Stock Control Section Manager

About us

We’re an award-winning, market-leading 3PL specialising in high-quality order fulfilment and delivery services. ILG customers are premium brands, many in the beauty, fashion and wellbeing sectors. Our mission is to help them succeed. ILG is a people business – we invest in training and development, recognising and rewarding our people’s achievements and creating opportunities for them to progress within our business.  So, if you want to further your career, learn from a friendly team and realise your full potential in a fast-growing company, this is the role for you.

The role

Warehouse Operations are at the heart of what we do. Our customers choose ILG because our attention to detail across services like picking, embroidery and engraving adds something special to their brand.  As a Stock Control Section Manager you will be reporting to the Operations Manager/Warehouse Manager, the Stock Control Section Manager will be recognised as having a good, -sound knowledge of warehouse operations, stock control and goods-in activities.  You will need to be logical, methodical, and a problem solver as well as having a mathematical background and good excel knowledge. The key responsibilities are:

• Managing and co-ordinating stock take/stock audit and cycle counting activities to ensure the required level of service is provided to the customer.
• Working with peers to challenge, review, standardise and improve processes, pro-actively sharing best practice.
• Actively support operational change whilst effectively minimising disruption to production and service.
• Maintaining and improving performance levels to maximise accuracy of stock figures in line with site KPI’s.
• Responsible for communication of issues/information to line manager e.g. stock count variances, count accuracy or general warehouse queries
• Responsible for sending weekly updates to line manager for issues, changes, solutions to current/previous problems, and current work at hand/the following week’s tasks/challenges.
• Working in close liaison with Customer Services, Operations Manager/Warehouse Manager and externally with customers to facilitate for stock control procedures.
• Ensuring activities are cost effective.
• Recognising training needs and provide solutions to ensure that staff are given the knowledge required to carry out their role.

What we are looking for

• Previous experience of stock control and inventory management (desirable)
• Methodical and able to demonstrate the ability to prioritise workload and tasks.
• Possess an understanding of 3ex.net/Snap warehouse management system preferred.
• An understanding of MS office packages (Excel, Word, Outlook) (essential)
• Ability to react within a complex and growing operational environment.
• Able to develop and roll out processes and systems to improve efficiency of department.
• Forward thinking with the ability to “think on your feet” and “think outside the box”.
• Ability to motivate and manage a small team

Please be aware we will be considering applications as we receive them and arranging interviews accordingly. Depending on the volume of applications we receive we may close this advert ahead of the advertised closing date.