One Stop - Distribution Inventory Manager (Field Based) in Walsall

Responsible for managing inventory accuracy and operational efficiency within the Distribution Centre. Key duties include:

• Oversee inventory accuracy and system health, reporting gaps and managing clerical routines.
• Analyze demand and risks in the Distribution Centre, root cause issues, and implement corrective actions.
• Manage stock control, PI counts, adjustments, replenishment levels, and layout planning for efficiency.
• Coordinate with Supply Chain and Operations on space planning, new lines, and contingency plans for outages.
• Lead compliance processes, shrink meetings, supplier queries, and ensure accurate reporting of KPIs and adjustments.

Responsibilities include setting up the gap logs for the clerical team, reporting the gaps to the GM, ensuring they are aware of all mark outs on their Depot. The team carries out system health checks, resolving issues and completing any next steps. The team investigates demand in the Distribution Centre, identifying potential risks and costs to One Stop. Ensure the Stock team performs PI on necessary locations, checking status and amount, ensuring all adjustments are root-caused and managing layout for efficiency.

Review demand on stock to determine if a multi-pick is needed and assess replenishment levels. Discuss and manage layout changes with the Distribution Centre Manager and Ops Manager. Manage and review new lines, ensuring they are sited to provide service to customers, checking locations are set at an acceptable level. Plan for system outages and design contingency plans to minimise operational impact.

Review space availability by category and implement necessary actions with the Supply Chain Team. Manage non-conformance supplier queries, abnormal deliveries, and monitor inbound standards, ensuring details are recorded by a stock team colleague. Oversee the Emergency Product Withdrawal (EPW) process, logging and ensuring all required actions are completed.

Ensure all outstanding deliveries are chased and resolved, communicating issues or next steps to the next shift. Set up/attend stock and shrink meetings, focusing on the top 10 loss and gain products. Ensure supplier damages are recorded at delivery and adjust off and charge back to suppliers if scanned. Complete health checks of the recoup process, ensuring correct procedures are followed.

Ensure all shrink meetings are completed on time with Next Steps, led by the DCM, offering support and linking with the Security Business Partner. Hold a Weekly Stock Meeting with each Site, updating the team on Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and discussing areas of concern, updates, and next steps. Root cause all adjustments over 10 and prepare information for discussion at meetings. Provide a list of all adjustments with root causes over 10 to the GM. Review the top 10 write-off and recoup adjustments weekly to ensure compliance, checking stock count (PI) adjustments. Ensure the recoup team follows the correct process and that stock is recorded for write-off or stores correctly, and that the 3rd party hygiene team reports damages accurately.

One Stop is committed to making everyday life easier for our customers! With a strong presence in local communities, we offer a wide range of quality products at great value, alongside friendly and helpful service. As part of the Tesco Group, One Stop combines the benefits of a large organisation with the close-knit feel of a neighbourhood store. We’re passionate about creating a welcoming environment for both our customers and colleagues and we’re always looking for enthusiastic individuals to join our growing team!