Stock Manager £28-32,000 M40

Stock Manager £28-32,000 M40

This is a fantastic opportunity to join an innovative and quality driven food manufacturer who supply a wide range of premium products primarily within the baking and ingredients categories. You will be producing major brands as well as grocery retailer own label products across a hugely diverse product range incorporating several hundred SKUs. Reporting to the Managing Director you will be responsible for ensuring that all aspects of our stock are examined, controlled and communicated in an accurate and timely manner.

Within the role your primary responsibilities will include monitoring the accuracy of sales forecasts and challenge / advise the team on how we can improve the quality of the data. You will provide daily communication of all potential Stock shortages to allow Management/Sales to proactively manage CSL and customer liaison. This will also include communication of reasons for stock problems (Sales over FC, production issues, supplier problems etc) along with clear and accurate communication on “back in stock” dates.

As the Stock Manager you will co-ordinate “Stock allocation” so we make informed judgements, agreed with the team along with monthly reporting of Overstocks and BBE issues directly to the relevant Sales personnel. The Stock Manager will Chair a Monthly cross functional Stock Management meeting to highlight key adverse variances and causals
to include a Monthly clean down of all “Stock on hold” issues as well as running a Monthly SMS meeting ensuring clear and accurate data is provided to the sales team to clear problems as well as tracking the dissipation of SMS to reduce the value of stock provisions

In addition to these roles and responsibilities you will monitor and report on the accuracy of Syspro Stock data and comment and advise on SKU rationalisation / business complexity issues in order to build reports and new communication channels to improve the overall management of stock. Weekly reporting (in time) of Overstocks and BBE issues directly to the relevant Sales personnel

You will have previous supply chain and stock management experience ideally gained within a fast paced dynamic environment. This experience may have been within an FMCG, Food Manufacturing or other consumer goods business environment and you must be able to demonstrate knowledge and experience of being part of a commercial team within a customer-facing business.

In addition to your previous stock control experience you will be able to demonstrate a high degree of numeracy combined with excellent MicroSoft Excel spreadsheet skills. This role will liaise with a number of internal departments on key time critical issues and as such excellent communication skills are essential as is the ability to have the strength of character to stand firm with senior managers whilst still operating as a good team player.

If you feel that you share our passion and enthusiasm for producing high quality, premium foods to meet our customers’ requirements and exceed consumer expectation then in the first instance email your CV to Woodlands Recruitment Solutions or for further details call Kieron Madden on M:07787 40 88 44.