Stock Control Lead

The Stock Supervisor is responsible for maintaining accurate stock levels and ensuring effective stock control across the warehouse operation.

The role will oversee stock movements, stock investigations, cycle counting and inventory accuracy, working closely with Warehouse, Transport, Production and other relevant departments to identify and resolve stock discrepancies.

The Stock Supervisor will lead and support colleagues involved in stock control activities, ensuring that agreed processes are followed and that issues affecting stock accuracy are identified, investigated and resolved promptly.

A key part of the role will be identifying recurring stock issues and working with the wider warehouse management team to implement improvements that reduce errors and improve overall inventory accuracy.

Responsibilities

Stock Control

• Take day-to-day responsibility for stock accuracy across the warehouse operation.
• Plan, coordinate and complete regular cycle counts and stock checks.
• Investigate stock discrepancies and ensure appropriate corrective actions are completed.
• Ensure stock movements, relocations and adjustments are completed accurately and in a timely manner.
• Monitor stock held in investigation, quarantine or unidentified locations and ensure issues are progressed to resolution.
• Identify incorrectly located, unidentified or damaged stock and coordinate corrective action.
• Monitor system stock against physical stock and investigate significant variances.
• Ensure stock control processes and procedures are consistently followed.
• Support the preparation and completion of company stocktakes.
• Maintain accurate records of stock investigations, adjustments and corrective actions.
• Analyse stock discrepancies to identify trends and recurring causes.
• Carry out root cause investigations into significant or repeated stock issues.
• Work with the warehouse management team to implement corrective and preventative actions.
• Identify opportunities to improve stock accuracy, warehouse processes and inventory controls.
• Produce stock accuracy information and reports for the warehouse management team.
• Highlight areas of operational risk that could impact stock accuracy.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives across the warehouse operation.
• Provide day-to-day direction and support to colleagues carrying out stock control activities.
• Allocate and prioritise stock control tasks according to operational requirements.
• Ensure colleagues understand and follow agreed stock control procedures.
• Coach colleagues where stock handling or process issues are identified.
• Monitor standards and address issues promptly.
• Work closely with Shift Team Leaders and Supervisors to resolve operational stock issues.
• Deputise for other warehouse supervisory roles when reasonably required.

General

• Support the twice-yearly company stocktakes.
• Work collaboratively with Warehouse, Transport, Production, Customer Service and other departments where stock issues require investigation.
• Escalate significant stock discrepancies or control failures to the Warehouse & Logistics Manager.
• Carry out any other reasonable duties appropriate to the role.

Key Skills & Experience

• Strong stock control and inventory management knowledge.
• Good understanding of warehouse operations and stock movements.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to investigate discrepancies and identify root causes.
• Demonstrable supervisory or leadership ability.
• Good organisational and time management skills.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
• Confident working with warehouse and inventory management systems.
• Good numerical and data analysis skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues at all levels.
• Ability to prioritise workload in a busy operational environment.
• Experience of continuous improvement or Lean methodologies would be advantageous.
• A Valid forklift truck licences is preferred, with experience to safetly operate a forklift truck with a warehouse environment.

Key Measures of Success

Performance within the role will include:

• Stock accuracy.
• Completion of cycle counting programme.
• Timely resolution of stock discrepancies.
• Accuracy and control of stock adjustments.
• Reduction in unidentified or unresolved stock.
• Compliance with agreed stock control processes.
• Successful delivery of company stocktakes.

The Company

Epwin Group is one of the leading manufacturers and suppliers of low maintenance building products with some of the best-known manufacturing and service names in the sector.

We are one of the UK’s largest manufacturers and suppliers of windows, doors and fascia systems with some of the best-known manufacturing and service names in the sector.

The principal activities of the Group are the extrusion of PVC-U and roofline products as well as the manufacture of windows, doors, conservatories and sealed units. Group businesses also produce high quality cladding, guttering, decking and prefabricated GRP building components.

At Epwin, we believe our success has come from the hard work and dedication of our employee’s, we wouldn’t be where we are today without them.

We take pride in our people

At Epwin, we believe our success has come from the hard work and dedication of our employee’s, we wouldn’t be where we are today without them.

We’re interested in our future, constantly investing and innovating in new products, processes and our employee’s and we like to give back to our employee’s as much as they give us.

The Benefits

• Telus Health (Lifeworks) is a confidential employee support platform to help employees and their family’s deal with life challenges.
• Holidays
• Your holiday entitlement will be detailed in your contract of employment.
• Cycle to Work
• Obtain a bike and/or cycling accessories to use for cycling to work whilst making income tax and National Insurance savings.

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