Inventory & Warehouse Coordinator

Escape Recruitment Services Ltd; Glenrothes; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Four-day work week

Job summary

Escape Recruitment Services Ltd in Glenrothes is recruiting an Inventory & Warehouse Coordinator for a growing family-owned manufacturing business. You will own stock control, manage movements, and support production while helping implement a new ERP system.

This hands-on role offers a four-day week Mon-Thu and a chance to shape processes in a close-knit team. You will work closely with the Operations Manager, maintain accurate stock records, coordinate deliveries to UK customers, and drive

Qualifications

• Experience in a warehouse, inventory or materials role within manufacturing or production.
• Ability to keep stock accurate and ensure materials and finished goods are where they need to be.
• Takes ownership, uses initiative and seeks solutions independently.

Responsibilities

• Managing stock control across raw materials and finished products, ensuring inventory records remain accurate.
• Checking incoming materials, recording deliveries and issuing stock to production.
• Ensuring finished goods are recorded correctly, picked, packed and dispatched on time.
• Coordinating parcel and pallet deliveries with external logistics providers.
• Investigating stock discrepancies, carrying out stock counts and improving inventory accuracy.
• Reviewing existing systems and processes, helping to implement a fit-for-purpose ERP solution.
• Supporting day-to-day warehouse activities and working closely with production and operations.
• Deputising for the Operations Manager when required.

Skills

Organisational skills

Numerical skills

Hands-on

Initiative

Problem solving

Communication

Tools

ERP

MRP

Warehouse management systems

Job description

A four-day working week, a friendly family-owned business and the chance to make a role your own.

Escape Recruitment is working with a growing, family-owned manufacturing business in Glenrothes to recruit an Inventory & Warehouse Coordinator. This is a newly created role within a close-knit team, offering the opportunity to take ownership of stock control and warehouse activities as the business continues to grow.

Working closely with the Operations Manager, you will be hands-on across the warehouse, managing stock movements, supporting production and coordinating deliveries to UK customers. Playing a key role in reviewing and improving the current systems and be part of the team involved in the the implementation of a new ERP system

Responsibilities of the role:

• Managing stock control across raw materials and finished products, ensuring inventory records remain accurate.
• Checking incoming materials, recording deliveries and issuing stock to production.
• Ensuring finished goods are recorded correctly, picked, packed and dispatched on time.
• Coordinating parcel and pallet deliveries with external logistics providers.
• Investigating stock discrepancies, carrying out stock counts and improving inventory accuracy.
• Reviewing existing systems and processes, helping to implement a fit-for-purpose ERP solution.
• Supporting day-to-day warehouse activities and working closely with production and operations.
• Deputising for the Operations Manager when required.

Experience and knowledge required for the role:

You will have experience in a warehouse, inventory or materials role within a manufacturing or production environment. You will be comfortable working hands-on, keeping stock accurate and making sure materials and finished goods are where they need to be.

Just as importantly, you will be someone who takes ownership, uses their initiative and looks for solutions rather than waiting for someone else to fix things.

• Strong organisational skills and excellent attention to detail.
• Good numerical skills and confidence working with stock data and Excel.
• Experience using ERP, MRP or warehouse management systems, with an interest in improving processes.
• A positive, practical approach and the confidence to work independently in a small team.
• Good communication skills and the ability to support and guide a colleague.

A forklift licence or IOSH qualification would be a real advantage, but neither is essential. The company is happy to support the right person with training.

Why apply?

• A four-day working week, Monday to Thursday, with Fridays off.
• A stable, family-owned business with a friendly, close-knit team.
• A newly created role where you can take ownership and make a genuine difference.
• The opportunity to help improve systems and processes as the business grows.

Hours: Monday to Wednesday, 7.45am-5.55pm; Thursday, 7.45am-5.25pm.

This is a fully site-based position in Glenrothes.

Inventory & Warehouse Coordinator Glenrothes