Materials Coordinator - Southampton
National Vehicle DistributionSouthampton, England, United Kingdom
Added 7 Aug · still live
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About the role
About NVD
Founded in 1980 as a family-owned business, NVD UK was established to support vehicle manufacturers by ensuring the timely and incident-free distribution of their products. Over the years, we have become a trusted one-stop solution, delivering all three core pillars of outbound logistics: transporting, storing, and enhancing our customers’ vehicles before final delivery.
Since our inception, NVD UK has led the way in pioneering the digitisation of the Finished Vehicle Logistics (FVL) industry. As early adopters of emerging technologies, we have introduced significant efficiencies that save our customers both time and money. Our commitment to progress, innovation, and continuous service improvement remains central to our business ethos today.
The Role
To manage the daily flow of materials, components and supplies required for each vehicle conversion project. To ensure the control and distribution of materials to support production schedules, minimizing downtime, and maintain cost efficiency. The ideal candidate would be highly organised, detailed focused and experienced in inventory control within a manufacturing or automotive environment.
Benefits
Founded in 1980 as a family-owned business, NVD UK was established to support vehicle manufacturers by ensuring the timely and incident-free distribution of their products. Over the years, we have become a trusted one-stop solution, delivering all three core pillars of outbound logistics: transporting, storing, and enhancing our customers’ vehicles before final delivery.
Since our inception, NVD UK has led the way in pioneering the digitisation of the Finished Vehicle Logistics (FVL) industry. As early adopters of emerging technologies, we have introduced significant efficiencies that save our customers both time and money. Our commitment to progress, innovation, and continuous service improvement remains central to our business ethos today.
The Role
To manage the daily flow of materials, components and supplies required for each vehicle conversion project. To ensure the control and distribution of materials to support production schedules, minimizing downtime, and maintain cost efficiency. The ideal candidate would be highly organised, detailed focused and experienced in inventory control within a manufacturing or automotive environment.
Benefits
- Pension Scheme
- Death In Service Benefit
- Digital GP Service
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Annual Leave Purchase Programme
- Long Service Awards
- Staff Purchase Schemes:
- Tyres
- Tools
- Bike to Work
- Discounted Gym Membership
- Inventory Management
- Maintain accurate stock records of all parts, components, and consumables on site.
- Monitor stock levels to prevent shortages or production delays.
- Be responsible for monthly stock counts and provide quality information of stock inventory to accounts.
- Organise and Optimise warehouse storage for efficiency and accessibility.
Communicating and Influencing:
- Adapt your communication style to different situations/audiences always presenting a professional image.
- Build and maintain effective working relationships with your peers.
- Explain/present your requirements in a way that people clearly understand and gain buy-in.
- Oversee difficult situations confidently.
- Reason with information in response to questioning and present answers convincingly.
- Generate new ideas, processes, and practices to make the company more efficient.
- Continuously review processes and make suggestions of potential improvements.
- Maintain a sense of pace and urgency so that new initiatives and projects do not stagnate.
- You actively build relationships.
Operational Efficiency
- On-Time Delivery Rate:Parts delivered to lineside on time and accurately.
- Stock Accuracy: stock levels match system guided figures minimizing lost stock value.
- Audit Compliance Score: Results from internal/external quality or 5S audits.
- Error / Defect Rate: Number of shortages per build or incorrect stock
- Monitor Quality: record reject parts and inform team in a time frame to receive replacement parts.
- Parts Availability Rate: Instances of line stoppage due to missing components
- 5S Adherence: Frequency and outcome of workplace organisation audits
- Issue Resolution Lead Time: Time taken to resolve reported material issue.
- A full FLT license for the movement of materials
- Experience in audits such as 5S to drive continuous improvement.
- Knowledge of material-based software such as Sage etc.
- High organisational skills
- Quality focused to identify any part defects.
In Ireland and the UK, the logistics and transport sector has traditionally seen lower representation of women and minority groups. NVD actively encourages applications from all backgrounds to help us build a team that reflects the diverse communities we serve.
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Where this offer sits in the market
SOC 4133 · UK · ONS ASHE 2025 · ~64k in sampleP25 £26kP75 £35k
£24kmedian £30k£41k
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