Job Title: Materials Co-ordinator
Employment Status: Full Time, 6 Month Contract (on-site)
Practice: Supply Chain
Location: Oxford

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE:

Essential:

• Experienced within inventory control best practice, quality systems, and product life cycle planning.
• Excellent communicator who leverages well-developed interpersonal, influencing and networking skills to build effective relationships and drive business results. Strong verbal and written communications capabilities. Ability to drive positive change throughout the organisation.
• Strong analytical skillset with the ability to identify risks to business performance and/or opportunities for performance improvement.
• Driven and resilient, with the ability to work effectively within a fast-paced changing environment while continually growing and developing own self.
• Excellent knowledge of high quality and highly effective stores management procedures and best practices.
• Experience of using ERP/WMS systems/applications.
• Effective planning, organizational and communication skills.
• Experience of working in a highly regulated environment.
• Understanding of health and safety requirements in a medical device manufacturing environment.
• Proactive attitude and ability to work autonomously when required.

Desirable:

• Experience in Lean/Six Sigma philosophies and tool kits.
• Driven and resilient, with the ability to work effectively within a fast-paced changing environment while continually growing and developing own self.
• Experienced with time-sensitive, perishable or temperature sensitive goods.

There is no perfect candidate, and no single person can do it all, but if this sounds like you, or what you could be and you’re looking for somewhere to thrive; we want to hear from you.
We look forward to receiving your application. If you have any questions, please contact talent@oslerdiagnostics.co

ABOUT THE ROLE:

We are recruiting for a Materials Coordinator for a 6-month contract, based in Oxford, to support the Supply Chain team to build and develop our inventory management capabilities across all internal and external locations and to support design verification / validation, clinical and commercial scale up manufacturing activities.
This role is a critical position in the Supply Chain function within Osler, reporting into the Inventory Control Manager. The role will be to contribute to the development and implementation of a world class inventory management function capable of supporting product development, clinical, regulatory and commercial requirements across the business both internally and externally.
This role will report into the Inventory Control Manager and initially will carry responsibility for role specific inventory management activities across the internal logistics chain through to release of product to the internal customer base. Although the role will initially be focussed on internal deliverables the incumbent should have the capability and the inclination to develop themselves further to progressively assume more responsibility and expand the remit and scope of their role to support the business journey through commercial launch, manufacturing scale up, and global distribution of the product.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Responsible for all picking, issuing and system transactional activities of raw materials, components and sub-assemblies for the production area as per the part number / revision requirements to support production builds in accordance with the Receiving and Warehouse SOP and Production Picking Process SOP.
• In collaboration with Production team leadership, ensure alignment on material demands and timely issuing of raw materials required for both stock and trial builds. Progressively increase role accountability for all associated Supply Chain systems and processes (meetings, trackers, records) to continually improve data accuracy and timeliness of information flow while maintaining rigorous adherence to QMS processes and procedures.
• Responsible for finished goods inventory management. This will include but is not limited to the following: utilise and development of appropriate inventory management business tools to provide full traceability and accuracy of finished goods at all times, manage well maintained stock locations, ensure adherence to environmentally controlled storage areas manage the collection of finished goods with all internal stakeholders in an organised and controlled manner. Complete regular stock takes / cycle counts to ensure stock accuracy is maintained in accordance with the Inventory Cycle Counting SOP and report any discrepancies to the Inventory Control Manager.
• Responsible for In-house and CMO manufactured sub-assembly inventory management. This will include but is not limited to the following: utilise and development of appropriate inventory management business tools so that full traceability and accuracy of sub-assemblies is achieved at all times, manage well maintained stock locations, ensure adherence to environmentally controlled storage areas, responsible for the picking, issuing and system transactional activities of sub-assemblies to support relevant trial builds including builds for Pre-clinical trials and Design Verification requirements. Complete regular stock takes / cycle counts to ensure stock accuracy is maintained in accordance with the Inventory Cycle Counting SOP and report any discrepancies to the Inventory Control Manager.
• Responsible for goods-out activities, including component shipments for cartridge assembly at Osler Diagnostics CMO partner. This will include picking, preparing, packaging and distributing of goods, preparation of required shipping documentation and product labelling, arranging collections & shipments with preferred shipping partners, transaction of components from stock and other related transactional activities.
• Serve as a contingency in the absence of the Stores Assistant. This responsibility includes seamlessly stepping into their role to ensure that all business-critical activities are completed across the following areas: goods-in, goods out, production material planning, cycle counting of components, cycle counting of laboratory products and off-site inventory management.
• Contribute to the development of processes and procedures that enhance and improve material handling and internal logistics of components, WIP, finished goods and laboratory stock items to ensure full traceability.
• Develop, maintain, and leverage collaborative internal (including cross-functional) and external networks/relationships to drive effective individual deliverables and results.
• Ensure personal safety, and that of all colleagues, in the application of safe working practices and codes of conduct within own remit and scope of role. Role model best practice in the proactive reporting of incident, hazards, and risks to safety to Osler personnel.