Stock and Inventory Manager

At Iron Mountain we know that work, when done well, makes a positive impact for our customers, our employees, and our planet. That\’s why we need smart, committed people to join us. Whether you\’re looking to start your career or make a change, talk to us and see how you can elevate the power of your work at Iron Mountain.

We provide expert, sustainable solutions in records and information management, digital transformation services, data centers, asset lifecycle management, and fine art storage, handling, and logistics. We proudly partner every day with our 225,000 customers around the world to preserve their invaluable artifacts, extract more from their inventory, and protect their data privacy in innovative and socially responsible ways.

Are you curious about being part of our growth story while evolving your skills in a culture that will welcome your unique contributions? If so, let\’s start the conversation.

The RoleIron Mountain\’s Warehousing and Logistics 3PL unit offers secure pallet storage, inventory management, and transportation services. Specialising in efficiency, cost reduction, and compliance, their scalable solutions optimise logistics and support a wide range of industries, ensuring smooth management of palletised goods and supply chain demands.

Based Magna Park, Lutterworth, with occasional travel across warehousing + Logistics (W+L) sites in the UK.

The Stock and Inventory Manager reports to the Regional Stock and Inventory Manager. Leads a small team of Stock Controllers. Provides accurate and timely information to the Regional Stock Manager, the General Manager and Management teams to assist and facilitate the successful delivery of shared user services. Uses systems and other tools to effectively manage all stock and inventory.

Duties And Responsibilities

Provides key information on all inventory related issues – develops and manages reports for internal and external use

Support and develops customer requirements for all stock-related challenges

Supports operational decision-making by providing insight and analysis

Accountable for the delivery of all stock integrity and the management of related KPIs across all contracts

Develops, with the operations team, best practice and standardisation of all control processes

Responsible for key control measures, including the integrity of the end user client\’s stock to ensure customer service levels are maintained, SLAs are met and that the WMS is accurate at all times

Builds strong working relationships with all key stakeholders to ensure first class operational delivery, with a focus on stock integrity and planning accuracy

Serves as the lead point of contact for all stock related performance issues

Delivers a culture of efficiency and continuous improvement by utilising the most appropriate methodology on a consistent basis

Enables audit governance to ensure adherence to specific regulatory body standards and client standards as required from time to time

Ability to create detailed and trend analysis that identify route cause and resolution through Root Cause and Corrective Action principles

Designs and implements action plans that increase quality, inventory accuracy and quality of service to meet customer requirements and with the ability to upscale and adapt to increased customer demand.

Develops and delivers the inventory strategy, and the standardisation and implementation of robust processes. Responsible for ensuring all inventory policies and practices are adhered to and adopted throughout the W+L business.

Responsible for rolling out an Audit programme across all sites.

Oversees customer stock takes and audits.

Will be required to facilitate, coach and motivate cross functional teams to achieve stock management objectives

Communicates and liaises with other departments to ensure a smooth & effective customer experience

Leads customer review meetings and participates in tenders / presentations

Proactively seeks opportunities for business improvements within contracts

Must be able to demonstrate a proactive and positive approach in supporting operations

Ability to travel to other sites in the W+L network and provide support as required

Proactively leads the Inventory Management team to achieve planned targets and deadlines, objectively measuring performance providing regular reviews, feedback and coaching within a successful \”can do\” culture

Actively manages the teams\’ success and development through appraisals and performance reviews, coaching and developing, leading a high performing team and creating succession plans

Experience, Skills And Attributes

Experience of working with different WMS is strongly required

Third party logistics experience desirable

Strong data analysis skills – and the ability to quickly assess raw data and create reports

Clear, simple and respectful communication in both verbal and written form

Excellent interpersonal skills and able to communicate at all levels

Critical thinking skills, being able to analyse datasets and establish conclusions that allow the right decisions to be made

Commitment to providing customers with the highest standards of service in an appropriately timely manner

Demonstrable ability to communicate with and influence key stakeholders at all levels of the client\’s organisation

Leadership of a team of Stock and Systems experts. Build positive team culture in line with overall W+L direction

Continuous improvement of existing platforms to ensure best practice is continually bettered

Ability to challenge others on their methods of working and manage process adherence

Strong attention to detail

Category: Operations GroupIron Mountain is a global leader in storage and information management services trusted by more than 225,000 organizations in 60 countries. We safeguard billions of our customers\’ assets, including critical business information, highly sensitive data, and invaluable cultural and historic artifacts. Take a look at our history here.

Iron Mountain helps lower cost and risk, comply with regulations, recover from disaster, and enable digital and sustainable solutions, whether in information management, digital transformation, secure storage and destruction, data center operations, cloud services, or art storage and logistics. Please see our Values and Code of Ethics for a look at our principles and aspirations in elevating the power of our work together.

If you have a physical or mental disability that requires special accommodations, please let us know by sending an email to accommodationrequest@ironmountain.com. See the Supplement to learn more about Equal Employment Opportunity.

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