Avondale Foods is a leading food processing company of Fresh and Chilled products supplying leading retail businesses such as Marks & Spencer, and Morrison’s and Waitrose in the UK.
The Engineering/Maintenance Department provides a Reactive Maintenance, Preventative Maintenance, Worklist, Site Services Management and Project delivery resource to the business.
This role contributes to the management and purchasing of engineering stock items.
Key Responsibilities
- Purchasing engineering parts/spares within an agreed budget and timeframe.
- Sourcing components and implementing cost savings.
- Monitoring and controlling stock levels.
- Maintaining stores to the agreed standards and managing the changeover from current Kanban stock system to a new D365 system.
- Assist in identifying critical spares and arranging stock controls
- Preparing PPM kits.
- Collection of parts from external sources.
- Off-loading deliveries using a forklift.
- Adhering to customers codes of practice.
- Assisting engineers when necessary.
- Contribute to the development of a culture of Integrity, collaboration ‘do the right thing’ approach in all interactions.
- Ensure Food Safety compliance with company policies and regulatory requirements to remain audit-ready at all times.
Essential Criteria
Educated to at least GCSE standard (or equivalent) including English & Maths
Familiarity with D365 or other stock control, stores or inventory systems.
Experience in purchasing engineering parts, consumables or maintenance spares
Competent IT skills including Excel
Ability to use initiative to work on own or as part of a team to achieve results.
Experience working within budgets and achieving cost savings.
Understanding of health & safety procedures in an industrial setting
Strong attention to detail with a proactive and problem solving mindset
Excellent communication skills
Familiarity with KANBAN systems or other stock control systems
Forklift licence
Full UK Driving licence
Desirable Criteria
Strong organisational and time management skills
Knowledge of engineering components
Good negotiation and supplier management skills.
Experience in a food manufacturing environment.
Ability to work collaboratively with engineers, suppliers, and operations teams.
Accurate record-keeping and stock reporting skills
Knowledge of food safety and hygiene standards
Experience generating reports and analysing stock trends/KPIs
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