Work Schedule
Other

Environmental Conditions
Office

Job Description

Job Title: Senior Materials Handler

Position Location: Horsham, West Sussex

Position Summary:

Manage, coach and mentor teams to work within any of the following ambient and cold chain operational areas as identified in the Role of the Team Leader;

Packaging

Inventory

Despatch

Key Responsibilities:

• Activities to be carried out in accordance with statutory, regulatory and company policies and procedures.
• Maintain good housekeeping and promote a safe working environment.
• Highlight and address potential Health and Safety and Quality risks, near misses and accidents to Line Management.
• Coordinate Health and Safety and Quality incident investigations and actions.
• Maintain compliance through training and competency programme.
• Focus on internal customers (Quality, Engineering, Business Planning, HR, IT, Facilities) and external customers (Clients, Regulatory Bodies, Contractors, Suppliers) priorities.
• Support department induction programme.
• Manage a team focused on job and schedule accomplishment.
• Lead department coaching and mentoring, development and training.
• Demonstrate Role Model Leadership proficiencies .
• Allocation and optimization of resource and prioritizing of outputs to business needs.
• Maintain and improve process efficiencies to achieve business objectives.
• Understand, support and mentor team in applying PPI/Lean tools for process improvement .
• Initiate and handle small teams to work on initiatives.
• Develop, maintain, trend and report Key Performance Indicators.
• Authority to sign off time sheets, raise Purchase Orders and administration of absence management.
• Undertake any other duties on an ad-hoc basis as required by your Line Manager.

• GCSE or equivalent experience/qualification (including English and Mathematics).
• Worked within a GMP or operational environment.
• Proficient in use of electronic and automated equipment.