Assistant Production Manager (Inventory/Stores)

The HR Patch Ltd; Haslemere; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Monthly at home coffee allowance

Income Protection

Group Life Assurance

Enhanced Workplace Pension

Cycle to Work Scheme

Workplace Nursery Benefit

Employee Assistance Program (inc. Coun

Job summary

The HR Patch Ltd in the United Kingdom is seeking an Assistant Production Manager (Inventory/Stores) to efficiently manage goods in, stock movements, and returns within the roastery. You will work with the Roastery and Operations teams to keep stores organised, safe, and stocked, ensuring accurate inventory records.

This role requires hands-on team collaboration, attention to process quality, hygiene and safety, and a Monday-to-Friday pattern with benefits including pension, income protection

Qualifications

• Full UK driving licence.
• Reliable, hardworking and dependable, punctual and willing to get stuck in.
• Attention to detail, takes care to get products, quantities and orders right.
• Team player, works well with others, communicates positively and ability to work in a fast paced environment
• Follows processes and instructions, particularly around quality, hygiene and safety.
• Open to sharing ideas and learning new tasks, and equipment.
• Fixed Working Pattern (Monday to Friday)
• Monthly at home coffee allowance
• Income Protection
• Group Life Assurance
• Enhanced Workplace Pension
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Workplace Nursery Benefit
• Employee Assistance Program (inc. counselling)

Responsibilities

• Goods In & Stock Management: Manage day-to-day Goods In process, ensuring deliveries are received, checked, and stored accurately.
• Goods In & Stock Management: Check incoming deliveries against purchase orders and delivery documentation, identifying discrepancies or damages.
• Goods In & Stock Management: Ensure stock is correctly labelled, stored, and rotated to maintain an efficient stock management system.
• Goods In & Stock Management: Replenish current stock throughout the roastery to ensure production materials are available.
• Goods In & Stock Management: Monitor storage capacity and create space ahead of deliveries.
• Goods In & Stock Management: Maintain clean, organised, and clearly labelled storage areas.
• Goods In & Stock Management: End-of-day stock replenishment and ensure areas are stocked for the next day.
• Goods In & Stock Management: Update stock management/API system as goods are received.
• Returns Management: Manage all incoming and outgoing returns, ensuring goods are correctly recorded and processed.
• Returns Management: Liaise with internal teams and suppliers regarding damaged, incorrect, or unwanted deliveries.
• Returns Management: Ensure returned stock is quarantined/restocked/disposed of as required.
• Returns Management: Maintain records of all returns and stock movements.
• Returns Management: Manage coffee waste and general waste across the roastery.
• Returns Management: Ensure waste is segregated, stored, and disposed of per procedures.
• Returns Management: Monitor waste levels and maintain clean waste storage areas.
• Returns Management: Support initiatives to reduce unnecessary stock and coffee waste.
• Administration: Identify and resolve discrepancies between purchase orders & deliveries.
• Administration: Maintain accurate Goods In and stock records on Google Sheets.
• Administration: Ensure all relevant stock movements are recorded promptly and accurately.

Skills

Full UK driving licence

Attention to detail

Teamwork / communication

Process adherence

Willingness to learn

Job description

Assistant Production Manager (Inventory/Stores)

The Role

The Assistant Production Manager (Inventory/Stores) is responsible for the efficient management of all incoming goods, stock movements, replenishment, storage areas, returns, and waste within the roastery. The role ensures that stock is received accurately, stored correctly, replenished as required, and recorded promptly within the company’s stock management systems.

Working closely with the Roastery and wider Operations teams, the Inventory & Stores Coordinator will maintain an organised, safe, and efficient stores environment while ensuring stock availability and accurate inventory records.

What you'll be doing:

Goods In & Stock Management

• Manage the day-to-day Goods In process, ensuring deliveries are received, checked, and stored accurately.
• Check incoming deliveries against purchase orders and delivery documentation, identifying any discrepancies or damages.
• Ensure stock is correctly labelled, stored, and rotated to maintain an efficient stock management system.
• Replenish current stock throughout the roastery to ensure production and operational areas have the materials they require.
• Monitor available storage capacity and proactively create space ahead of expected deliveries.
• Maintain clean, organised, and clearly labelled storage areas.
• Complete end-of-day stock replenishment and ensure all areas are appropriately stocked for the following day.
• Update the stock management/API system as goods are received to ensure inventory records remain accurate and up to date.

Returns Management

• Manage all incoming and outgoing returns, ensuring goods are correctly recorded and processed.
• Liaise with relevant internal teams and suppliers regarding damaged, incorrect, or unwanted deliveries.
• Ensure returned stock is appropriately quarantined, restocked, disposed of, or returned to suppliers as required.
• Maintain accurate records of all returns and associated stock movements.
• Manage coffee waste and general waste across the roastery.
• Ensure waste is correctly segregated, stored, and disposed of in line with company procedures.
• Monitor waste levels and maintain clean and safe waste storage areas.
• Support initiatives to reduce unnecessary stock and coffee waste where possible.

Administration

• Identify and resolve discrepancies between purchase orders & deliveries.
• Maintain accurate Goods In and stock records on google sheets.
• Ensure all relevant stock movements are recorded promptly and accurately.

Desired Skills and Qualifications

We’re looking for someone who has:

• Full UK driving licence
• Reliable, hardworking and dependable, punctual and willing to get stuck in.
• Attention to detail, takes care to get products, quantities and orders right.
• Team player, works well with others, communicates positively and ability to work in a fast paced environment
• Follows processes and instructions, particularly around quality, hygiene and safety.
• Open to sharing ideas and learning new tasks, and equipment.
• Fixed Working Pattern (Monday to Friday)
• Monthly at home coffee allowance
• Income Protection
• Group Life Assurance
• Enhanced Workplace Pension
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Workplace Nursery Benefit
• Employee Assistance Program (inc. counselling)