Inventory Controller

Job Title: Inventory Coordinator / Driver

Location: South (Bristol / Yeovil / Reading)

Contract Type: Permanent

Working Hours: 45 Hours Per Week

Salary: £30,000 + Company Van + OT available + 33 Days Holiday, Private Pension & Benefits - Including Private Health Care, Life Insurance, Employee Discounts!

The Inventory Coordinator / Driver is an integral member of the parts function and the wider contract delivery team. They will support the effective and efficient sourcing, supply and return of parts and materials across the client portfolio.

The Coordinator is responsible for ensuring that parts are used and accounted for, and that stock is maintained to the minimum based on importance and availability. Working with the Inventory Manager you will be responsible for implementing and delivering the parts strategy across your region in conjunction with the development of future strategies along with routine stock checks to appraise the stock held and its financial value.

You will take responsibility for ensuring that stock shortages or issues with supply are thoroughly investigated and work with the Inventory Manager, Suppliers, and wider account teams to remove the likelihood of future occurrences.

You will routinely monitor the trends and requirements of you region and regularly visit M&S stores to ensure that stock or materials are not being kept at site. You will take full responsibility for ensuring that stock, parts, and materials are held and controlled centrally.

You will support the Inventory Manager in developing and deploying systems and applications to catalogue and record stock and its movements along with building local supplier relations to support 3rd party parts requirements. As part of your initial responsibility will be the identification of stock from store locations and return it to the centralised location(s) and in doing so, will take the lead on identifying stock as worthy of return / reuse, disposal or potential buy-back from suppliers looking to minimises the environmental impact of the whole process.

You will cover a region effective south of Brimingham- Bristol / Yeovil / Reading regularly.

Essential experience:

• Current or prior experience of engineering in an FM field - preferably retail.

• Knowledge of stock control, parts management, and inventory.

• Knowledge or experience of stock control or inventory management systems.

• IT literate and knowledge of the Microsoft Suite of applications / packages.

• Previous experience of leading and managing remote teams within a fast-moving customer service environment (e.g. retail / hospitality) is essential.

• Experienced in supplier and client leadership management.

• Strong personal leadership style.

• Effective communicator at all levels whether written or oral.

• Highly effective persuasion and influencing techniques.

• Knowledge of the maintenance service within the FM industry is desirable.

• Strong PC literacy, with experience in extracting, collating, and presenting performance data is essential. Previous experience of using a CAFM system is desirable.

• Excellent planning, organising, and prioritisation skills.

• Experience in finance and commercial awareness.

• Full, clean driving license