Stock Controller

Job Title: Stock Controller

Location: Unit 7a, Odhams Trading Estate, St Albans Road, Watford, WD24 7RY

Salary: Competitive

Job Type: Permanent, Full Time

Working Hours: 40 hours per week (Monday to Friday 07-00 - 15.30) However flexibility to business needs required

About us:

Vegetarian Express: Vegetarian Express specialise in delivering plant-based ingredients, ideas and inspiration to chefs across the UK for eating out of home. With the astronomical rise in popularity of plant-based, vegan, vegetarian and flexitarian diets, Vegetarian Express are uniquely placed in Foodservice to meet with this demand, and as such are rapidly growing and expanding.

Nationally we supply more than 4,000 skilled chefs from customers such as Compass and CH&Co, as well as a ton of Independent operators and events such as The Chelsea Flower Show, Wimbledon and Wembley Stadium to name just a few.

Vegetarian Express work with customers to create plant-based menus that are enticing, better for consumers health, the planet and commercially for businesses.

Vegetarian Express are proud to be a certified B Corporation. This means they are part of a growing number of progressive businesses around the world that truly believe in the power of business to do good things and, more importantly, are doing something about it.

Main Purpose of Job:

Communication directly with the Procurement department and Depot General Manager for the supply and demand of stock items. Ensuring strict management of stock levels and replenishment ensuring zero impact on Vegetarian Express customers

To maintain rigorous stock count processes working collaboratively with the Procurement and Warehouse teams.

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensuring that the day to management of the stock and inventory levels are maintained and meet customer demand.
• Ultimately, you will increase profitability and effectiveness by maintaining optimal stock levels ensuring stock rotation processes are followed.
• Communication with the purchasing team is essential enabling a smooth transition of goods inbound and outbound. Working collaboratively with the Supply Chain & Logistics Manager and Warehouse Team.
• Ensure that all driver returns are logged and WMS updated accordingly, working alongside the Transport Operation Planner and Warehouse Supervisor to obtain accurate driver information.
• Daily stock counts and rotational issues and discuss with warehouse team and buyer
• Keep updated inventory records (including daily shipments)
• Controlling short dated stock preventing waste of product. Clear communication line to the sales team on short dated products communicating with the buying team.
• Ensure that the goods in process is robust and followed with the timely receipting of goods in on to WMS.
• Ensuring any stocks coming up to their saleable shelf life are transferred to wigig codes and sales team updated.
• Maintain stock levels daily of the bulk and split products including products that are bagged down in the repack room.
• Daily communication with the sales teams in particular around out of stocks.
• Ensuring WMS System stock levels match SAGE stock levels and Invoice's match goods booked in.

Key Skills required:

• Proven work experience as a Stock Controller, or a similar role in the past
• Good understanding of supply chain procedures
• Working knowledge of inventory management
• Excellent organisation communication skills.
• Stock management experience in a fast-paced warehouse environment
• Excellent organisational and time management skills
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel) and other commonly used office packages
• Strong IT and analytical skills
• Clear ability to prioritise tasks and work under pressure
• Excellent interpersonal, oral and written communication skills and attention to detail
• Flexibility and adaptability to changing workloads
• Ability to problem solve and engage with and update processes

Salary & Benefits:

• Salary dependant on experience
• 25 days holiday
• NEST pension
• Employee benefits

Candidates with the relevant experience or job titles of; Stock Operative, Warehouse Person, Warehouse Co-ordinator, Warehouse Worker, Goods Inwards Warehouse Operative, Warehouse Assistant, Warehouse, Logistics Assistant, Logistics Coordinator, Logistics Operative, Shipment Coordinator, Supply Chain Coordinator, Import may also be considered for this role.