Logistics Stock Controller

Stock Controller

Bakkavor Bo’ness

Monday to Friday Days 08.30am-5pm

Salary £21,000 - £23,000 p/a

Benefits:
25 Days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays
Pension
Life Insurance
Flexible benefits package (Purchase more holiday, childcare vouchers etc)

Access to MyRewards (Company scheme offering local and national benefits & discounts)
Onsite Staff Shop (Offering heavily discounted products)

First class training, fast moving environment & excellent career progression prospects

Who are Bakkavor:
Bakkavor is one of the leading providers of fresh prepared food in the UK, with an international presence in the US and China. Our 19,000 employees operate from 39 locations, developing and producing innovative food for a wide variety of occasions and budgets. In the UK, we work with leading grocery retailers, focusing on their own label brands.

Our Bakkavor business in Bo’ness, based near Falkirk, specialises in the production of fresh, high quality salad products working primarily with premium retailers.

To give you a sense for the scale of manufacturing in Bo’ness we produce over 70million salad based meals and side dishes from our 2 manufacturing facilities employing over 1200 people in the town.

The Role
We have a fantastic opportunity for a Stock Controller to join our vibrant and expanding team at Bakkavor Bo’ness.
You will get autonomy to manage your area, working in a small team that is key to company success. We offer great development and career progression.

Your responsibilities:

• Provide accurate forecasts to suppliers as reviewed and agreed with the Purchasing Team and the Demand Planner.
• Ensure that 100% Customer service level is maintained at minimal cost. Ensuring customer service levels are met internally (to warehouse).
• Discuss with suppliers and internal departments any issues regarding stock items, resolving problems with quality, delivery times or shortages to a satisfactory conclusion, flagging unresolved issues to the Purchasing Manager and the Planning Manager.
• Determine inventory levels and replenishment rules to minimise out of life disposals of raw material. This to be achieved by balancing the most efficient delivery cycles with the optimum volumes.
• Co-ordinate the de-listing of potential obsolete materials avoiding or minimising any obsolete stocks or stock disposals.
• Manage all replenishment KPI’s providing a weekly summary.
• Work with Suppliers and the Purchasing Team to challenge Lead Times and Minimum Order Quantities

The person

• Confident / IT literature user of Microsoft Excel and Outlook
• Strong analytical skills
• Good communication skills and people person as the role involves interacting with suppliers and clients
• Organised and good time management
• Strong Administration skills
• Ability to work on own initiative as well as a team player.

What you can expect from us
When joining us you can expect a competitive salary, a strong benefits package and excellent career progression prospects across the Bakkavor group, which include excellent training and opportunities to develop and progress within.

Please click ‘APPLY NOW’ to be considered for this fantastic opening.

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Bakkavor is the leading provider of fresh prepared food in the UK, with a growing international presence in the US and China. We are number one in the UK in the four product categories of meals, salads, desserts and pizza & bread, providing high-quality, fresh, healthy and convenient food. Our customers include every major UK grocery retailer, including Tesco, Marks & Spencer, Sainsbury's and Waitrose, and some of the world’s best-known food brands. We have over 19,000 employees, our headquarters are in London and we have 23 factories in the UK, 5 in the US and 9 in China.