Operations Associate - Production Stock Inventory Controller

Dishpatch collaborates with the UK's top chefs to deliver their restaurant creations to food enthusiasts nationwide. We work with renowned chefs to produce restaurant-quality meals that customers can easily finish and serve to family and friends at home.

We are seeking a highly organised and detail-oriented Production Stock Inventory Controller to join our team. Working with our production chefs, fulfilment team and operations you will be essential to our inventory processes. You will be responsible for managing stock levels, processing deliveries, conducting inventory checks, and ensuring efficient stock control measures. You will need to have experience in a similar role, ideally within a food-related setting and have a strong IT and analytical mindset. If you have a passion for precision and experience in managing complex inventory within a manufacturing environment, and experience in food safety, we want to hear from you.

This role is known internally as Operations Associate - Inventory Controller.

Key responsibilities:

• You will be accountable for managing the transfer of fresh and finished products to chilled, frozen, or ambient storage and ensuring production stock levels are accurate.
• You will be responsible for managing all storage spaces, ensuring efficient stock storage, including overseeing production inventory processes to ensure adequate stock levels and accurate stock takes. You will also assist Production Chefs with ingredient management in fridges and freezers.
• Inspecting all incoming goods for quality, quantity, temperature, and proper documentation.
• Applying and printing correct product labels in compliance with food safety and traceability standards.
• You will support the management of Dishpatch’s HACCP and related Food Management systems.
• You will work to develop clearer communications with Central Production Units (CPUs).

Essential skills/experience you’ll need:

• Extensive experience of inventory management principles and stock control.
• Substantial numerical and analytic skills.
• A significant understanding of the principles of Food Safety.
• Significant experience in warehouse operations environment.

Desirable skills/experience you may have:

• Experience working in a production kitchen environment.
• Knowledge in food allergens and ingredients is a valuable asset.
• Experience in WMS preferably Apicbase.

It’s important to note that some of our roles are subject to pre-employment vetting (which may include DBS checks for successful candidates). We also recommend that you apply as soon as possible as vacancies can close early if we see a high number of applicants.

At Waitrose, we LOVE food, and we’re all about creating truly extraordinary shopping experiences by sharing our passion with our food loving customers.