Terumo Aortic are currently recruiting for a Manufacturing Material Controller to join our team. This is an exciting role to work in partnership with production areas to maintain balanced workflow during a period of high growth and investment within the business. This role offers excellent career development and job satisfaction.

The main responsibilities are;

• Ensure objectives on Health and Safety are delivered.
• Conduct required stock checks, ensuring accurate completion and update of relevant systems to reflect actual quantities. 
• Investigate stock deviations and highlight to warehouse and planning teams as appropriate.
• Prepare and action stock requests for production areas.
• Support the Manufacturing & Shift Leads in the execution of the business plan (S&OP plan).
• Respond to changes in demands in a timely manner.  
• Allocation of W/O to Process areas by due date sequence to maintain resource utilisation & balanced process.
• Maintain adherence to plan highlighting deviations from schedule for resolution.
• Communicate WO priorities & schedule sequencing to relevant Manufacturing & Shift Leads.
• Support manufacture of all products in-line with quality requirements.
• Manage and report the key operational metrics to maintain WIP accuracy.
• Attend production planning meetings, providing updates as required.
• Support improvement activities, including but not limited to, 5S; Kaizen Events; Continuous Improvement activities.
• Perform other tasks as needed in support of key objectives.
• Assume other responsibilities from time-to-time to support plant objectives and personal career development.

Qualifications & Experience;

• Experience of working in a manufacturing environment
• Experience with a manufacturing shop floor data collection software, such as SAP & MFG Pro.
• Experiencing of managing production workflow.
• Understanding of Lean Tools and their applications in Manufacturing.
• Working knowledge of MS Office, including MS Word and Excel.