At a Glance
- Tasks: Manage stock for UK and European engineers, ensuring smooth operations through audits and training.
- Company: Join Acorn Stairlifts, a dynamic leader in the stairlift industry.
- Benefits: Enjoy competitive pay, healthcare, free parking, and ongoing training opportunities.
- Other info: Flexible travel required for stock management; excellent career growth potential.
- Why this job: Be part of a team that values quality, unity, and ambition while making a real impact.
- Qualifications: Full UK driving licence and administration experience preferred; foreign language skills are a bonus.
The predicted salary is between 30000 - 40000 £ per year.
Find Your Next Challenge At Acorn Stairlifts UK. Are you looking to take the next step in your career with a dynamic and growing company? Join our team at Acorn as a Logistics Stock Controller based at our head office in Steeton, West Yorkshire. You’ll play a key role in managing stock for our UK and European engineers, ensuring everything runs smoothly through stock audits, training, and resolving discrepancies.
Type of Contract: Full Time, Permanent
Working Hours (when in office): Monday to Friday, 8:00am to 4:30pm (flexible)
Benefits of working at Acorn:
- Induction and training programme
- Investors in People award
- Healthcare and pension provisions
- Free on-site parking
- Excellent transport links to Leeds, Bradford, and Skipton
- Cycle to work scheme
- Company Events
- On site Canteen (Subsidised food)
Additional Information: This role will require a level of flexibility for travelling/overnight stays to Europe for stock management when required. Overtime paid @ hourly rate. Must be able to display the Acorn Values.
OUR VALUES:
- Quality: of the products we make and sell and the service we provide
- Unity: Working together as one team
- Integrity: Acting responsibly and honestly to deliver on our promises
- Caring: About our customers, each other and the wider community
- Ambition: Taking Pride in all we do and striving to improve
We Recognise Your Efforts:
- Acorn Achievers: Monthly awards scheme with £100 vouchers for winners and £50 vouchers for runners-up.
- Recommend a Friend: Earn up to £100 if your referral joins Acorn.
The Ideal Candidate:
- Must hold full UK Driving Licence
- Administration Experience of a similar role (desirable)
- Foreign language speaker (French, German, Italian) would be beneficial but not necessary
- Knowledge of European geography (would be beneficial but not necessary)
Key Responsibilities:
- Plan and Coordinate stock audits for UK engineers - spot checks/counts in the field
- Complete stock takes for leavers
- Provide system training for logistics tasks and stock management training for new starters/underperforming engineers
- Complete trailers inventory count
- Reconcile completed stock takes by compiling data from in-house systems
- Submit feedback/report to supervisor with regards to stock related issues
- Record and monitor stock management by engineers
- Provide telephone support to logistics system users
- Coordinating with the Fleet department for van collections
- Chase outstanding returns with relevant departments
- Correct any incorrect returns on the systems
Salary Package:
- Excellent Transport Links to Leeds, Bradford and Skipton
- Free Parking
- Induction and Training Programme
- In-house Canteen
- Life Insurance Cover
- On-going Coaching and Development
- Pension Provision
About the Operations Department: Our Operations teams play an important role in keeping everything moving so that our customers receive outstanding service. With more than 1.5 million components in our logistics supply chain, our Operations team are able to track the location of every component and know in real time what components our engineers have used. Whether a stairlift installation takes place in Manchester or Milan, replacement parts are dispatched, often on the same day, to ensure all our customers' needs can be met. Acorn's Global fleet consists of around 600 vehicles which are the workhorses of our organisation and it is vital they are maintained and serviced to a high standard.
Working with Acorn Stairlifts: Employing around 1,500 people worldwide, Acorn is the world's largest independent manufacturer and supplier of straight stairlifts, with sales in over 80 countries and offices on 4 continents. Acorn achieved the Investors in People award and continues to invest in its most valuable resource: its people.
Logistics Stock Controller in Steeton employer: Acorn Mobility Services Ltd
Acorn Stairlifts UK is an excellent employer, offering a dynamic work environment at our Steeton HQ where innovation and collaboration thrive. Employees benefit from competitive commission structures, comprehensive training, and opportunities for professional growth, all while enjoying a supportive culture that values teamwork and individual contributions. Join us to be part of a company that not only prioritises your career development but also fosters a sense of community among its staff.
Contact Details:
Acorn Mobility Services Ltd Recruitment Team
