Site MRO Stores Manager Job in Thornton-Cleveleys | Victrex

Victrex is advertising a Site MRO Stores Manager position at Hillhouse HQ in Thornton-Cleveleys. The full-time, onsite post centres on the purchasing and inventory activity that supports engineering and production spares. It calls for a commercially aware procurement professional who can keep critical assets available, work with suppliers and turn spend information into practical decisions for manufacturing operations.

The work brings together stores management, sourcing and continuous improvement rather than treating them as separate tasks. The successful applicant will oversee processes for maintenance, repair and operations materials, commonly referred to as MRO, while helping the site manage cost, supplier service and operational availability. The official application route includes an online form for this specific vacancy.

Opportunity Details

Overview of the Vacancy

Location, Sector, and Role Context

The advertised post sits within the Maintenance area at Victrex’s Hillhouse HQ in Thornton-Cleveleys. Its central purpose is to coordinate purchasing and manage critical engineering and production spares so that assets are available when they are needed. That remit links the stores function directly to safe and efficient manufacturing operations. The vacancy describes a remit that includes internal procedures and external standards, making sound process control as important as the commercial side of the work. The manager is expected to consider both the needs of internal customers and the wider operational consequences of decisions about purchasing, stock and service provision. Day-to-day priorities may therefore span availability, compliance, supplier performance and the evidence needed to explain a purchasing decision.

A substantial part of the assignment concerns the full purchasing cycle for MRO expenditure. The manager will take forward sourcing, tendering and competitive bidding, assess spend information, maintain supplier relationships and monitor agreed service levels. Contract renewals, transitions and performance activity with MRO service providers are also named responsibilities. The advert therefore suits an experienced practitioner who can combine procurement discipline with inventory management, reporting and leadership in a manufacturing setting. It also calls for someone able to identify where supplier engagement and negotiation can produce cost reductions while supporting efficiency, performance and service delivery. These activities require a practical understanding of how purchasing records, inventory information and supplier commitments can be used together to prioritise the work.

About the Employer: Victrex

Organization and Relevant Services

Verified Employer Overview

Victrex develops PEEK and PAEK polymer solutions. PEEK is short for polyether ether ketone, while PAEK refers to polyaryletherketone materials. On its corporate site, the business describes a portfolio that includes polymers, forms and parts. Its materials are positioned for applications where components need to perform in demanding environments, an industrial context that makes the dependable provision of engineering spares relevant to site operations. The company also describes these solutions as helping customers address complex design and engineering challenges, which gives further context to the need for reliable support for the manufacturing base. The same corporate material describes PEEK and PAEK as high-performing thermoplastics, while the role page places the vacancy inside a manufacturing purchasing and inventory function.

The company identifies automotive, aerospace, electronics, energy, industrial and medical markets among the areas it serves. Its public materials also describe product forms such as pipes, films, fibres and composite tapes, alongside work on applications involving PEEK, PAEK and thermoplastic composites. The corporate site notes that its polymer solutions are used in applications ranging from transport and energy to electronic and medical settings. That product and market range is useful background for understanding why the position focuses on disciplined supply arrangements and the availability of critical assets. It does not change the defined remit: the vacancy specifically asks the manager to guide MRO purchasing, inventory, supplier relationships and improvement activity at the named site.

Professional Setting and Role Context

Work Environment, Operations, and Facilities

Victrex lists production facilities in the United Kingdom together with sales and distribution centres around the world. The corporate contact information identifies Victrex plc’s Thornton-Cleveleys location as the Victrex Technology Centre at Hillhouse International, with both manufacturing and research-and-development functions. The vacancy itself names Hillhouse HQ as its work location, placing the manager in an established UK operational site rather than in a remote or unspecified arrangement. For this post, the location matters because the advertised work is explicitly tied to manufacturing purchasing, inventory activity and critical engineering and production spares. The post is also listed as onsite, so applicants should understand that the role is based at the Hillhouse location rather than framed as a home-based purchasing position.

The employer’s careers information says that its people contribute ideas and work with others to deliver innovations for customers. In the vacancy, the desired behavioural profile reflects that operating environment: strategic thinking, action on ideas, calm decision-making when information is incomplete, collaboration and knowledge sharing. The post also asks for leadership that develops teams, builds effective relationships and maintains professional standards while pursuing better ways of working. It additionally identifies a need to deliver commitments and results, challenge established practice constructively, and provide a strong service to internal customers. For applicants, this makes it useful to show both commercial judgement and the way they communicate, make decisions and develop productive working relationships.

The vacancy’s description of the manager’s work gives equal weight to commercial and operational responsibilities. In practical terms, the role must bring together procurement activity, inventory visibility and service-provider management while keeping attention on critical spares. The stated focus on spend analysis and reporting indicates that recommendations should be grounded in information, not only in individual supplier discussions. Similarly, the requirement to monitor service levels means that a value decision is not limited to price: the advertised remit also covers performance, transitions and follow-up improvement. An applicant with relevant background can use this distinction to explain how they have supported reliable operational supply while working within formal processes and standards.

Open Positions

Application Guidance

Prepare a Focused Application

CV, Evidence, Documents, and Interview Preparation

The following points are general preparation guidance, not additional employer requirements. A focused application can make it easier to show how prior work relates to MRO purchasing, stock control and supplier management. Use concise examples that distinguish personal responsibility from the wider team’s contribution, and make the operational result clear without claiming results that cannot be evidenced. For a stores-management application, examples are most useful when they explain how stock, supplier service and internal operational needs were considered together rather than describing a purchasing transaction in isolation.

The online form requests a CV and a cover letter. Applicants can use the cover letter to map relevant experience to the advertised responsibilities, particularly sourcing, negotiation, supplier performance, spend analysis and systems use. Where an example involved a difficult trade-off, explain the information considered, the action taken and how standards, availability or service were protected. An application may also be clearer where it separates direct leadership responsibilities from contributions made as part of a wider procurement, maintenance or manufacturing group. Check uploaded documents for clarity and ensure that the contact details supplied are current.

• Set out examples of purchasing or sourcing work that show the scale of the expenditure, supplier category or operational need without disclosing confidential information.
• Describe inventory-control experience in a way that connects stock availability with the needs of engineering or production users.
• Prepare a short example of a tender, negotiation or supplier-review process, including how value and service performance were assessed.
• Name the MRP, ERP, purchasing or reporting tools used and state what analysis or workflow they supported.
• Use the cover letter to demonstrate stakeholder communication, team leadership and an approach to continuous improvement.

How to Apply

Submit Your Application Through the Verified Route

Apply Through the Official Victrex Vacancy Page

Use the official application route below to open the Site MRO Stores Manager form. Select the application control on the vacancy page, complete the required personal-information fields, upload a CV and add the required cover letter. The form also asks job-specific work-permit and reasonable-adjustment questions. Review the privacy acknowledgement and the information entered before selecting the submission control.