Stock Controller

**Key Responsibilities**:

- **Inventory Management**: Monitor and manage inventory levels to ensure sufficient stock availability, preventing both overstock and shortages.
- **Supplier Coordination**: Place and track orders with suppliers, maintaining strong relationships to ensure timely deliveries and resolve any supply issues.
- **Stock Adjustments**: Manage & investigate stock adjustments, returns, and discrepancies efficiently, ensuring stock records are up to date.
- **Reporting & Analysis**: Prepare regular stock reports, providing insights into trends, overstock, and potential shortages.
- **Cross-department Collaboration**: Work closely with Sales, Operations, Site Managers and Health & Safety teams to ensure stock levels align with business demands.
- **Record Maintenance**: Maintain accurate records of all stock transactions and updates within the inventory management system.
- **Purchasing Support**: Daily purchase order requests to suppliers, collaborate with the purchasing team to monitor supplier performance, negotiate pricing, and assist with procurement processes when necessary.

**Requirements**:

- Minimum of **2 years' experience** in stock control and purchasing (essential).
- Proven ability to manage inventory in a busy office environment with competing priorities.
- Proficiency in **inventory management software** and **Microsoft Office Suite**, especially Excel.
- Strong organisational skills, attention to detail, and time management.
- Excellent communication skills to liaise effectively with suppliers and internal departments.
- Ability to work both independently and as part of a collaborative team.
- **Planning experience** is advantageous but not essential.

**What We Offer**:

- Competitive based on experience but circa £26k-£28k.
- Office-based role with a **supportive and collaborative team environment**.
- Opportunity to work in a **dynamic, fast-paced industry**.
- Free parking.
- Access to an **Employee Assistance Program (EAP)**.

If you are a highly organised individual with a proven track record in stock control and purchasing, we would love to hear from you.

**Our culture**: Every team member and customer are at the heart of what we do We strive to create a coherent team that works as one to create great results in a very competitive marketplace. MGS believes that a happy stable workplace achieves the best results for our customers. We empower all team members to improve, develop and aim for greater results, supporting them in all aspects of life not only whilst at work.

MGS is fully aware of the constraints in all team members lives, both financial and emotional, therefore we drive to support in these pressing times. MGS prides itself in making the workplace a happy, safe environment, which makes our team enthusiastic at work and ensures all customers have a smooth, positive experience. We believe that all team members are part of the MGS family and look for people who have integrity, honesty, and vision, which has led to many colleagues being with us over 20 years.

**The MGS Way**:
**We have can-do attitudes.**

We try our very hardest to exceed our customers’ expectations, be proactive, respectfully challenge the status quo and one another to reach the highest standards and grow the business. We go the “extra mile”.

**We have attention-to-detail.**

We take the necessary time & steps to ensure our work is done “right first time”.

**We do what we say we will do.**

We will achieve our Vision, accomplish goals, embrace & follow processes & procedures, and follow through on commitments to customers, suppliers and one another.

**We care.**

We care about one another, MGS’s success & reputation, and our customers & suppliers.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: £26,000.00-£28,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Canteen
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Discounted or free food
- Free flu jabs
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site parking
- Sick pay

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
- No weekends

**Experience**:

- Microsoft Excel: 1 year (required)
- Microsoft Office: 1 year (required)
- Organisational skills: 1 year (required)
- Purchasing: 1 year (required)

Work Location: In person