Stores Assistant
A fantastic opportunity is on offer at Vacgen for a talented Stores Assistant.
Primary Objectives
The main purpose of this role will be:
To provide immediate and proactive support to all cells and production areas, ensuring material replenishment direct to the Point of Use (POU), with minimal disruption to the flow.
To pick and kit WOs as required and transact accordingly.
To ensure that goods are booked in, processed and dispatched on-time and in a safe and efficient manner.
To ensure, thorough daily perpetual cycle counting that inventory levels are maintained in line with company targets, with stock accuracy greater than 98%.
The main requirements and employee accountabilities are:
Supply of Materials to the POU:
- To react to line signals and replenish two bin line-side POU stocking locations, transferring stock from either the large, small or cell Purchased Parts Market (PPM).
- To perform any decanting operations deemed necessary to present material at the POU in a ready to use state.
- To carry out any transportation and associated work relating to department processes.
- To react to the replenishment signals of the cell PPM, pulling stock from Stores as required.
- To react to the replenishment signals of internal kanbans and pull from the supermarkets, delivering to the POU.
- To pick and kit WOs accurately and in a timely manner and deliver to the various routing locations and POUs
Maintaining and improving the Supply Chain:
- To assist in routinely maintaining and monitoring the POU two-bin system and the Curtain-effects, notifying whenever there it is clear that there is either too much or too little stock being kept in the ‘bins’.
- To assist in routinely maintaining and monitoring the PPMs, informing the Material Control Lead whenever there is either too much or too little stock being kept.
Offline work to support the Cells:
- To assist with the 5S activities and be proactive in achieving the company’s 5S goals.
- To supply additional support when necessary, including helping out to construct the cells.
Receiving, storing, controlling, moving and dispatching stock:
- To receive, unload, book onto the system, put away and move materials as required.
- To dispatch product, coordinating the packers, assisting with loading of the lorries and carrying out all the necessary paperwork and transactions.
- To take ownership of stock control within Stores and the PPMs, ensuring that FIFO is maintained.
- To ensure that stock is appropriately secured.
- To transact all appropriate stock movements on the Inventory management system (AX) and maintain stock accuracy in each location to greater than 98% accordingly.
- To perform and co-ordinate daily perpetual cycle counting.
- To pick, deliver and transact work orders in a timely manner (where Pull systems from the POU do not exist).
- To prepare, transact and arrange collection of any materials for external suppliers.
- To prepare, make-up, transact and deliver spares kits and other spares and component orders as required.
- To file all appropriate documentation, such as packing notes, requisition slips and work orders.
General:
- To ensure all material movements are made safely, with due care and attention to oneself, others, products and fittings.
- To support and participate in the 5S programme, in particular within the Stores and PPM zones.
- To carry out any other duties as requested by the Material Control Lead or Managers.
Essential Skills & Experience
The essential skills/experience required for this role are:
- Experience working in a Stores and/or Material handler role.
- To have a generally high level of fitness.
- To be computer literate, with basic skills in Outlook, Word and Excel.
- To possess experience in the use of an ERP system for inventory management.
- To understand the need for safe manual handling principles.
Desirable Skills & Experience
The skills and experience we would like the employee in this role to have are:
- Experience working in a pressure team environment.
- Ability to understand and develop efficient systems and working practices.
- Ability to operate cutting equipment.
- Forklift driver’s license is desirable.
- A working knowledge of Lean principles, such as 5S, would be a distinct advantage.
- Ideally to have experience in working with kanbans, DLF and VOMI.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
- GCSE/O level equivalent English and Maths.
- A good level of written and verbal communication skills with knowledge of export procedures (nice to have).
Personal Qualities & Attributes
We require the following personal qualities/attributes:
- High levels of motivation, enthusiasm.
- Capable of working well in a team environment.
- Good at listening to and following instructions.
- Ability to work on own initiative.
- Willing to contribute to the overall improvement and success of the business, working practices.
- A positive attitude, co-operative, willing to comply with company policies and procedures and work constructively with colleagues
- Willing to commit to our core values.
Please click apply or email your cv directly to talent@vacgen.com. For a copy of the job description please email talent@vacgen.com.
As pioneers in the field of Ultra High Vacuum technology, VACGEN’s focus on innovation and quality has helped great minds take great leaps forward. Products from VACGEN are widely used in Semiconductor processes as well research laboratories, such as NASA the European Space Agency and the Large Hadron Collider at CERN.
At our new, purpose-built manufacturing facility near Hailsham, East Sussex we have entered an exciting new phase in our development as we embark on an ambitious expansion programme.
We are looking for future colleagues who are ambitious and who thrive on accomplishments created by strong individuals within a team environment. Our offices and workstations are open plan, our approach is collaborative.