Technical Tooling and Spares Controller

Summary Of the Role

The Tooling and Spares Coordinator is responsible for the management, control, and availability of tooling, spare parts, and maintenance inventory to support efficient manufacturing and engineering operations. The role ensures critical components, consumables, and tooling are available when required, whilst maintaining accurate stock records, minimizing downtime, and controlling inventory costs.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

Inventory & Stores Management

• Maintain accurate records of all tooling, spare parts, consumables, and maintenance inventory.
• Monitor stock levels and ensure minimum and maximum stock quantities are maintained.
• Conduct regular cycle counts and annual stock audits.
• Investigate and resolve stock discrepancies.
• Organise stores and tooling areas to ensure safe, efficient, and accessible storage.

Procurement & Supplier Coordination

• Raise purchase requisitions and manual purchase orders for tooling and spare parts.
• Obtain quotations and evaluate suppliers based on cost, lead time, and quality.
• Track orders and expedite deliveries where required to avoid production downtime.
• Develop and maintain strong working relationships with suppliers and service providers.
• Support cost reduction initiatives through supplier negotiations and inventory optimisation.

Tooling Management

• Manage the issue, return, and tracking of production and maintenance tooling.
• Ensure tooling is assembled, repaired, or replaced as required.
• Monitor Tooling Racks for any repair or replacement requirements.
• Maintain tooling registers and asset records.
• Coordinate with engineering teams to identify tooling requirements for new projects and process improvements.

Maintenance Support

• Work closely with the engineering teams to identify critical spare part requirements.
• Assist in the development and maintenance of critical spares lists.
• Support planned maintenance activities by ensuring required parts and tooling are available.
• Coordinate emergency spare part procurement during equipment breakdowns.

Systems & Documentation

• Maintain accurate inventory records within the Idhammar CMMS system.
• Generate reports on stock levels, usage trends, and inventory value.
• Maintain supplier records, technical documentation, and spare part data.
• Ensure all transactions are recorded accurately and in a timely manner.
• Maintain Certificate of Conformity paperwork for all tooling

Health, Safety & Compliance

• Adhere to company Health & Safety procedures and safe working practices.
• Ensure the Engineering Spares area complies with safety standards.
• Participate in continuous improvement and housekeeping initiatives.
• Support environmental and quality management requirements.

Welland Medical, established in 1988 is part of the CliniMed Group. We bring to market the best and most innovative products that enhance the lives of people living with a stoma across the world. Investing in the most talented people, collaborating to create world-class, ground-breaking products and services devoted to improving peoples’ lives. We are passionate about making a difference in the world. Our reputation is based on a tradition of improvement, ethical leadership, and total commitment to quality and safety.

Our colleagues are at the heard of what we do. All of our colleagues are committed to enhancing people’s lives. We believe in building success through our people. That’s why we offer a range of benefits to support you both in work and outside.

Excellence:
We collaborate by embracing differing perspectives to make better decisions and continuously improve.

Innovation:
We pride ourselves on our innovative spirit by creating novel solutions within the workplace and in stoma care.

Integrity:
We commit to empower and respect each other, ethically, honestly and with fairness.

Quality:
We are passionate about recognising talent and providing an equal and supportive workspace for all to thrive.

Wellbeing:
We commit to setting the highest standard of quality in everything we do to enhance people’s lives every day.

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