Goods-In Quality Supervisor

Job Title: Goods-In Quality Supervisor
Location: Goole, East Yorkshire
Hourly Pay Rate: £16.29 PAYE or £20.79 Umbrella
Shifts: 37.5 hours a week
Shift Pattern: Mon - Fri 06:00 - 14:00 / 12:00 - 20:00 rotating weekly
Duration: Rolling Contract
Start Date: ASAP

Position Summary:
Provide operational leadership to a small team of inspectors responsible for ensuring all materials entering and being stored in the warehouse comply with the appropriate quality standards and specifications. Ensures that material is both inspected and released or quarantined within the appropriate time frame to support production. Leads resolution of quality issues with materials on site, working alongside other supply chain colleagues all with the purpose of ensuring material availability.

Key Responsibilities:
* Line management and leadership of a small team of inspectors
* Works alongside team to complete tasks together daily, leading by example
* Sets priorities for the team to ensure material availability
* Ensures the appropriate coverage, development and capability of the team so that they are able to perform their role on a daily basis
* Ensures that all material arriving into the warehouse is inspected and tested in line with the appropriate quality standards, specification and engineering drawings
* Ensures that all material is inspected in line with the appropriate quality check parameters, and adjusts these parameters to increase or decrease inspection frequency as and when required
* Ensures that all material is handled and moved within a defined SLA to make it available to the production line after passing the appropriate inspections
* Leads the resolution of issues with materials incoming in the event of non-compliance and works with other functions inside the logistics function to resolve as quickly as possible, highlighting concerns with material availability
* Liaises with suppliers to resolve issues where appropriate, escalating when needed to other functions inside logistics team or within the wider QM or project organisation in SMO
* Ensures stock checks are performed as and when required, if an issue is raised in the factory with regards to material specifications
* Leads the resolution of material issues reported by production line to establish root cause and / or timely resolution
* Supports warehouse activity if required alongside team to promote material availability, and may also be asked to step in to supervise warehouse activity from time-to-time
* Ensures non-conformances are logged as quickly as possible in the appropriate system and tracked through for completion
* Ensures costs are recovered where appropriate from suppliers and tracked accordingly
* Facilitates the blocking and unblocking of materials physically and in SAP to ensure no non-compliant materials get to the production line
* Facilitates the special release process from inside the warehouse when required, liaising with other functions in the factory as appropriate
* Produces a variety of KPI's on the performance of the area that allows targeted improvements to occur, with escalation to other functions inside SMO as and when required
* Ensures the system is always aligned with physical reality and that material is represented correctly in accordance with its status
* Ensures that all appropriate testing equipment is calibrated and available to perform required tests on material incoming to the warehouse
* Implement safe systems and controls within your area of responsibility
* Understand, implement and comply with the Siemens Rolling Stock HSWE policies.
* Communicate health and safety responsibilities to your team (or virtual team) and ensure employees raise issues and participate in implementation of agreed changes.
* Fully participate and engage in RL behavioural safety agenda to ensure you and your team work safely.
* Continuously develop cross functional and departmental processes.
People Management:
* Place Employee Safety and Wellbeing at the forefront of your team management activities, and ensure your awareness and competence in employee welfare tools.
* Develop a high-performance culture with strong employee engagement using the Siemens People Management policies and tools, including but limited too: Continuous Dialogue, target/objective setting, appraisal and development plan, Succession planning, Recognition through available scheme or ad hoc approach etc.
* Enable the growth and development of individuals, championing your employee's development and enabling them to develop using the "Own your Career" strategy.
* Ensure Employee Administration activities are completed in a timely manner.
* Ensure good engagement by owning your Induction and Onboarding of employees, along with medicals where relevant

Qualifications / Education required:
Essential:
* Experience in an operational leadership role in a similar sized operation where direct involvement in work is required to achieve defined SLA's
* A strong understanding and experience of appropriate European quality standards
* Familiarity with basic root cause analysis tools.
* An ability to present data clearly and concisely, spotting trends as and when they appear and acting accordingly
* An ability to successfully communicate with people at all levels of the organisation
* Experience in leading warehousing operations, and a strong understanding of logistics in general

Preferred:
* Experience with MRP systems (SAP preferable)
* Strong MS Office suite skills
* Familiarity with material required to build rolling stock
* Experience driving mechanical handling equipment and a current licence.

Contact
Adam Jackson
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