Materials Manager

We have an exciting opportunity for a Materials Manager to join our team within Vistry Works East Midlands, at our Coalville Factory. As our Materials Manager, you will be responsible for end‑to‑end material flow across the factory, ensuring materials are received, stored, controlled, moved and issued accurately and efficiently to support production of wall panels, roof trusses and floor cassettes. The role owns inventory accuracy, system integrity, internal logistics and FLT operations, and plays a critical role in supporting production performance, investigating discrepancies and developing robust material control processes as the business scales. We value in‑person collaboration and team culture, but we’re also committed to supporting flexible working where possible.

Goods In & Stores Operations

• Own the goods‑in process ensuring all materials are:

• Received safely and efficiently
• Checked against purchase orders
• Booked accurately into the system
• Stored correctly with clear location control and traceability

Material Movement & Internal Logistics

• Lead and optimise internal material flow from stores to production lines and between departments.
• Manage all internal FLT operations, ensuring:

• Safe operation
• Adequate resource planning
• Correct material delivery to point of use

Inventory Control & Accuracy

• Own inventory accuracy across raw materials, WIP and consumables.
• Implement and maintain a robust cycle counting programme, including:

• Count schedules
• Variance analysis
• Corrective actions

Systems & Data Integrity

• Be accountable for material master data and inventory transactions within D365, ensuring:

• Accurate stock locations
• Correct BOM consumption
• Timely and accurate system postings

Discrepancy Investigation & Root Cause

• Lead investigations into:

• Stock variances
• Missing or damaged materials
• Production material shortages

• Identify root causes
• Implement corrective and preventative actions
• Provide clear reporting on discrepancies, trends and risks.

Leadership & Continuous Improvement

• Lead, coach and develop material flow teams, setting clear expectations and accountability.
• Build a culture of accuracy, ownership and continuous improvement.
• Use Lean / CI tools to improve flow, reduce waste and support factory performance.
• Support audits (internal, external, customer or financial).

Qualifications / Experience

• Proven experience in materials management, stores, logistics or supply chain leadership within a manufacturing environment.
• Strong understanding of inventory control, cycle counting and system accuracy.
• Experience managing internal FLT operations.
• Hands‑on experience with ERP / MRP systems.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills, particularly around discrepancies and root cause.
• You will be a natural leader and communicator, and have experience with managing multi‑discipline teams.
• You will have a thorough understanding of Health and Safety and the requisite processes and procedures, with the safety and wellbeing of our people being our key priority.
• You will have a thorough understanding of employee management and the processes and procedures that cover:

• Inductions
• Training
• Holiday allocation
• Absence management
• Recruitment
• Incident management
• Disciplinary procedures

Benefits

• Competitive basic salary and annual bonus
• Company car, car allowance or travel allowance
• Salary sacrifice car scheme available to all employees
• Up to 39 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• 2 Volunteering days per annum
• Private medical insurance, with employee paid cover
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Competitive pension scheme through salary sacrifice
• Life assurance at 4 × your annual salary
• Share save and share incentive schemes
• Christmas company shutdown
• Employee rewards portal with many more benefits…

In return, what we would like from you…

• Behave in line with our company values - Integrity, Caring and Quality