Job Introduction
We have an excellent opportunity for an Inventory Controller for a fixed term contract until January 2026, to join our team at our Bellshill site, to manage the reporting of finished goods and raw material inventory across a network of agreed locations. Drive accountability, capability & process adherence through all teams involved with the inventory management process.
Main Responsibility
- Maintain an accurate inventory of stock in internal and external locations, through the undertaking of a range of stock control measures, ensuring that stock is effectively controlled, and discrepancies are minimised.
- Drive process and systems development to improve ownership, efficiency, and accuracy within the inventory management process, highlighting data exception reporting requirements and implementing improvement initiatives.
- Generate management reports in order to assist the Company with stock management policies, including decisions on slow moving and aged stock, ensuring that every item of inventory has a clear owner.
- Highlight storage and throughput constraints and make recommendations to address potential issues and oversee the implementation of assigned improvement initiatives.
- Ensure all inventory risk is captured and shared with Finance to enable financial provisions to be identified as well as initiating the material requisition / end of life process for write-off of project and aged inventory.
- Participate and contribute to team performance by engaging in team meetings and taking an active part in problem solving activities.
- Work collaboratively with peers and colleagues and apply learnings from identified training and development activities required to perform in role.
- Follow and comply with all WGW processes, standards, and guidelines in the performance of your role, reporting any non-conformances in a timely manner.
Our Ideal Candidate
- Educated to degree level, with business operations, logistics, mathematics, or related field preferred
- Strong analytical, organizational and communication skills
- Proven track record of inventory/product lifecycle management within a multi-site FMCG environment.
- Comprehensive understanding of supply chain processes and procedures
- Advanced skills in Microsoft applications (Excel & Word)
What we can offer you
- We offer a competitive salary and benefits which are designed to promote our employees financial wellbeing. Employees are also eligible to participate in a bonus plan.
- Our employees enjoy a generous holiday entitlement and an opportunity to ‘buy’ or ‘sell’ some holiday entitlement.
- Private Healthcare and Doctor@Hand (remote GP service).
- Our employees can join a defined contribution pension plan. Employees contribute either 4% or 5% of salary, the company contributes 8% or 10% depending on the employee contribution. Employee contributions can be made through salary sacrifice.
- Our Employee Assistance Programme offers practical, impartial support on everyday matters ranging from medical, financial and legal to home and family issues.
- Our Life Assurance cover is a multiple of eight times your annual basic salary.
- Product allocation so that you can enjoy our fantastic portfolio of brands.
- Our Cycle to Work scheme allows you to hire a bike for an agreed length of time, and then snap it up for a fraction of its original value. All while making savings (at least 25%) and spreading the cost.
- Every employee has the opportunity to claim up to £1,000 per year for a charity or charities for which they have raised money, volunteered their time or personally donated.
- Learning resources to help you be your best self.
About William Grant & Sons
A HOME FOR RARE CHARACTERS
William Grant & Sons: a home where Rare Characters thrive.
We value every employee for their rare character, distinctive skills, experience and perspectives. Every one of our colleagues has a role to play in helping us to achieve our growth ambitions.
At William Grant & Sons, our vision is to be A home where rare characters thrive. We value all colleagues for their rare character, distinctive skills, experience and perspectives. Diversity & Inclusion is at the heart of how we do things at William Grant & Sons, fully aligned to our purpose and our company values. We strive to create an environment where we can all be our best and bring our whole selves to work.
OUR AGILE WORKING PHILOSOPHY
Our agile working philosophy is to “Have your best work day everyday”.
Built on trust, we empower our rare characters to have their best work day every day. Where flexibility and positive working experiences help employees to feel connected and release potential across our teams.
We are open to discussing possible agile/flexible working options as part of the recruitment process.
INCLUSIVE RECRUITMENT PROCESS
Diversity & Inclusion is at the heart of how we do things at William Grant & Sons, fully aligned to our purpose and our company values. We want to ensure that our recruitment process is inclusive.
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