Technical Stores Manager

Business Area: Nestle Beverage

Location: Dalston, Cumbria

Salary: £40,000 - £45,000 depending on experience.

Some of our other fantastic benefits:

• Potential, discretionary annual bonus.
• Generous pension scheme – up to 12% contribution from Nestle.
• 12 flexible days on top of 25-day holiday entitlement.
• 2 paid volunteering days.
• A focus on personal development and growth.

Although this is a full-time opportunity, please speak to us about what flexibility means to you as we are always open to discuss individual’s flexible working needs, don’t let this stop you from applying.

We are recruiting for a Technical Stores Manager at our state-of-the-art Coffee Manufacturing plant in Dalston, Cumbria. This is a permanent opportunity which will report into the Factory Engineering Manager.

Nestlé’s Dalston Factory in Cumbria is the European Centre for cappuccino and creamers producing a range of beverage products. These are produced through a highly automated PLC controlled process plant and automated filling and packing lines. It is continually developing and expanding leading brands such as Nescafé, Aero Hot Chocolate and Coffee-mate. The factory is moving forward with continuous improvement principles and actively developing Lean/TPM processes so it’s an exciting time to be involved.

We take pride in championing inclusion and diversity. We proudly signed the Business in the Community Race at Work Charter, are committed to Disability Confidence, and have been recognised as a Times Top 50 Employer for gender equality for three consecutive years. Additionally, we are a headline partner of Diversity and Inclusion in grocery.

Your impact:

Ultimately, you will be responsible for managing the maintenance of the store levels on site, with a particular focus on our Engineering parts availability. You will be responsible for stock availability and relevant KPI's as well as invoicing suppliers as required.

Your other key responsibilities will include:

• Receive deliveries from suppliers ensuring correct allocation and maintain globe by creating stock items and maintaining MRP data.
• Manage all activities for spare parts, such as receiving and issue, storage and reorder.
• Analyse slow moving parts to ensure no obsolete parts are being held on stock.
• Establish and execute inventory control including cycle counting, access process and training.
• Create Master data and reorder levels for new spare parts using Excel.
• Drive continuous improvement in the area looking at cost optimisation and workplace transformation.

Your ingredients for success:

To be successful in this role you will already have a proven track record within a Stores Management role, ideally within an FMCG manufacturing environment.

Other criteria:

• Evidence of working with a Stores Management system or other relevant Computer system.
• Proficient user in MS Office, ideally with experience of invoicing.
• FLT Licence is desirable but not essential.

What you need to know:

Advert posting date: 11/05/2026

Advert closing date: 25/05/2026

We will be considering candidates as they apply and we will occasionally close job advertisements early in the event we receive sufficient applicants, so please don’t delay in submitting your application.

At Nestlé, our values are rooted in respect and we believe that embracing diversity and fostering an inclusive environment allows everyone to reach their full potential and drives innovative thinking. We strongly encourage applications from individuals of all gender identities, ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities, parents, carers and members of the LGBT+ community. Please let us know if we can provide accommodations to ensure your full participation in the application process.

To find out more about Nestle’s commitment to DEI: Nestlé's Commitment to a Diverse and Inclusive Workplace

Right to work in the UK:

In accordance with Home Office guidance successful candidates will be required to evidence their right to work in the UK before commencement of employment. We have assessed this role and do not consider that we would be able to sponsor a successful candidate under the Skilled Worker route as the role does not meet the relevant Home Office criteria; the successful candidate therefore must be able to demonstrate their own right to work during the recruitment process without Nestlé sponsorship.

To find out more about your recruitment journey with Nestle: Recruitment Journey | Nestlé UK & Ireland