Job Specification

The Rewards and Benefits on offer:

• A highly competitive basic salary
• A permanent contract from day one!
• The opportunity to work for a blue chip, industry leading company
• Ongoing training and development opportunities 
• Immediate starts available
• You will be joining a well-established team of supply chain professionals 
• 25 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays
• Holiday Purchase Scheme
• Long service Holidays
• Death in Service benefit
• Cycle to work Schemes

The job you will do:

• Ensure Business system set up correct – BOM/Pick System (WIC item table)
• Ensure Functional trimming plan created and kept up to date
• Ensure functional checklists are updated and achieved
• Ensure subgroup status reports updated and reported at SPR with customer
• Manage closure of QRQC open actions
• Ensure documentation is up to date and reviewed within specified timescales
• Eliminate / manage obsolescence costs for all design changes.
• Continuous review of obsolescence risks
• Contribute / provide info to improvement activities, VSM, IDS, QC Story
• Trial Management
• Control & Management of BOM releases for both Minor & Major projects
• Database/tracking sheet control & management
• Ongoing Management of company BOM maintenance
• Coordinator teams, liaise with teams to ensure all actions closed out
• BRF receipt & issue pick lists to the team
• Managing Suppliers timing plan with adoption dates to achieve project key milestones (Excluding tooling changes)
• Organising & preparing for project key milestones for all design note releases & changes
• All Customer and company system static data are fully aligned.
• in the event of a delivery threat because of a design change prepare facts and contingency plans and liaise with the customer
• Effectively plan introduction of change.
• All Customer and company system fully set up and aligned for new project introductions.
• Contribute to closure of Customer delivery concerns relating to design changes (SAIS)
• Contribute to ensure department ZIP audit plan is achieved.
• Ensure adherence to H&S regulations, rules, and procedures
• Ensure the accident and incident procedure is fully adhered to
• Ensure adequate PPE and accident equipment is available
• Identify and review personal training and development to ensure skill level meets dept needs and objectives
• Effectively co-ordinate cross functional team to manage customer / company design changes

About you:

• Previous experience within a design change role, ideally within automotive manufacturing/engineering.
• You may have experience within logistics/supply chain and have experience of maintaining developing Bills of Materials.
• You will be able to apply good time management techniques
• You can encourage and participate in effective team working
• Have an ability to respond readily to requests which require flexibility and mobility including training and development
• Computer literate