Inventory Coordinator - Service

Getinge; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading medical technology company is seeking an Inventory Coordinator to manage service stock locations across the UK. The role involves conducting stock checks, investigating discrepancies, and coordinating inventory returns, using systems like SAP and Salesforce. We're looking for detail-oriented candidates with a GCSE education in English and Maths, strong IT skills, and experience in stock control. The position offers a competitive compensation package and supports employee well-being and development.

Benefits

Private healthcare

Shopping discounts

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Educated to GCSE level with certificates in English and Maths.
• Proven experience in stock control and coordination.
• A strong background in using SAP for inventory management.

Responsibilities

• Manage periodic stock checks and cycle counting activities.
• Investigate stock discrepancies to minimize financial loss.
• Coordinate return processes and manage inventory in SAP and Salesforce.

Skills

Strong working knowledge of SAP

Stock auditing experience

Strong IT skills

Verbal communication skills

Written communication skills

Initiative and teamwork

Education

GCSE qualifications in English and Maths

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Salesforce

Job description

Location: Derby, GB

Remote Work: 0 days at home (site based)

With a passion for life, join our diverse teams of passionate people and a career that allows you to develop both personally and professionally. At Getinge we exist to make life‑saving technology accessible for more people. To make a true difference for our customers – and to save more lives, we need team players, forward thinkers, and game changers.

Are you looking for an inspiring career? You just found it.

Job Title: Inventory Coordinator (Service)

We are seeking a highly organised and due diligent Inventory Coordinator for our Service segment to control and manage service stock locations and inventory levels across the Getinge UKI organisation to ensure financial compliance and to maximise efficiency.

Key duties and responsibilities:

• Manage and coordinate periodic stock check and cycle counting activities for all service stock storage locations across the UK&I organization (Infection Control, Life Sciences, Surgical Workplaces and Acute Care Therapies).
• Open and close stock checks in a timely manner, ensuring 2 stock checks per V storage location and 4 per K location, per year, are completed.
• Support investigations into stock discrepancies with the aim to find missing stock and reduce financial loss in the business.
• Report loss of stock to senior management and the finance team to then address with the individuals and their line managers.
• Raise Non‑Conformances (NC) where required, when processes are not followed, which result in missing or incorrectly transferred stock.
• Manage and coordinate return process, including quality checks and customs procedure requirements for inventory returns projects (twice yearly)
• Point of contact for the inventory data team, assisting them and the service team with managing engineer inventory
• Assist Regional Managers on maintaining and managing engineer inventory requirements, safety stock levels, site stock levels and setting up new starter stock location.
• Place orders to replenish stock locations with safety stock (ROP) levels as required.
• Ensure correct procedures are followed when engineers leave the business and ensure that their final stock check is raised, counted and all investigations into any discrepancies are completed prior to their last day.
• Manage and coordinate all storage location data in SAP and SalesForce.
• Manage Service repair kits with location changes and replenishments.
• Prepare required paperwork for all shipments related to returns and complaint items.
• Contact vendors to raise any delivery queries and report any issues into the complaints system (Trackwise)
• Manage the workshop ‘goods in’ and ‘goods out’ area, ensure all deliveries are allocated and processes are followed for the receipt of customer in‑house repairs.
• Proactively look at new processes and ways to ensure inventory levels are managed effectively and with minimum write‑offs.

Who you are:

At Getinge, we are looking for passionate individuals, who are agile, resilient, take responsibility for their development and focus on achieving excellence. They never compromise on quality and always act responsibly remembering that our customers always come first. They enjoy collaboration and working in diverse and international teams and embrace the future.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

Education or qualifications -

• Educated to GCSE level with certificates in English and Maths
• Strong working knowledge of and experience in using SAP and with stock auditing. Sales Force would be highly desired.
• Previous background and work experience in an admin/coordinator function with proven experience in stock control
• Strong IT skills with confidence in using Microsoft office suite
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Can work on own initiative as well as contribute fully to the team

What we offer:

We offer a competitive compensation and benefits package, to ensure we support your well‑being and goals. We understand that a healthy work‑life balance is important, so we offer a flexible approach to working patterns as well as a range of enhanced family friendly policies.

Along with a competitive salary, we offer private healthcare, shopping discounts through Perkbox, and an Employee Assistance Programme. We have achieved the Better Health at Work Scheme Gold Award, through providing a range of resources, meetings, activities and training to employees to support their physical and mental health and wellbeing.

About us

With a firm belief that every person and community should have access to the best possible care, Getinge provides hospitals and life science institutions with products and solutions aiming to improve clinical results and optimise workflows. The offering includes products and solutions for intensive care, cardiovascular procedures, operating rooms, sterile reprocessing and life science. Getinge employs over 12,000 people worldwide and the products are sold in more than 135 countries.

Reasonable accommodations are available upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.