Field Component Manager
| Posting date: | 03 July 2025 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 02 August 2025 |
| Location: | Irlam, Manchester |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 3 days per week |
| Company: | CityFibre Holding Ltd |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | REF3550C |
Summary
This hybrid role offers a great balance of home and office working. You’ll join your colleagues in your local office at least 2 days a week.
As the UK’s largest fibre-only network, and its only proven wholesale challenger, we’re busy setting new standards for what digital infrastructure can and should be.
Designed from scratch for the internet, our network is greener, more reliable and ready for the future. The products we provide over it not only lead the market on speed, value and service, they help businesses to innovate, provide entire communities with a better foundation for their digital lives and support economic growth, locally and nationally.
What does that mean for you? The opportunity to make internet connections (and daily life) a whole lot better, for a lot of people!
Joining us as a Field Component Manager
We’re looking for a Field Component Manager to join our Customer Field Operations team. In this role, you’ll be responsible for the operational management of all components used in support of consumer installations and engineering support functions. You’ll ensure timely and cost-effective inventory management, quality control, and collaborate across engineering, operations, and finance teams to optimise component usage and support our overall business objectives.
You’ll receive a salary of up to £46,000, a car allowance, a performance related bonus, and a range of benefits to support you across your financial, physical and mental wellbeing.
This is some of what you can expect to be doing:
Develop and maintain accurate inventory levels of field components, ensuring optimal availability while minimising holding costs
Implement robust inventory control systems and conduct regular audits and reconciliations
Manage the full lifecycle of components, including ordering, obsolescence, and disposal
Oversee component returns and warranty claims, working with suppliers to resolve quality issues
Manage the components budget to ensure cost-effectiveness and prepare reports on procurement, inventory, and cost performance
Analyse data to identify trends and continuously improve our processes
What you’ll bring to the role
With proven experience in telecoms inventory management, you’ll be a skilled operator who thrives on driving operational excellence. You’ll also have:
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Excellent negotiation, communication, and stakeholder management skills
Ability to work independently and as part of a collaborative team
A full UK driving licence
Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging
We’re a Times Top 50 Employer for Gender Equality. We’re endorsed by WORK180 and we’re a partner of Diversifying. We have pledged our commitment to the Armed Forces Covenant and we’re a Disability Confident Employer. Working together with our Employee Networks, we’re wholly committed to ensuring that our people’s voices are heard, and that everyone feels a sense of belonging and pride to be a part of CityFibre. If you’d like to explore our culture and values, check out The CityFibre Way.
What you can expect from us
We want to offer you all the support you need to thrive inside and outside of work. This means giving you the tools to grow your career with us, as well as a comprehensive benefits package that you can adapt to your lifestyle. This includes 25 days annual leave, a day off on your birthday, a day off to support a charity or organisation of choice, a range of wellbeing and savings initiatives including private medical insurance, and supportive family friendly and menopause policies.
Qualifications
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Additional information
We want to create a sense of belonging for everyone. We celebrate our differences and work to ensure everyone has the best chance to succeed, starting with our recruitment process. No matter your background, family or carer status, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, gender, or gender identity, we welcome your application. If you need any support or reasonable adjustments throughout the application process, please email us at careers@cityfibre.com. We want to help!
As the UK’s largest fibre-only network, and its only proven wholesale challenger, we’re busy setting new standards for what digital infrastructure can and should be.
Designed from scratch for the internet, our network is greener, more reliable and ready for the future. The products we provide over it not only lead the market on speed, value and service, they help businesses to innovate, provide entire communities with a better foundation for their digital lives and support economic growth, locally and nationally.
What does that mean for you? The opportunity to make internet connections (and daily life) a whole lot better, for a lot of people!
Joining us as a Field Component Manager
We’re looking for a Field Component Manager to join our Customer Field Operations team. In this role, you’ll be responsible for the operational management of all components used in support of consumer installations and engineering support functions. You’ll ensure timely and cost-effective inventory management, quality control, and collaborate across engineering, operations, and finance teams to optimise component usage and support our overall business objectives.
You’ll receive a salary of up to £46,000, a car allowance, a performance related bonus, and a range of benefits to support you across your financial, physical and mental wellbeing.
This is some of what you can expect to be doing:
Develop and maintain accurate inventory levels of field components, ensuring optimal availability while minimising holding costs
Implement robust inventory control systems and conduct regular audits and reconciliations
Manage the full lifecycle of components, including ordering, obsolescence, and disposal
Oversee component returns and warranty claims, working with suppliers to resolve quality issues
Manage the components budget to ensure cost-effectiveness and prepare reports on procurement, inventory, and cost performance
Analyse data to identify trends and continuously improve our processes
What you’ll bring to the role
With proven experience in telecoms inventory management, you’ll be a skilled operator who thrives on driving operational excellence. You’ll also have:
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Excellent negotiation, communication, and stakeholder management skills
Ability to work independently and as part of a collaborative team
A full UK driving licence
Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging
We’re a Times Top 50 Employer for Gender Equality. We’re endorsed by WORK180 and we’re a partner of Diversifying. We have pledged our commitment to the Armed Forces Covenant and we’re a Disability Confident Employer. Working together with our Employee Networks, we’re wholly committed to ensuring that our people’s voices are heard, and that everyone feels a sense of belonging and pride to be a part of CityFibre. If you’d like to explore our culture and values, check out The CityFibre Way.
What you can expect from us
We want to offer you all the support you need to thrive inside and outside of work. This means giving you the tools to grow your career with us, as well as a comprehensive benefits package that you can adapt to your lifestyle. This includes 25 days annual leave, a day off on your birthday, a day off to support a charity or organisation of choice, a range of wellbeing and savings initiatives including private medical insurance, and supportive family friendly and menopause policies.
Qualifications
-
Additional information
We want to create a sense of belonging for everyone. We celebrate our differences and work to ensure everyone has the best chance to succeed, starting with our recruitment process. No matter your background, family or carer status, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, gender, or gender identity, we welcome your application. If you need any support or reasonable adjustments throughout the application process, please email us at careers@cityfibre.com. We want to help!
Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme
Disability Confident
About Disability Confident
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.