Stock Controller

Lwc Drinks Ltd; Aylesbury; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

LWC Drinks Ltd in Aylesbury is seeking a Stock Controller to manage stock ordering for the site, ensuring stock levels meet changing demands and seasonality. You will oversee goods-in accuracy, matching deliveries to POs and invoices, and minimising write-offs to protect stock integrity.

You will also investigate discrepancies, losses and damages, and work with the Distribution Manager to implement best-practice processes, ensuring efficient warehousing operations at the depot.

Qualifications

• Ordering stock to satisfy customer demand while keeping stock levels within company standards.
• Accurate goods in checking, delivery notes vs POs, and timely supplier queries.
• Matching deliveries against invoices and querying any overcharges.
• Minimising obsolete stock and providing data to improve stock control.
• Investigating discrepancies, losses and damages, and reporting them.
• Continuous review of methods to implement best practice and improvement.

Responsibilities

• Order stock to meet customer demand, including Grey market, while maintaining stock levels.
• Ensure goods-in accuracy and check deliveries against POs and invoices.
• Compare deliveries with invoices and investigate any overcharges.
• Minimise obsolete stock through data analysis and reporting.
• Investigate discrepancies, losses and damages, and document findings.
• Review processes to implement best-practice stock control methods.
• Collaborate with Distribution Manager to implement improvements and ensure stock integrity.

Skills

Stock control

Teamwork

Communication skills

Excel

Trinity system

Cyberquery

Forklift license

Tools

Trinity system

Cyberquery

Microsoft Excel

Job description

"Job Title: Stock Controller"

Reports to: Office Manager

Depot: LWC Aylesbury

Objectives of the job

Responsible for the ordering of all stock for the site ensuring sufficient stock levels to satisfy changing demands, trends and seasonality. Take ownership of the stock control function, making it your own and being responsible for the integrity of all stock on site.

Main Duties

• Order all stock to satisfy customer demand, including the Grey market, whilst keeping stock levels to company standards.
• Ensure accuracy of goods in checking, the checking of delivery notes against po's, and the accuracy of deliveries being booked onto the system. Raising any queries with suppliers in a timely manner.
• Responsible for accurately matching deliveries against invoices, and querying any overcharges.
• To manage and provide data to minimise obsolete stock.
• Investigate and report on discrepancies losses and damages.
• To continuously review methods and seek ways to implement best practice.
• To evaluate systems and work with Company Distribution Manager to implement best practice.
• Responsible for controlling best before dates of all stock and minimising write offs.
• Manage and clear all outstanding pending issues.

Key Skills

• Good team work skills.
• Good communication skills.
• Use of Microsoft Excel for spreadsheets and records
• Full use of ‘Trinity’ system and Cyberquery
• Good specialist knowledge of the drinks industry and warehousing policies and procedures
• Fork Lift license an advantage

"LWC Drinks Ltd provides licensed establishments with all their bar and sundry supplies. However we are more than just a distributor, becoming the fastest growing privately owned drinks company in Britain, placing 24th in the Sunday Times PWC Profit Track 100. Our aim is to provide the best customer service in the industry, employing over 1,500 people, at 18 depots across the UK, with a Support Centre and Hub Distribution Centre based in Manchester."