Stock Operations Manager

Stock Operations Manager

Appleby Magna (DE12 8AA)

Up to £45,000 per annum plus car allowance, 33 days holiday, pension, life assurance, employee assistance programme, wellbeing support, and flexible benefits scheme

About the Role

Relationships mean everything to us, and this one is particularly special. You’ll have an important part to play in automotive success that spans nearly 50 years. Unipart Logistics (UL) has secured a contract to run the new, custom-built Jaguar Land Rover Global Parts Logistics Centre at Appleby Magna in Leicestershire. The operation will be housed at Jaguar Land Rover’s new Mercia campus, one of the largest UK warehouse developments for a single customer.

As Stock Operations Manager, you will be working as an integral member of the Stock Management Team to maintain and improve all aspects of a multi-user site stock integrity.

As part of your key responsibilities you will:

• Drive operational excellence by utilising the Unipart Way Principles, tools and techniques, ensuring all agreed SLA and KPI’s are consistently achieved
• Drive for continuous improvement within the site; continuously driving to reduce shrinkage by process improvement, and monitoring of results - in addition, ensure the Company has a reduced stock liability commercially through procedural compliance
• Be accountable for resource scheduling including recruitment, training / development and succession planning of the resources required to fulfil the requirements of the Client, within budget
• Be responsible for continuous improvement of employee engagement and development plans to address issues arising from employee engagement feedback mechanisms resulting in UL being recognised as an employer of choice
• Have overall responsibility for operational resilience within movement and control of all stocks and status
• Reduce company stock liability through cyclical PI and policing the inbound, fulfilment, returns and repair stock movements of all Clients and UL titled stocks
• Plan and deliver annual stock takes
• Ensure robust process improvements are in place to reduce stock/financial liability within the business
• Revise and/or develop procedures to comply with ISO and SOX requirements as well as internal requirements
• Highlight any critical level or serious issues to the Senior Management Team
• Identify and project manage corrective actions across operations to ensure the business has the most efficient systems in regard to stock at all times
• Be responsible / accountable for the succession planning and development of the stock control team to compliment the departments strategy and meet the business’ needs
• Support commercial with new implementation and attending Client reviews
• Manage and motivate a team, setting clear KPI’s and objectives to ensure high standards of achievements
• Ensure that the Unipart Way principles, systems, tools and techniques are driving cost reduction and quality benefits
• Implement Unipart Way plans and subsequently coach, mentor and support the delivery of the Unipart Way across the Stock and Space team

About You

We’d love you to have the following skills and experience, but please apply if you think you’d be able to perform well in this role!

• Stock management experience
• People management skills and experience
• Admin Skills, PC Literate in all Microsoft packages including Google Suite
• Customer focus
• Continuous improvement
• Decision making
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
• Analytical and problem solving capabilities
• Excel and data analysis

Our recruitment and selection process has been developed to ensure that it is consistent, fair and provides equality of opportunity - all selection decisions are based solely on technical and behavioural competencies. We do not discriminate on the grounds of race, colour, or nationality, ethnic or national origins, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, disability, religion or belief, age or any other current or future protected characteristic as defined in the current Equality Act of England and Wales. As an organisation we also promote an environment which encourages diversity of characteristics and thought, where you feel included, safe and confident to be the best version of yourself and do your best work every day.