Materials Manager Rolling Stock

Materials Manager Rolling Stock

Reporting to the Fleet Head of Materials

Manages the flow of materials, equipment, goods, supplies, etc., from suppliers. Continuously reviews and plans requirements for purchasing materials. Prepare negotiations of contracts for goods, services, suppliers, equipment related to materials, transportation and storage. In logistic administration, monitors contractual obligations for compliance to support superior. Participate in the evaluation of vendor performance. Coordinate and control the materials planning function. Ensure that materials of the required standard are available at the production facility to meet the requirements of the maintenance operation. Provide materials management and procurement support for the designated fleet. To provide inventory control and order book management for the rolling stock service business. This role is responsible for providing materials availability for projects and fleets. No budget control. The main stakeholders are project and Fleet Managers.

Key Accountabilities:

Provide a proactive procurement support service to the designated fleet for engineered parts, facilities, all goods and services in accordance with company procedures.

Ensure the procurement activity is in cohesion with strategic procurement planning, including the support and development of strategic business objectives.

Materials

Ensure materials of the required standards are available at the production facility to meet the requirement of the maintenance operation.

Warranty

Responsible for liaising with the Materials Control Manager in relation to warranty failed product for the designated fleet and to take the lead role in negotiating claim settlements for products covered by contractual warranty in cohesion with counterparts on other contracts.

Effective proactive liaison with depot management, SAG warranty representative, to satisfy the timely conclusion of warranty claims.

Work with the designated Fleet Engineering / Technical representatives to assist in coordination with investigative efforts; root cause and corrective action on Rolling Stock all repairable product, in particular warranty-failed products.

Suppliers

Take a proactive role in addressing quality concerns and repair work with the suppliers (Supply chain) to ensure that preventive measures are pursued.

Engage with the suppliers and liaison with systems experts to agree product reliability improvement and obsolescence solutions.

Project

Ad-hoc project related work i.e. crash damage etc.

Customer Relationships

Collaboration with internal/ external customer to meet current needs and explore opportunities for mutual benefit.

Develop a relationship with the customer that provides a stable foundation for future business opportunities.

Health, Safety & Environment

Implement safe systems and controls within your area of responsibility.

Understand, implement and comply with the company HSQE policies.

Communicate health and safety responsibilities to your team (or virtual team) and ensure employees raise issues and participate in implementation of agreed changes.

Fully participate and engage in RL behavioural safety agenda to ensure you and your team work safely.

Engage with HSQE team to agree targets and priorities to communicate and cascade to team.

Take reasonable care to avoid acts or omissions that may have an environmental impact.

Accept personal responsibility to take care of ourselves and any others affected by one’s own acts or omissions.

This role profile may vary from time to time in accordance with changes to business needs. Your annual objective setting with your line manager will outline any additional responsibilities to meet business requirements or individual development needs for the forthcoming financial year.

Stakeholders & Interfaces:

Interfaces with the Finance, I.T. and Commercial departments and Head of Rolling Stock Materials and direct reports; Materials, Projects, Commercial and Fleet Delivery Managers internally and Unipart Rail and other external suppliers.

Qualifications

• 3 years’ experience in Rail materials, stores or engineering position

• Detailed knowledge of materials and stores management procedures and warranty process

• Good knowledge of IT systems and software

• CIPS Professional diploma in Procurement and Supply

Bogie – train care deport (rolling stock).

MRP – Materials Requirements Planning

Input orders into the system

Using SAP – finance related