Warehouse Stock Control Manager

WAREHOUSE STOCK CONTROL MANAGER
SALARY DEPENDING ON EXPERIENCE
MONDAY - FRIDAY, WORKING 45 HOURS PER WEEK
07:00AM - 16:00PM
The Company
Our client are a family-owned business supplying to the Wholesale,
Food Service, and Fast-Food sectors across the UK.
They operate as a national wholesale and foodservice distribution business. They have a custom-built distribution premise with an integrated cold store and chiller and offer a wide range of products.
With over 44 years of service to the food catering industry they supply over 3000 core lines of products which has seen double digit growth year on year.
About the role:
They are looking to recruit a Warehouse Stock Manager within their operations division. This role is required to work Monday - Friday and is based at their Skelmersdale depot.
This is a dynamic and fast paced role working closely with the support of senior management and the company HR function. The Warehouse Stock Manager will be responsible for ensuring all the stock is processed in a timely fashion, ensuring the physical stock accurately reflects quantities detailed within their SAP database, accurately placing stock in locations that optimize efficient picking, managing damaged, out of date stock and stock rotation appropriately to secure a successfully functioning Warehouse.
This job role includes:
* Review and plan for goods that are expected to be delivered from suppliers including planning their put away locations in the on-site warehouse.
* Measure and maintain quantities per locations, reviewing the frequency of pick visits to each location to ensure maximum efficiency for pickers.
* Reviewing the layout of product locations and allocating new products a location.
* Manage and maintain the external storage facilities, being mindful of business cost to return or send items to the external storage facilities.
* Continually reviewing and ensuring that all space is efficiently used to maintain a productive Warehouse including creating an efficient warehouse location plan.
* Assisting with the reception and put away of goods inwards when necessary.
* Proactively ensuring that open Purchase Orders are communicated to the Warehouse Administrators, Team Leaders and Purchasing team where appropriate.
* Proactively ensuring that the Warehouse Team are instructed to conduct replenishment drops as and when required.
* Conducting full check of stock in accordance with the planned schedule along with regular checking of individual lines.
* Selecting appropriate alternative items for shorted customers and communicating alternatives selected across the business.
* Conducting physical checks ensuring that short stock levels reported match the physical stock.
* Planning for the storage of goods off-site and collaborating with Purchasing to source external storage.
* Conducting regular reviews of expiration dates and giving priority to date sensitive products.
* Ensuring any goods identified as damaged are removed from general pick locations and working collaboratively with the Warehouse team ensuring a decision is made as to whether the stock should be destroyed or relocated for resale.
* Proactively minimise mis-picks by correcting product descriptions where the physical item does not reflect database records.
* Working with leaders in the business, ensuring improvement through reviewing incidents and mistakes.
* Proactively finding solutions where incidents are repeated.
About you:
* Proven experience working in a Warehouse environment at management level across an inbound and outbound multi-shift Operation (desired)
* Have Health and Safety awareness ideally NEBOSH/IOSH trained (desired)
* Have good time management skills with the ability to set priorities, fulfil critical tasks in time and keep to deadlines.
* Have the ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
* Excellent communication skills
* Able to collaborate with managers across the business.
* Good multi-tasking abilities
* Have a hands-on approach in all duties
* High level of numeracy, literacy, and IT skills (SAP knowledge desired)
* Problem-solving skills and an ability to work at a strategic level under pressure.
* Strong team player
* Proven track record to contribute to the improvement of systems to achieve efficiency savings.
Time Recruitment Solutions Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.