Stock Control Manager - Castle Donington

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Job Title: Stock Control Manager

Reports to: Warehouse Manager

JOB PURPOSE: Lead, Manage and Maintain the Stock Control Team & System

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Full accountability for the Stock Control department on Site
• To control and highlight risks to service.
• To build a team with a structured, organised and efficiently work approach to agreed timescales.
• To ensure our customer queries are investigated and dealt with in a timely fashion.
• To prepare any reports and checks as required by Management.
• Review, maintain and execute processes within the department.
• To work in close liaison with Transport, Warehouse Shift Managers and Warehouse Manager.
• To communicate to other key sites, customers, and personnel to ensure pick stock accuracy is at a high standard 99.7% target, GRN's and Receipt are completed in a timely fashion and issues raised immediately with the relevant information.
• Complete stock takes, empty slots and randoms checks.
• Complete MLOR requests.
• Complete non-conformance reports, investigations, and traceability
• To update Snap, review and implement processes, review and implement new customers and set-up.
• To ensure the Stock Controllers (over 4 shifts) are carrying out his duties and assist as and when necessary.
• To be responsible for the resourcing, recruitment, and training of new and existing members of the Stock Control, update the matrix and update on any new processes.
• PDRs with the stocks teams
• Review of bulk, picking locations and update, cleanse as required for old and new SKU's, ensuring Master Data correct and updated.
• To manage holidays and absence, ensure all shifts are adequately covered.
• Motivate team to achieve organisational goals.
• Attending required management and customer meetings.

Health & Safety:

• To ensure you follow safe working practices.
• To promptly report all accidents and incidents to your line manager.
• To assist in accident investigations, as necessary.
• To ensure that housekeeping standards are maintained.
• To adhere to relevant site rules, QEHS policies and procedures including quality procedures, HACCP, safe systems of work and environmental controls.

Communication:

• To have effective communication skills and ability to liaise verbally confidently with employees and Management.
• To listen carefully to instructions.
• To keep your Line Manager up to date with any work issues that may affect deadlines.

Flexibility and Ad-Hoc:

• To be flexible to work on a variety of duties, shifts and locations as required.
• To conduct any other task that is reasonable and within your skill set as business needs dictate.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, EXPERIENCE

• Previous experience of working in a warehouse and distribution environment.
• Managerial and Leadership experience and qualities
• Previous experience of stock supervision/stock control.
• Strong working knowledge of stock control and stock control systems/warehouse management systems.
• Good communication and listening skills.
• Ability to listen to and follow instructions.
• Ability to work to deadlines.
• Ability to remain calm under pressure.
• A good accuracy level is essential.
• Ability to work alone or as part of a team as required.