Stock Controller

**Contract type**: Full time, Permanent
**Location**: Appleby Magna (DE12 8AA)
**Hours**: Various shift patterns: AM shift Earlies = 06:00 to 14:30 - Monday to Friday, and PM shift Lates = 14:30 to 23:00 Monday to Friday
**Salary**: £26,832 plus 30 days holiday, pension, life assurance, employee assistance programme, wellbeing support, and flexible benefits scheme

Relationships mean everything to us, and this one is particularly special. You'll have an important part to play in automotive success that spans nearly 50 years.

Unipart Logistics (UL) has secured a contract to run the new, custom-built Jaguar Land Rover Global Parts Logistics Centre at Appleby Magna in Leicestershire. The operation will be housed at Jaguar Land Rover's new Mercia Park campus, one of the largest UK warehouse developments for a single customer. This is a great opportunity to be a major part of the successful implementation of what is said to be the largest automotive logistics project in the UK.

We're a fast-paced business, always delivering amazing quality and results for our customers, and this warehouse location is no exception.

We have a number of opportunities within our Stock function for Stock Controllers. As one of our Stock Controllers, you will manage all aspects of stock control, ensuring a range of daily tasks are completed and will implement, follow, and maintain robust stock control processes.

**As part of your key responsibilities you'll**:

- Ensure all stock controls are adequate and robustly followed by all areas of the operation
- Report on and investigate stock adjustments to minimise risk to the business and drive process improvements
- Initiate review processes in all areas of the business, with a view to examining and rectifying potential stock integrity risks to the business
- Produce recommendations to ensure the security of stock at all times
- Analyse data and subsequent investigation by exception
- Manage all aspects of Unipart's stock control within the site
- Support the team leader in ensuring KPIs are consistently achieved
- Ensure that a standard approach to investigations is maintained using the tools and techniques of the Unipart Way
- Identify, using Root Cause Analysis, any process failure issues and report and remedy using the tools and techniques of the Unipart Way
- Understand the importance of the PI process
- Be flexible to alter shifts where applicable and attend weekend stock counts
- Drive stock integrity into the minds of all areas and to build operational commitment to view stock integrity as business-as-usual practice

**About You**:

- Experience in and an understanding of warehousing principles
- Understanding of the accounting implications of stock integrity to the business and how this impacts the commercial elements of the contract
- An attitude of "think before react"
- Ability to learn new systems and changes to processes
- Used to working in an environment with KPIs and SLAs and the ability to report on performance against them
- Understanding of PI Programming
- Pro-active in improving current processes and implementation of improvements once approved

**Fully PC literate in all current required tools**

Our recruitment and selection process has been developed to ensure that it is consistent, fair and provides equality of opportunity - all selection decisions are based solely on technical and behavioural competencies. We do not discriminate on the grounds of race, colour, or nationality, ethnic or national origins, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, disability, religion or belief, age or any other current or future protected characteristic as defined in the current Equality Act of England and Wales. As an organisation we also promote an environment which encourages diversity of characteristics and thought, where you feel included, safe and confident to be the best version of yourself and do your best work every day.

You may have experience in the following: Inventory Control Specialist, Stock Management Coordinator, Supply Chain Controller, Inventory Coordinator, Stock Operations Manager, Warehouse Inventory Supervisor, Inventory Control Manager, Stock Management Specialist, Materials Controller, Inventory Supervisor, etc.

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