Vacancies

Tungate are always interested in committed individuals with relevant skills who share our passion for providing our customers with the highest quality printed packaging, labelling products and superb service.  Below you will find links to our live vacancies but if there are none currently listed, don’t let that stop you getting in touch. Have a look at our Values & Vision page and if this matches your own career aspirations, we’d like to hear from you.

CURRENT VACANCIES

Group Procurement Manager

Tungate Group are currently looking for a Group Procurement Manager to join our busy team based in Cheadle. The successful candidate will join us on a full time, permanent basis and will receive a competitive salary plus benefits.
About the Group Procurement Manager role
Tungate Group are looking to recruit a highly motivated, high achieving Group Procurement Manager to manage all procurement activities. You will develop highly effective supplier relationships and supplier partnering and also manage and maintain appropriate stock levels and re-order points based on sales and consumption rates.

What we are looking for in our Procurement Manager

• An appropriate Procurement and Purchasing qualification (MCIPS or equivalen knowledge of purchasing in the print sector (Desirable)
• Excellent communicator with strong written and presentation skills
• Track record of effective stock management and control
• Line management experience. (Desirable)
• Able to manage and develop strategic supplier relationships both national and internationally
• Ability to work independently and cooperatively
• Sufficient gravitas to meet and negotiate with key suppliers
• Knowledge of packaging, film, laminate and labelling substrate (Desirable)
• Strong knowledge of demand planning and forecasting.
• Able to maintain optimum stock levels without disrupting production.
• An innovative and proactive approach to identifying new suppliers and products.
• Strong Excel and IT skills to ensure MIS systems are effectively maintaine

If you would like to join our team as our new Group Procurement Manager, please email your CV to robert.nixon@tungate.co.uk (closing date 6th July 2022).

ACCOUNT ADMINISTRATOR APPRENTICE – TUNGATE FORMS AND LABELS

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Employer:

Leading UK Print Company: Producers of self adhesive labels, airline bag tags , tickets ,food packaging , sachets , shrink sleeves, for many major worldwide brands across a range of industries from automotive and industrial to aviation and food retail.

Address: Brookhouse Way, Cheadle , Stoke On Trent , ST102AF.

Vacancy Description:

This role takes in a wide range of duties servicing the customer from initial enquiry through to final despatch and invoice, and everything required in between.
It’s a wide ranging job, both working at your desk and on your feet within our automotive / variable print bureau area and its connected offices / warehouse.

Likely duties :

• General customer service, be it via email, over the telephone or in person.
  • Taking and acknowledging orders via the companies specific MIS system
  • Picking and packing small orders for daily collections for our automotive customers.
  • Operation of variable print bureau machines , including the software design , setting up and packing and despatch of the product produced.
  • Helping on regular contract packing projects, eg. A monthly contract we have to print and apply the adverts to the seatback cloths to a major airline.
  • Quality checking printed product for specific customers.
  • Raising despatch paperwork and final invoices to our customers
  • Liaising with other team members in the department and other departments within the business . (including our office based in France).
  • Other general admin duties as directed.

Salary:

£4.62 per hour.

Working Week:

• 37.5 hours per week.
• 8:30am to 5pm Monday to Friday, with one hour unpaid lunch break.

Is there potential for future employment?

There is potential for permanent employment on the successful completion of your apprenticeship.

Skills Required:

• Must be conversant with Microsoft Excel and Word.
• Training will be given on company MIS systems and other relevant software.
• Good communication skills.
• Able to work as part of a team.
• Versatile and happy to take on different projects.

Personal Qualities:

We are looking for an enthusiastic, self-motivated individual who will happily fit into our friendly team and have a helpful and friendly personality with our customers.
Someone who is prepared not just to sit at desk all day and to take part in all activities within the department as detailed.

Qualifications Required:

A good standard of Maths and English (4/C or Equivalent).

Training to be Provided:

Business Administrator Level 3