Excellent salary and benefits package :
- 23 days annual leave raising to 25 after 2 years, plus statutory bank holidays
- Quarterly attendance bonus
- Free products
- Eye Care Scheme
- In-house schemes and incentives
- Work based pension scheme
- **Free onsite parking
Our prestigious client is a UK owned and managed business with 80 years of product history. They produce goods principally for the UK Retail markets. This multimillion-pound business continues to grow and has built up an enviable reputation for delivering a high-quality service to a broad spectrum of customers.
They are looking for a highly experienced Inventory Manager who will play a key role in the business, reporting to the Supply Chain Director, this is an office based role and brings with it a high level of responsibility.
As the Inventory Manager your main duties will be:
- Monitoring and tracking inventory levels of finished goods/chemicals/packaging and shipping materials
This involves regularly tracking inventory movements and ensuring accurate record keeping
- Analysing inventory data to identify trends, optimise stock levels and improve inventory management processes
- Prepare and generate reports on stock levels, stock movements, slow moving and other relevant inventory data for management review
- Implement inventory control procedures to establish and enforce such procedures to minimise stock shrinkage, improve accuracy and enhance overall efficiency
- Managing and leading a team of inventory staff, including hiring, training, and performance management
- Responsibility for cyclical PI checks in all locations. The stock control process and annual stock count
- Manage the daily input of production into Sage and investigation of variances
Tasks you will manage:
- Reconciliation between pallet transfers and Blackbird Framework
- Reporting of stock adjustments with an explanation of the reasons
- Ensure timely blending stock adjustments are processed
- Full review of the process of amending stock and implement a streamline process - i.e. removing the laboratory step
- Manage product issues in respective warehouses and liaise with QC on corrections
- Ensure that transfer requests are actioned and recorded correctly
- Manage the PI process, record and address anomalies with department managers
- Ensure that the mixing of products across all locations are accurately recorded
- Perform stock reviews from daily reports and address anomalies
- Take responsibility for the stock take process
- Identify and communicate slow moving stock, monthly, bi-monthly to the senior team
Experience required for the role:
- Extensive Inventory Management experience at a senior level
- You will be highly efficient and detail orientated
- An Excel Super User and be able to masterfully manipulate, reconcile and present data to the FD
- You will have specific stock control and stock inventory management experience
- You must be of an inquisitive mind with the unwavering ability to challenge managers
This role is offered as a full-time, permanent role.
Hours of work are 38 hours per week (Monday to Friday), and the role is office based due to the nature of the requirement within a manufacturing environment.
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