Lead Warehouse & Inventory Specialist

AL8238 UK Grid Solutions Limited; Stafford; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

GE Vernova in Stafford is seeking a Lead Warehouse & Inventory Specialist to manage a small team, oversee storage of components, and maintain accurate records of all materials and transactions. The role requires strong organizational and analytical skills, with SAP ERP experience advantageous, and a focus on preventing stock discrepancies.

You will work in a fast-paced environment, collaborate with procurement and operations, and lead the team to ensure continuous production.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in sourcing or supply chain.
• Experience with SAP ERP in supply chain.
• Strong coaching background.
• Proven data-driven decision making.

Responsibilities

• Organize workload to meet business demands.
• Deliver stock accuracy and inventory control.
• Mentor and develop team members.
• Coordinate cycle counts and stock takes.
• Interface between operations and procurement.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain

Tools

SAP ERP

Excel

Job description

Job Description Summary The Lead Warehouse & Inventory Specialist will be based at GE’s SMS Manufacturing facility based in Stafford, Staffordshire. Managing a small team, you will ensure that components and consumables are stored safely and securely and maintain accurate records of all materials and warehouse transactions.

Job Description

We are looking for someone with a Strong background in the management of materials and personnel. The candidate must be highly organized, detail-oriented, and possess excellent analytical and problem-solving skills. Experience of SAP ERP is advantageous. The position will require the ability to work under pressure and communicate at all levels to ensure that the business is never subject to stock discrepancy situations.

The successful candidate will need to be a versatile team player with customer focus, working flexibly with colleagues to ensure that the whole team succeeds. Working in a fast-paced environment you must be resourceful, enthusiastic, and dedicated to meeting the business needs, which may at times include covering the duties of colleagues.

Key Responsibilities

• Effectively organize workload to meet the demands of the business.
• To contribute towards meeting business objectives and targets.
• Develop and maintain good working relationships with colleagues in the business.
• To work in accordance with the businesses policies and procedures at all times.
• Comply with health and safety requirements.
• Day‑to‑day management of the team (covering Warehouse and the Main Storage facility), including attendance and performance management, holiday requests and setting priorities for daily duties.
• Overall responsibility to ensure materials are available for the site to enable continuous production operation.
• Reviewing material shortage risks and/or issues against the production schedule, flagging to site and central stakeholders, and working with procurement to mitigate problems.
• Co‑ordinate cycle counting process.
• Overall responsibility for stocktaking and stock take procedures.
• Take the lead on material variances, investigate, and resolve as appropriate using 8D methodologies.
• Work towards business and department KPI’s (SQCD), utilizing and maximizing available storage space whilst achieving the businesses target for inventory turns.
• Track inbound deliveries vs expectation.
• The key link between operations and procurement teams
• Coaching, mentoring, and developing talents within the business.

Qualifications/Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or college with Sourcing / Supply chain education preferred; or equivalent experience.
• Experience using SAP ERP Supply Chain Experience
• Excellent coaching background
• Experience using data to influence others
• Exceptional numeration aptitude
• Excellent IT skills
• Experience in managing a team
• Proactive
• High level of Excel knowledge
• Excellent communicator

Additional Information Relocation Assistance Provided: No

Addressing the climate crisis is an urgent global priority and we take our responsibility seriously. That is our singular mission at GE Vernova: continuing to electrify the world while simultaneously working to help decarbonize it. If we want our energy future to be different...we must be different. Our mission is embedded in our name. We retain our treasured legacy, “GE,” in our name as an enduring and hard‑earned badge of quality and ingenuity. “Ver” / “verde” signal Earth’s verdant and lush ecosystems. “Nova,” from the Latin “novus,” nods to a new, innovative era of lower carbon energy that GE Vernova will help deliver. Together, we have The Energy to Change the World. www.gevernova.com