Site Inventory Manager

**Location**: Suffolk Park NHS - Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
**Contract Type**: Permanent
**Hours**: Full Time, 40 hours per week Monday to Friday
**Salary**: £42,589.44 per annum

**Benefits**: 30 days holiday including bank holidays, pension, life assurance, employee assistance programme, wellbeing support, and flexible benefits scheme.

**About the Job: **

Relationships mean everything to us, and this one is particularly special. You'll have an important part to play in healthcare success for the NHS Supply Chain. Unipart as its logistics partner works with over 800 suppliers, delivering 4.5 million orders a year to Trusts nationally, as well as providing a home delivery service to private individuals and care homes.
Here at Unipart we don't just have a way of working, we have The Unipart Way. It allows everyone in our team to pursue their own personal and professional goals to a world class level, through Unipart's 'From Gate to Great' training and development program.

As Site Inventory Manager you will have a key role to play in ensuring that inventory processes and procedures are managed in line with SLAs and KPIs. You will be actively involved with and drive continuous improvement at site and national level developing and improving processes and reducing cost, ensuring effective SOP training and communication whilst delivering world class service and results. Responsible for your team's performance, means you'll work closely to deliver results together across your department. Accountability for stock commercial value of receipted inventory and reconciliation against warehouse processes will also fall under your remit.
**Site Inventory Manager key responsibilities include: **
- Ensure the management and maintenance of the systems and programmes that control the stock management processes within the warehouse contractual obligations
- Manage and monitor all programmed stock checks to maintain the integrity and availability of stock within the distribution centre in accordance with service efficiency levels, agreed measures of accuracy and agreed performance management measures
- Develop and maintain effective inventory process, incorporating warehouse management systems
- Effectively prioritise local stock and strategic stock in order to provide high levels of customer service
- Support optimisation of stock location management on site to drive efficiency and optimise availability of stock, working closely with the central planning team, to review activity heat maps and replenishment profiles
- Produce national management reports
- Analyse stock adjustments, trend analysis
- Communicate and liaise with site management team to maintain and improve stock integrity, quality and procedural compliance
- Manage a team of Stock Management Operatives to complete a programme of stock PI checks in accordance with national procedures, ensuring compliance with Standing Financial Instructions and Contractual Obligations
- Assist in the development and undertaking of a programme of Compliance Management and Controls
- Actively drive and support a culture of continuous improvement and contribute to larger projects and initiatives across the network and at local site level
- Work with the Regulatory Compliance Manager to action and control product recalls on-site
- Supervise a programme of quality and accuracy checks within the warehouse operation, ensuring that procedures are followed and service levels maintained
- Undertake audits on the warehouse integrity and distribution processes, and formulate recommendations to improve stock availability & service levels
- Support colleague engagement and development across the Site Inventory Stock Teams
- Create and maintain a positive working environment
- Ensure effective recruitment and deployment of resources across own teams
- Maintain the integrity and availability of stock in line with service efficiency levels
**Site Inventory Manager Requirements: **
- Computer literate with experience of Excel, Word and Google Suite
- Work well in a team and good leadership skills,
- An understanding of Warehouse Management Systems
- Ability to work to targets and timescales,
- Previous experience in a Stock based role
- Analytical with an ability to problem solve
- Commitment to self and team development
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 of the following: Site Inventory Manager, Stock Control Manager, Inventory Line Manager, Logistics, Supply Chain, Inventory Supervisor, Warehousing, Supervisor, Team Management, Stock Control, Inventory Manager, Team Leader, First Line Manager, Warehouse Manager, etc.

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