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SalaryReporting to the Avionics Materials Leader, the role of the materials controller will be to work alongside the Materials Planning & Execution Specialists to ensure material requests are processed in line with the critical production requirements. This role has a strong emphasis on ensuring world class standards of material flow, storage, accuracy, quality, and kitting in readiness for the Avionics portfolio growth and new product integration.
Job Description
Essential Responsibilities
- Attend production cell handover and represent materials team by taking and owning critical actions.
- Collaborate with the warehousing and logistical teams to ensure escalations are fast tracked through the internal transfer process, ensuring swift turn around time and an improved velocity on critical material requests.
- Collaborate with manufacturing team to disposition defect material and provide replacement parts within a timely manner to ensure swift production cycle.
Maintain lineside material levels to ensure accuracy and minimal delay impact to production team.
- Packing and kitting of hardware components to fulfil production plan requirements when required.
- Support with the generation of shipment documentation.
- Be responsible for matching defect material with the appropriate non conformance documentation, to unsure any material dispositioned through scrap is correct.
- Own and be responsible for picking lineside material picks in a timely manner to support with external and internal MRO spare part orders.
Be responsible for processing of non-conforming material back to internal and external suppliers - matching with return paperwork & PO with goods and progressing on to logistics.
- Contribute to the overall materials team's continuous improvement initiatives.
Qualifications / Requirements
- The successful candidate will be a motivated and enthusiastic individual with excellent communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills.
- The applicant must be a good team player, flexible and be able to work to tight schedules, with multiple priorities.
- Experience of working, or exposure to, a similar production environment, as well as previous experience of working with an MRP system would be beneficial, although not required.
- Good problem-solving skills & being able to perform effectively in pressurized situations.
- Able to effectively influence within a matrix organization.
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Ability to work independently and escalate when required.
- Willingness to work permanent late shift required.
Flexible Working
GE Aviation supports and encourages flexible working arrangements, where possible, and recognises the benefits to employees of having a positive work-life balance.
Total Reward
At GE Aviation we understand the importance of Total Reward. Our flexible benefits plan, called FlexChoice, gives you freedom, choice and flexibility in the way you receive your benefits, as well as giving you the opportunity to make savings where possible.
As a new joiner to GE we are pleased to be able to offer you the following as default in your benefit fund, which you then can tailor to meet your individual.
- Non-contributory Pension
- Life Assurance
- Group income protection
- Private medical cover
- Holiday Hourly equivalent of 26 days, with flexible option to buy or sell
Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) clearance is required and must be maintained for this role. Please note that in the event that BPSS clearance cannot be obtained, you may not be eligible for the role and/or any offer of employment may be withdrawn on grounds of national security. Please see the link below for further details regarding the requirements for BPSS clearance: BPSS
Right to Work
Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. However, under the applicable UK immigration rules as may be in place from time to time, it may be that candidates who do not currently have the right to work in the UK may not be appointed to a post if a suitably qualified, experienced and skilled candidate who does not require sponsorship is available to take up the post. For further information please visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.
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