Store Supervisor

Grade and Salary Grade E (€49,252 - €73,877)*

We are Uisce Éireann. Every day, we are responsible for the delivery of secure, safe, and sustainable water services for the people of Ireland. As Ireland’s national regulated water utility, our vision is a sustainable Ireland where water is respected and protected, for the planet and all the lives it supports.

Our purpose at Uisce Éireann is to rise to the challenge of delivering transformative water services that enable communities to thrive. That means we are proud to take on the responsibility of protecting our water supply and passing on a safe and secure water system to a rapidly growing population and empowering Ireland’s social and economic growth.

We are passionate about empowering our people, enabling them to make a positive impact on communities across Ireland. We are guided by a shared vision and purpose, grounded in values that define who we are and shape how we work, where we deliver for customers and communities, we work better together, we do the right thing, we aim high, and we keep each other safe. Our behaviours define how we interact, communicate, and succeed together. These values and behaviours apply to each one of us, across every role, location, and level.

Our goal is to attract and develop skilled and talented people from diverse backgrounds, who bring a dynamic range of expertise and insights to our work. With a strong, values-driven workforce, we ensure Uisce Éireann can continue advancing Ireland’s water services and meeting the needs of the communities we serve for generations to come.

The Role: 

 The Asset Operations function forms the cornerstone of service delivery to customers, protecting the environment and meeting regulatory standards as well as managing the majority of operational expenditure. The Asset Operations function has responsibility for operational and maintenance strategy, policies, planning and standard operating procedures for Water and Wastewater operations both nationally and regionally, ensuring that value for money and customer service is delivered. 

The Workflow Functional Area is responsible for the management and monitoring of all outdoor work through the full work order lifecycle from planning to closure. This includes overseeing the initiation, dispatch and progression of work orders, processing of service requests, allocating adequate resources, identification of bundling opportunities, identification of work pre-requisites, creation of work orders to be progressed and dispatched to the field, the management of the logistics and stores to enable effective and efficient inventory control, Outage notification & processing and complaint resolution.

Reporting to the Inventory Stores Lead, the Store Supervisor will have responsibility over inventory and logistics management within a network of Uisce Éireann stores.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Responsible for a managing a team who will utilize a centralised inventory management system to facilitate effective inventory management, ensuring that all inventory items are tracked in one place
• Manage store operatives and support culture of change and continuous improvement, working with the business to deliver optimum results for UÉ 
• Responsible for providing accurate and up to date information on stock levels, locations and other relevant details 
• Manage the transition from the current distributed arrangements to a new single national UÉ model 
• Work collaboratively with UÉ’s Supply Chain and Procurement functions to ensure timely and accurate delivery of inventory items. 
• Support regular audits and physical checks of inventory levels and follow procedures for inventory tracking and management. 
• Implement appropriate inventory storage and handling practices to ensure that items remain in good condition and are readily accessible when needed 
• Responsible for monitoring inventory turnover and obsolescence ensuring stock levels are properly aligned with demand. 
• Utilize demand forecasting tools to analyse historical usage patterns 
• Monitoring the ongoing inventory project set up phase with a particular focus on key project dates, and escalating issues as appropriate 
• Assist with the identification of locations and design of the National Stores network 
• Ensure that area stores network support the business in delivering desired customer service outcomes driving health & safety, customer focus, delivery efficiency, on time and to the required quality 
• Oversees team warehouse employees and area store teams
• Assist with providing regular progress reports to the Asset Operations senior management team 
• Manages inventory tracking system to record deliveries, shipments, and stock levels
• Evaluates deliveries, shipments, and product levels to improve inventory control procedures
• To support and adhere to all HSQE plans, policies and procedures. 
• Perform other duties as required from time to time 

General Duties and Responsibilities

• Collaboration with key internal stakeholders across the UÉ business.
• Responsible for promoting and delivering health and safety commitments across UÉ and its supply chain, reinforcing positive behaviours and delivering health and safety objectives and requirements to the highest industry standards. 
• Support the delivery of the Uisce Éireann Transformation Programme, driving results required within the Directorate and supporting organisation-wide objectives.
• Provide visible leadership for your team, coaching and developing them to achieve their full potential and deliver business objectives, promoting collaboration and highlighting the behaviours that are expected from everyone in the team.
• Other duties as required.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

• Relevant third level qualification and or accreditation is desirable 
• A minimum of 3 years’ experience in the water, utilities or similar industries is desirable and or relevant experience 
• Demonstrated people management ability, proactive development, motivation and engagement of staff
• We work better together - experience managing a team, with strong people, change management and conflict resolution skills
• Highly motivated individual, working to the highest professional standards and with proven ability to deliver results within a team. 
• Strong analytical skills and ability to identify and analyse problems and potential improvements, and propose and implement solutions
• Demonstrate adaptability and the ability to change focus and direction in line with business strategy and requirements
• We aim high - proactively identifying new areas of improvement and using newly gained knowledge and skill on the job 
• Full, clean and valid Irish category B driving licence is minimum requirement. A clean driving licence is defined as meaning that the applicant has not been convicted of an offence under the Road Traffic Acts (other than an offence for which the penalty is the imposition of penalty points)
• Experience working with inventory management software and forecasting strategies 

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