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Stores & Stock Manager

Location: Normanton

Type: Permanent, Full Time

Working hours: Mon – Fri, 08.00 – 17.00

Reporting to: Group Asset Operations Director

Liaising with: Vehicle Technicians, Hoist Engineers (inhouse and third party), Hoist Remounters (inhouse and third party), Suppliers, Operations staff, Depot Managers (AHN / WHN), Finance, Procurement Supporting the smooth, efficient and cost-effective running of the Stores and Stock function within the Group.

Responsibilities

Stock:

  • Stock management across all depots
  • Cycle count, quarterly and annual stock take preparation and execution
  • Reviewing and consolidating supplier and product database to drive efficiency
  • Comply with auditing requirements and reconciling stock counts as required
  • Ensure that the stock system on Syrinx is maintained with correct procedures being followed for booking in and out of stock
  • Housekeeping of stores
  • Review current procedures and realign for future requirements and improvements
  • Ensure that order lead times and any delays are communicated back to the relevant teams

People Management:

  • Day to day management of the Stores Controllers
  • Identifying and delivering any training requirements for the team
  • Involvement in the recruitment of new team members
  • Liaising with the HR function as required with any/all related matters
  • Conduct regular one to ones with team members according the Company policy
  • Authorising on timesheets and holiday requests for Stores Controllers
  • Ensure Company’s health & safety policy and procedures are always adhered to

Finance

  • Monitor stock holding and report ensuring optimal levels at all times according to demand and projections
  • Ensuring that parts request ‘Jot forms’ are dealt with in a timely manner and all orders placed, confirmed and communicated to the relevant teams
  • Maintain the Syrinx pricing file to ensure the most up to date item cost is held in the system
  • Assist the Recharges department ith any stock and pricing queries
  • Dealing with invoices and price queries with the accounts department in a timely manner.
  • Any other ad-hoc duties
  • Maintaining professional and courteous conversations and dialogue when speaking with suppliers and staff.

Requirements

  • Clear understanding of stock management functionality and requirements
  • Previous experience in setting up stock management function desirable but not essential
  • Good Excel skills
  • 2 years management experience in a similar role
  • Strong attention to detail
  • Good organisational skills and ability to work under pressure
  • Ability to communicate at all levels
  • Ability to work both independently and collaboratively within a team
  • Clean driving license

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Benefits:

  • Bereavement leave
  • Company pension
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Free parking
  • Health & wellbeing programme
  • Life insurance
  • On-site parking
  • Referral programme
  • Sick pay

Schedule:

  • Monday to Friday
  • No weekends
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Breakdown Controller – Normanton

Location: Normanton

Type: Permanent, Full-time

Working hours: Mon – Fri, 8am – 5pm.

Job Function: To ensure the smooth, efficient, and cost-effective running of the Breakdown function.

Reporting to: Senior Breakdown Controller.

Liaising with: Operations Manager, Service Manager, Operations Team, Customers & Suppliers.

A little about us: Exciting opportunity to join a dynamic team as part of a fast growing company. Access Hire is the UKs leading hirer of MEWPs and other specialist vehicles.

In the last few years, the company has grown exponentially, over 1000 more vehicles out on the road and more being hired daily. This has led to an influx of employment requirements and career progression within the company.

We value longevity so provide in-depth learning on the job from customer service training to workshop training, experiencing the product firsthand to further knowledge of the product and the service we provide. Leadership training is also provided for employees that would like to work up the ranks.

Our head office is based in Normanton but supply equipment all over the country and recently stretching into Northern Ireland. Leasing and hiring vehicle with mounted cherry pickers to clients that specialise in Power, Telecommunications, Local Authorities and leading Utility and other infrastructure sectors. We specialise in vehicle mounted cherry pickers; we supply a range of modern 3.5t to 7t and 4×4 vehicles from Versalift and CPL.

What we are looking for: We are looking for people with a keen eye for detail and the ability to problem solve on the spot. We rely on the breakdown controllers to be the feet on the ground and make quick decisions based on customers and companies best interests. You need to be able to work well on your own as well as part of a team, liaising with your team beside you as well as garages, the customers and all internal parties such as the hire desk, Fleet and the Operations

Responsibilities:

· Receiving breakdown calls and providing solutions by liaising with the relevant suppliers/engineering support.

· Communicating with customers via phone/email and giving regular progress updates on vehicle repair status.

· Ensure vehicle downtime is kept to an absolute minimum and escalate where necessary.

· Liaising with other departments to raise purchase orders, recharges and liaising with accounts on any billing queries.

· Interact closely with other departments, in particular, finance, workshop and sales.

· Provide a high level of accuracy and detail on all records created within Syrinx.

· Always maintain professional and courteous conversational dialogue when speaking with customers on the telephone and when customers visit our premises.

· Follow company’s Employee handbook policies and procedures.

· Perform OOH cover on a Rota basis this will be subject to additional pay for hours worked.

· Any other ad-hoc duties.

Requirements:

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Excellent attention to detail.
  • Well organised and strong planning skills.
  • Solid knowledge of Microsoft Office programs.
  • Previous customer service experience.
  • Prior vehicle knowledge is desirable, but not essential.
  • Good interpersonal skills.
  • Problem solver with ability to work well under pressure and to tight deadlines.

For more information on this position, please apply today with your latest CV hr@kellinggroup.com