services Ltd in Nelson seeks a Supply Chain & Inventory Manager to own and optimise inventory and procurement within an engineering manufacturing context.

You will lead stock accuracy improvements, manage MRP data, and drive store processes across the team, ensuring cost efficiency and performance with suppliers.

Qualifications

• Inventory and stock management experience in engineering or manufacturing.
• Hands-on experience using MRP systems to manage and improve inventory accuracy.
• Evidence of improving stores processes rather than simply maintaining them.
• Purchasing/procurement experience within an engineering or manufacturing environment.
• Confidence dealing with suppliers and identifying commercial improvements.
• Ability to identify problems, develop solutions and implement them.
• Strong communication and organisational skills.

Responsibilities

• Improve inventory accuracy and update MRP data.
• Review stock reception, storage, location, counting and issuing.
• Implement robust stock control, cycle counting and stores processes.
• Manage purchasing and procurement of engineering components and consumables.
• Work with suppliers to improve performance, availability and cost.
• Lead the stores team and establish clear processes and KPIs.
• Identify opportunities to standardise supply chain processes across the engineering group.

Skills

Inventory management

Procurement

Supplier management

Problem solving

Communication

Organizational skills

Tools

MRP systems

Progress Plus

Job description

Supply Chain & Inventory Manager | Nelson | £45,000 - £50,000

If you walked into an engineering store’s function where the physical stock and the MRP system didn’t quite agree, would you know how to fix it?

If so, there’s genuine scope to come in, take ownership and make measurable improvements here.

What you’ll be doing

This role covers supply chain, inventory, stores and procurement from day one, with the immediate priority being getting inventory management where it needs to be.

The MRP system is established, but the processes need modernising and adapting.

You’ll take ownership of:

• Improving inventory accuracy and getting MRP data up to date
• Reviewing how stock is received, stored, located, counted and issued
• Implementing robust stock control, cycle counting and stores processes
• Managing purchasing and procurement of engineering components, steel, materials and consumables
• Working with suppliers to improve performance, availability and cost
• Managing the stores team and introducing clear processes and KPIs
• Identifying opportunities to improve and standardise supply chain processes that can be implemented across the wider engineering group.

This needs someone comfortable taking ownership and implementing improvements, rather than simply supervising the existing operation.

What you’ll need

• Inventory and stock management experience in engineering or manufacturing
• Hands-on experience using MRP systems to manage and improve inventory accuracy. Progress Plus would be advantageous, but not essential.
• Evidence of improving stores processes rather than simply maintaining them
• Purchasing/procurement experience within an engineering or manufacturing environment. CIPS would be beneficial but not fundamental.
• Confidence dealing with suppliers and identifying commercial improvements
• The ability to identify problems, develop solutions and implement them
• Strong communication and organisational skills

About the employer

A long-established engineering manufacturer based in Nelson, designing and building specialist bespoke machinery for the food and bakery industry.

Interested?