Stock Team Leader

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.

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. You'll have a key role to play in helping your team go 'From Gate to Great', with all the opportunities that go with it.

We're a fast paced business, always delivering amazing quality and results for our customers, and this warehouse location is no exception. As one of our Stock team leaders, you will lead your team to manage all aspects of Unipart's stock control by ensuring a range of daily tasks are completed and that robust stock control procedures are maintained. You'll work very closely with your Manager to deliver results together across your department.

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

- Implement and maintain robust stock control procedures, ensuring all stock controls are followed by all areas of the operation
- Initiate review processes in all areas of the business, with a view to examining and rectifying potential stock integrity risks to the business, producing recommendations to ensure the security of stock at all times
- Analyse data and subsequent investigation by exception
- Support in implementing and 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
- Control and co-ordinate half yearly Stock Count Process and all related structures and reporting including - Project plans - Outlining and defining project team - Timelines for preparation, count and Operational handover - Equipment requirements - Resource planning - Working with external vendors - Reconciling results - Reporting to the business - Follow up and lessons learnt - Working with Audit and Finance teams
- Understand Profiled PI process and the business importance
- Audit and correct both internal and external to the Stock teams processes to ensure that all end to end is covered by SOPs and/or process flow and that any implications to integrity and financial audit trails are highlighted and corrected
- Control and manage Empty location reporting with feedback to operational areas to affect redress

**About You**
- GCSE or equivalent level of education (including Maths and English)
- Previous experience of managing and leading a team
- Excellent communication skills including effective listening
- Good IT skills with skills in Microsoft Office and / or Google Suites
- You have a very good understanding of logistical and stock investigation tools and analysis, with an ability to process map and identify weaknesses and improvements where necessary
- You have experience of working in a warehousing environment
- Logical thinker with the ability to interrogate data and analyse findings
- Solid understanding of the accounting implications of stock integrity to the business
- Understanding of PI Programming
- Experience of adapting to and leading programmes of change
- Awareness of health, safety, and environmental standards
- Proven experience of delivering excellent customer service
- We'd love to see some demonstrable experience of working with lean / continuous improvement techniques too if you have that

**Location**: Appleby Magna
**Contract type**: Full time, Permanent
**Hours**: 40 per week
**Salary**: £29,000

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

You may have experience of the following: Stock Controller, Assistant Stock Controller, Inventory Controller, Warehouse Assistant, Warehouse Operative, Stock Control Assistant, Logistics Coordinator, Supply Chain Assistant, Stock Team Leader, etc.

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