Textile Manager

Technique Recruitment Solutions; Coventry; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking a Textile Manager for a manufacturing site in Coventry. This role involves managing linen demand, ensuring product availability, and liaising with various stakeholders. Ideal candidates will have a degree or equivalent experience in a customer-focused environment, strong analytical skills, and proficiency in MS Office and ERP systems. The position offers a competitive salary and opportunities for career growth.

Benefits

Competitive Salary

33 Days Holiday

Company Pension

Discounted Gym Membership

Employee Assistance Programme

On-site Parking

Private Medical

Life Assurance

Qualifications

• Experience in a highly customer-focused service environment.
• Proven ability to manage linen in a manufacturing context.

Responsibilities

• Monitor customer demand and agree action plans.
• Liaise with Account Management and Customer Services.
• Ensure compliance with rewash processes.
• Monitor financial impacts of linen pool budgets.
• Provide demand forecasts and reporting.

Skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Data analysis

Time management

Education

Degree or equivalent work experience

Tools

MS Office

ERP systems

Job description

Job role

Textile Manager

Location

Coventry site based

Full-time Permanent

Salary

£35,000 to £38,000 per annum

Monday to Friday

What’s on offer?

• Competitive Salary of circa £35,000 to £38,000
• 33 Days Holiday
• Company Pension
• Discounted Gym Membership
• Employee Assistance Programme
• On-site Parking
• Private Medical
• Life Assurance

Technique Recruitment Solutions Ltd are working as a recruiter for our National manufacturing client. We have an excellent opportunity for a Textile Manager to join us at our clients manufacturing & service site based in Coventry where, as a Textile Manager your job will be to Control the linen management for a site, ensuring that customer product availability is maximised whilst controlling the textile spend and ensuring that our client realise maximum value from their investment in textiles.

Provide insight to & work with all stakeholders to ensure Customers are on service types and replenishment settings that are both appropriate to their needs and generate manageable demand to Production, flexing demand with the seasons.

Act as a “Centre of Knowledge” for the best setup of customers within our clients systems, and for the range of textiles in use within the plants. As the Textile Manager for the Coventry site work directly with operational teams to ensure maximum utilisation of linen through best practice.

Role responsibilities and summary

• Proactively monitor the demand into the site, highlighting where customer demands are difficult to fulfil, considering why and agree action plans.
• Liaising with colleagues in Account Management and Customer Services to address customer demands and drive best practice.
• Work with Operations Manager to ensure rewash and rag out processes on site are compliant with standards to minimise unnecessary linen investment.
• Monitor all elements of financial impact of the linen pool (Budgets)
• Forecast demand, taking into account seasonal demand and local events, ensuring service is maintained
• Provide weekly, Monthly, Quarterly reporting in line with business needs

What will make you stand out?

• Ability to work cross-functionally with all levels and roles within the laundry.
• Good attention to detail, with the ability to analyse & interpret data, summarising it in an appropriate form for others
• Ability to organise self and others to ensure tasks are carried out in a timely manner

IT literate (MS Office, ERP systems)

To be flexible and able to react quickly to the needs of the customer and business.

Experience of continuous improvement programmes

Educated to degree or equivalent / work experience working in a highly customer focused service environment.

Don’t miss out on this exciting opportunity. Are you ready to take your career to the next level? Our client are able to offer, and encourage career growth, and have national coverage to facilitate ambition.

To apply please forward your updated cv to us without delay.