Stock Control Manager

Job Title: Stock Control Manager

Location: West Thurrock, RM20 3LB

Job Length: Permanent

Working Hours: 45 hours per week. Working around the core hours of 8am to 6pm on a Monday to Friday basis. Flexibility to work around these hours to suit business needs

Competitive Salary with extensive benefits:

• Monthly product allowance – alcoholic & non-alcoholic options available
• Private Medical options
• Life Assurance
• Company bonus scheme
• Access to 24/7 GP services
• Enhanced pension contribution
• Generous holiday
• Access to a range of high street discounts

Carlsberg Britvic is the largest multi-beverage supplier in the UK and is home to some of the most iconic and popular beers & soft drinks, including Carlsberg Danish Pilsner, 1664, Poretti and Brooklyn to ale favourites such as Hobgoblin and Wainwright. For soft drinks, Carlsberg Britvic’s brands include J2O, Robinsons, Tango and London Essence along with the licence rights to the Pepsi portfolio in the UK including Pepsi MAX, 7UP, Lipton Iced Tea and Rockstar Energy.

With a strong national footprint, the Carlsberg Britvic business includes 6 production facilities and 16 logistics depot’s servicing customers up and down the UK.  As these two historical businesses have come together, the one common goal remains, and that is ensuring our people succeed. 

About the role:

We’re looking for an experienced stock management professional who knows how to keep inventory accurate and processes watertight. In this role, you’ll lead the charge on stock control at West Thurrock, making sure every count is correct, every return is processed efficiently, and every process is followed to the letter. If you thrive on precision, enjoy solving stock challenges, and have a track record of delivering accuracy in fast-paced warehouse environments, this is your chance to make a real difference.

If you are interested in joining our journey, we are now recruiting for a Stock Control Manager. Reporting to the Depot Manager, this role will play a key part of our succuss journey and you will have the opportunity to be involved in the following:

Role Responsibilities:

• Disciplined and resourceful leader with the capacity to prioritise tasks and balance responsibilities in a fast-paced environment.
• Builds a high-performance culture with high levels of personal accountability, ownership, and a consistent focus on performance.
• Ability to communicate key process to numerous stakeholders.
• Monitor physical inventory across the site to ensure that a perpetual inventory is achieved on a timely basis. The fundamental aim of which is to ensure Stock loss minimisation and accuracy for customer invoicing.
• Ensure that reverse logistics of returns are processed in a timely manner with regard for the resource requirement at receiving depot(s).
• Act as a point of escalation for any nonconforming product returns / warehouse ullage either not collected or where stock has been returned but credit has not been received.
• Where appropriate escalating non-conforming suppliers to the network stock team etc.
• Ensure that all stock and SAP processes are completed according to SOP. You will also act as a key contact for the Stock Planning team for the site.
• Investigate inventory shrinkage and provide feedback to the logistics management team where breakages and stock loss is above acceptable threshold.
• Support a continuous improvement culture and deliver improvement programmes across the site. Identify savings by removing waste or unnecessary steps in the Supply Chain processes whilst ensuring service levels are improved with consideration for Health & Safety.
• Lead, support and develop a team of 3 Stock Administrators, providing regular 1-2-1 support, performance reviews, objective setting, guidance and motivation to drive individual and team success.

Experience and Key Attributes:

• Previous experience working within a Stock Management role.
• Experience of designing and implementing stock control processes.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills, with the ability to use data and systems to facilitate performance and improvement.
• An interest in customer service and continuous improvement, with the willingness to learn and share best practices.
• Proven leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to motivate and inspire your team and stakeholders.
• Previous experience working within warehouse or stock administration is essential.
• Experience managing or supervising both people and processes is desired.
• IT Literate with experience using MS Office essential and SAP preferred.

This is an exciting time to join our newly formed business – with their incredible individual history’s, innovation of products and some of the UK’s most iconic brands, Carlsberg Britvic strives to deliver the best service to our customers and consumers. We aim to make a difference, bringing together two diverse companies, our global reach enables opportunity, growth and a chance to work with some fantastic people.

Interested in finding out more? Apply today and a member of the recruitment team will be in touch!

Application Process:

We read applications continuously, and vacancies may be filled anytime, so please apply as early as possible.

We look forward to receiving your application.

Carlsberg Group: Brewing for a better today and tomorrow

For us success has always been in the diverse mix of our people, our beers and our brands. At Carlsberg, we want to recruit and develop people with a global mindset, cultural understanding, and international experience to ensure that our organization stays agile, inclusive and prepared for future growth. Only by acknowledging and harvesting from different perspectives and experiences, will we gain competitive advantage and leverage the effect of diversity for business growth. Carlsberg aims to create equal access to opportunity regardless of social identity, and we encourage everyone to apply regardless of gender, nationality, race, religion or any other characteristics protected by law.