Inventory Manager (Sport Signage) in Orpington

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This role sits within our Sport Signage group. Sport Signage specialises in racetrack and sports-event signage, offering end-to-end services from creative design and production to logistics, installation and software solutions. Backed by decades of global experience, our skilled team delivers bespoke design concepts, on-site printing, ground painting, LED displays and sustainable materials to transform circuits into completely immersive, branded environments.

KEY INFORMATION:

• Office Location: Amberg, Germany
• Travel Requirement: Primarily Amberg-based with event/warehouse travel as required

Sport Signage are looking for an Inventory Manager to join our Inventory & Asset Management team. The Inventory Manager leads central Inventory & Asset Management in Amberg and ensures Sport Signage understands what assets and inventory it has, where they are, what condition they are in and how they are allocated across the event calendar. The function is designed to support event teams by providing the resources they need without requiring those teams to return to Amberg and manage the whole process themselves. Better inventory visibility should support fewer unnecessary freelance activities and reduced logistical movements by improving planning, reuse and central control.

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING:

1. Asset & Inventory Visibility: Maintain an accurate central record of relevant assets, inventory, location, status, ownership/category and availability. Create clear identification standards and reduce reliance on individual memory. Investigate discrepancies and ensure records are updated following movements, returns, damage or disposal.
2. Event Allocation Planning: Translate event requirements into asset allocation plans in coordination with Operations Managers and workstream leads. Identify shortages, conflicts and opportunities for reuse/onward movement early. Prioritise allocation based on approved event needs and escalate conflicts requiring management decision.
3. Warehouse & Storage Leadership: Provide priorities and control requirements to the Warehouse/Storage Manager. Ensure physical storage, picking, staging and return processes support accurate system records and event readiness. Maintain appropriate stock/asset counting and reconciliation routines.
4. Logistics Interface: Provide Logistics with clear asset availability, origin/destination and readiness information. Support onward-event routing where it avoids unnecessary returns to Amberg and remains properly controlled. Ensure movement completion is reflected in asset location records.
5. Event Team Support: Provide event teams with clear information on what has been allocated, what is outstanding and what must be returned or transferred onward. Resolve shortages and discrepancies centrally where possible rather than requiring event teams to manage warehouse/inventory activity themselves.
6. Condition, Damage & Loss Control: Maintain processes for return checks, damage/loss reporting and repair/replace decisions with relevant owners. Provide visibility of recurring asset loss, damage or poor handling and support corrective action.
7. Inventory Systems & Data: Support introduction or improvement of an asset/inventory system, preferably aligned with wider business tools where leadership decides this is appropriate. Define minimum data standards, user responsibilities and update routines so the system remains reliable.
8. Cost & Utilisation Improvement: Identify opportunities to reuse existing assets, reduce unnecessary purchases/rentals and avoid duplicate logistics movements. Provide information that supports better estimating, procurement and capital/replacement decisions.
9. Continuous Improvement: Review recurring shortages, urgent purchases, missing assets, failed handovers and unnecessary movements. Develop standard event-kit, return and reconciliation processes where useful.

THE SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE YOU NEED:

• Experience in inventory, asset management, warehouse control, event logistics or a comparable operational environment.
• Strong data discipline and ability to maintain accurate location/status information across many concurrent events.
• Experience leading warehouse/storage activity or coordinating physical asset processes.
• Motorsport/live-event experience is advantageous.
• Inventory and asset control.
• Allocation planning and reconciliation.
• Warehouse process understanding.
• Data/system discipline.
• Cross-functional coordination.
• Cost/utilisation awareness and problem solving.