The Role
Want to create industry-leading change and grow your career?
Matara UK Limited is one of three businesses within our Motion Control & Automation (MCA) Specialist division.
Founded in 1995 and acquired by RUBIX in 2020, Matara works hard to deliver an unbeatable range of bespoke pneumatic and linear automation products, backed up with technical expertise, market leading value and a clear commitment to customer service.
We’re looking for a dynamic Stock & Inventory Controller to join our team in Tewkesbury. This is a varied role with plenty of room to make it your own!
As well as delivering an exceptional standard of service to customers, you’ll be responsible ensuring stock levels are maintained effectively and raising stock replenishment orders.
We support our customers to ensure they have all the parts, spares and tooling they need to operate as well as working hard to ensure we obtain the best deals with suppliers.
As Material Controller you will be responsible for ensuring that stock levels are maintained effectively, raising stock replenishment orders and working with network representatives to support them with providing excellent customer service. Material Controllers will be expected to work closely with key stakeholders including Suppliers, Product Management, Purchasing, Finance and the Warehouse teams and functions.
Key Responsibilities:
- Working with key stakeholders to ensure that the stock depth is optimised
- Work proactively with customer facing team to ensure that product demand is understood and met
- Demand exception management
- Monitor non-moving and slow-moving stock recommending actions to key stakeholders
- Working on the company’s planning and forecasting system, setting up system parameters for optimised replenishment
- Regularly validate lead times for all suppliers
- Maintain an up-to-date incoming order book and follow up discrepancies with suppliers
- Deliver high availability for the range under management
Key Skills / Qualifications
We welcome your application if you are a confident, motivated individual with a passion for Material Control with the below attributes:
- Strong Deadline Management
- Ability to build and maintain excellent relationships with suppliers and internal stakeholders
- Effective workload prioritisation
- Ability to deliver under pressure in a timely manner
- Aptitude to improve working practices
- Effective communication skills
- Strong MS Excel skills
- Analytical mindset
- Effective time management
- Pro-active & enjoys problem solving
- Positive can-do attitude
- Willingness to learn new systems
- Background or Experience in Customer Service, Supply Chain, Logistics, PI or Stock Management would be preferable but not essential
Rubix UK has a commitment to doing things differently for our colleagues and customers.
Today, Rubix Group is the clear market leader with a presence in 23 markets and sales of €3.15bn in 2023. Our customers include some of the biggest names in manufacturing, the SMEs that form the backbone of industry and everything in-between.
More than a mover of boxes, we use our specialist knowledge and technical expertise to deliver products and services that keep production lines moving.
Right now, across Europe there are 9,000 of us and counting. We’ve disrupted and we have grown, but we’re not finished yet.
