Stock Control Assistant- Nights

Booker Group; Banbury; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Contributory Pension

Life assurance (1 year)

Health and wellbeing support

Employee discounts

Discounts on clothing and food

Job summary

Booker Group in Banbury is seeking a Stock Control Assistant to join the Best Food Logistics team. You’ll help maintain stock accuracy for fresh, chilled, frozen and ambient products while working a night shift from 17:00 to 02:20.

You’ll verify stock, manage returns, monitor KPIs and support depot stock takes, ensuring on-time product availability and strong supplier relations. Training will cover daily, weekly, and period reporting.

Qualifications

• Numerical skills and the ability to prioritise tasks.
• Experience within FMCG and stock control.
• GCSE standard education required.

Responsibilities

• Manage product shelf life and stock accuracy.
• Verify stock, pack sizes, quantity, price and best before dates.
• Produce and monitor daily, weekly and period reports.
• Escalate supplier issues and manage stock takes.
• Ensure 98% service level and correct stock in all temperature zones.

Skills

Numerical skills

Initiative

Excel

Word

Outlook

Prioritisation

FMCG experience

Stock control experience

FLT reach truck licence

GCSE standard

Education

GCSE standard

Tools

Excel

Word

Outlook

Job description

An opportunity has arisen to become part of an innovative, forward thinking stock control operation within the Best Food logistics team.

As a Stock Control Assistant, you will be joining a small team responsible for maintaining the stock accuracy of fresh, chilled, frozen and ambient products for our growing international client.

Working Hours:

Monday to Friday Nights 17:00pm – 02:20am

Main Responsibilities

• Manage product shelf life
• Verification of stock including correct pack sizes, quantity, price and best before dates
• Managing returns to supplier/Depots
• Promote good relations with external and internal suppliers
• React effectively to sales fluctuations, seasonal changes and supply problems in order to minimise out of stock lines
• Ensure that extensive communication channels exist and are upheld between suppliers, managers, in-house colleagues and external depots
• Take an active role throughout depot stock take procedure
• Produce and monitor key performance indicators
• Ensure correct balance of stock in all temperature areas of the warehouse
• Control day to day activity concerning export
• Escalate any supplier issues to the Stock Manager, ensuring prompt action is taken with regards to substitute products
• Manage slow moving products and removals of delisted products
• Achieve and maintain customer product availability to the required period service level of 98%
• Support the Stock Control Manager with the achievement of service level targets and department objectives
• Undertake comprehensive training of administration staff in order to facilitate adequate cover during periods of holiday absence
• Ensure production of daily, weekly and period reports

You will need

• Numerical skills
• Ability to work on own initiative with minimum supervision
• Excel, Word, Outlook and internet
• The ability to prioritise
• Experience within FMCG environment
• Some previous stock control experience
• A working knowledge of Logistics and Store operations
• Current FLT reach truck licence
• Educated to GCSE standard

We look forward to you joining the BEST team!

What's in it for you

The additional Benefits of being part of the BEST team!

• 10% Tesco discount, which increases to 15% for 4 days every 4 weeks (all discounts apply to home delivery)
• 20% discount on F&F Clothing
• Pizza Hut Restaurants:25% discount after 3pm, excludes buffet and deals
• Contributory Pension.
• 1 year life assurance for all colleagues; or 3 years if you join the pension scheme
• Health and Wellbeing support and resources including our 24/7, confidential Employee Assistance Programme and Virtual GP for you and your family & the opportunity to join a healthcare cash plan.
• An exclusive deals and discounts website saving you money on everyday purchases including cinema vouchers & a cycle to work scheme

Booker is the UK's leading food & drink wholesaler. We are privileged to serve independent retailers, caterers and small businesses, from locations across the country. We operate over 190 cash and carry branches, eight distribution centres, five Best Food Logistics sites, as well as six support centre locations across the UK.

Diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) at Booker means that whoever you are and whatever your background, we always want you to feel represented and that you can be yourself at work. In short, we’re a place where Everyone’s Welcome.

We know life looks a little different for each of us. That’s why at Booker and Best, we always welcome conversations about flexible working. Some people are at the start of their careers, some want the freedom to do the things they love. Others are going through life-changing moments like becoming a carer, nearing retirement, adapting to parenthood, or something else. So, talk to us throughout your application about how we may be able to support you.

Please note
We can only accept candidates over the age of 18 if the role requires working before 6:15 am or after 9:45 pm or involves working in areas such as the warehouse, beers, wines & spirits, and driving roles.
On the occasions where we have high volumes of applicants, some roles may close earlier than the advertised end date in order for us to manage all of the applicants appropriately. We will only be able to offer individual feedback to those candidates who attend an interview.
*Booker Group is part of Tesco plc, however, is operated separately from the core Tesco business and as such the benefits offered will be different from those offered at Tesco*

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