Inventory controller & Parts Manager

Staythorpe, England, United Kingdom

12/10/2024

Inventory Controller and Parts Manager (88478)

Location – Staythorpe Power Station

Contract Type – Permanent

Working Hours – Full Time

Closing date - 6th January

Main Purpose of the Role

• You will be an integral member of the site operations and maintenance team and provide end-to-end support to the asset within your area of discipline.
• Utilise your background knowledge and experience in the field of asset inventory control, preferably in a large industrial environment but alternate industries are considered.
• Ensuring effective management of the on-site stores, procurement operations including ordering, receiving and issuing of stock.
• Ensuring correct budget allocation and annual stock audit.
• Service contract management, for example, industrial chemicals, gasses and PPE management.
  
  

Key Responsibilities

• Inventory Management and Stock control - Implementing effective processes for receiving goods according to RWE procedures. You will also manage physical stock checks and ensure new spares are correctly commodity coded in the system and entered into the correct location.
• While arranging transport of goods to other locations, you will retrieve/distribute stock from stores and update IT systems. You will also operate various mobile plant and other vehicles to collect/redistribute stock and ensure stock is safe and secure.
• Interface between O&M, Procurement and Accounts Payable – Coordinate resolutions of inventory and supply queries, and ensure stock is delivered safely on time and within budget.
• Engaging with suppliers of stock and consumables – Communicating promptly with suppliers ensuring clear standards and expectations.
• Improvements - Identify and deliver improvements in stock optimisation and management.
• Flexible Working - Support the O&M (operations and maintenance) team with the management and maintenance of tooling and equipment (machine and hand). Assist the station O&M team in breakdowns and outages, including appropriate out of hours and weekend working to meet the needs of the business.
• Health, safety & environmental compliance - Meet both legislative and corporate requirements and standards on safety, whilst taking ownership of plant and equipment policies & procedures.
  
  

Knowledge & Skills

• A high standard of knowledge in their discipline area of procurement and asset management
• Competent in the use of SAP procurement and stores modules.
• Counterbalance Fork lift truck, reach truck, all terrain FLT (training provided)
• Health and Safety legislation.
• Experience of working in & overseeing teams with strong people skills & communication skills. A proven track record of high performance in an asset role.
• Strong knowledge of the wider power generation process and how their discipline fits, demonstrates the ability to deal with constantly changing priorities. Attention to detail is essential; methodical, innovative, numerate and well organised.
• Developing the business culture through engagement and encouragement with all staff within their teams and wider portfolio. Driving openness & collaboration at all levels.
  
  

What We Will Offer You

• An expected starting salary from approximately £42,010 to £49,424 depending on experience and up to 10% annual bonus
• A personal retirement savings plan – if you put in 5% we will top up by a further 10% and you will get life assurance worth 4 x annual salary
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, pro-rata
• Company Paid Private Medical Insurance for you and your family
• One free professional membership subscription
• Access to flexible benefits such as Critical Illness, Dental Plan, Health Cash Plan, Share Incentive Plan, Cycle2Work, Electric Car Lease Scheme, Buy Additional Annual Leave and retail savings scheme
• Occupational Health support services for your wellbeing, access to our employee assistance programme in times of need and up to 2 days volunteering a year
  
  

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Our energy for a sustainable life

RWE represents change, innovation and sustainability. As one of the world’s leading generators of electricity from renewable energy sources, we aim to be carbon-neutral by 2040 and to enable a sustainable life for people around the world. To achieve this, we are looking for dynamic and motivated people to join us in creating a sustainable and secure energy future.

RWE in the UK

We operate a large and diverse portfolio of power generation assets in the UK. We are the UK’s second largest generator of thermal flexible capacity, supplying around 10% of the UK’s electricity last year with 8.6GW of installed capacity. The portfolio includes the UK’s largest fleet of gas-fired power stations, along with a small amount of Biomass and Hydro plants.