Stock Controller

Eurofins Scientific; Guildford; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A global life sciences company in Guildford is seeking a Stock and Inventory Controller to manage inventory levels, liaise with suppliers, and ensure accurate records. The ideal candidate should have proven stock control experience, computer literacy, and the ability to work effectively in a team. This role offers a range of benefits including enhanced annual leave entitlement and a company pension plan.

Benefits

Enhanced Annual Leave Entitlement

Company Pension Plan

Life Assurance Scheme

Healthcare Cash Plan

Enhanced Maternity, Adoption and Paternity Schemes

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a stock/inventory control role.
• Computer literate - able to enter data accurately and handle administrative duties.
• Good communication skills.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to follow procedures.
• Ability to prioritize tasks and manage workloads efficiently.
• Ability to work as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Maintain accurate stock levels and monitor deliveries with suppliers.
• Complete procurement administration and maintain accurate records of stock usage.
• Place orders for stock and maintain inventory levels.
• Communicate effectively with internal teams.

Skills

Stock control experience

Computer literacy

Good communication skills

Attention to detail

Teamwork ability

Job description

Overview

Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. Eurofins laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure products are safe, ingredients are authentic, and labelling is accurate. Eurofins is dedicated to delivering testing services that contribute to the health and safety of society and the planet, and to its corporate responsibility to protect the environment and ensure diversity, equity, and inclusion across the network of Eurofins companies.

We’re proud to be an armed forces-friendly place to work and welcome applications from reservists, armed forces veterans (including the wounded, injured and sick), as well as cadet instructors, and military spouses and partners. If you want to continue to help make our world a safer and healthier place, then apply for the role below and become a part of the extraordinary Eurofins network.

Responsibilities

• Maintain accurate stock levels by monitoring deliveries, liaising with suppliers and coordinating shipments, while ensuring inventory costs are controlled.
• Complete procurement administration including creating and uploading purchase orders, generating reports and ensuring correct purchasing codes are applied.
• Maintain accurate records of supply usage and stock trends.
• Place orders for stock, laboratory supplies and equipment as needed.
• Receive and receipt stock accurately, ensuring timely updates in the system.
• Maintain and manage inventory, including stock rotation, expiry dates checks, and monitoring stock levels against security.
• Monitor stock levels and costs to avoid overstocking while maintaining operational availability.
• Liaise with Operations Manager to have accurate information of the lab workflow.
• Work closely with suppliers to monitor deliveries and coordinate any delays.
• Maintain stores to an acceptable standard, ensuring good laboratory practice (GLP) is followed.
• Support the Quality Assurance by assisting with supplier reviews.
• Always adhere to company SOPs, ISO 15189, and Quality Management System (QMS).
• Take responsibility for the health and safety of yourself and your colleagues.
• Communicate effectively with internal teams to ensure a smooth flow of work.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a stock / inventory control role.
• Computer literate - able to enter data accurately and be confident handling administrative duties.
• Practically minded, has a hands on approach to work.
• Good communication skills.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to follow procedure.
• Ability to prioritise tasks and manage workloads efficiently.
• Ability to work as part of a team.

Benefits

• At Eurofins we are growing, innovating and always learning. We celebrate the achievements of our employees through annual long service awards, recognise our colleagues special life events, and we are committed to charitable causes through global fundraising activities.
• Enhanced Annual Leave Entitlement
• Additional Annual Leave Purchase scheme
• Annual Leave Sellback Scheme
• Additional Annual Leave at Employees set service dates
• Company Pension Plan
• Life Assurance Scheme (4 times annual salary)
• Healthcare Cash Plan (6+ months service)
• Enhanced Maternity, Adoption and Paternity Schemes

What Happens Next

Our people are the backbone of what we do, so it\'s incredibly important we find the right individuals to join us. As a potential new recruit you\'ll be invited to meet the team in the form of an assessment centre or a staged interview process dependent on the role and its requirements, this will give you the opportunity to see what working for Eurofins is really like and enable us to get to know your key skills and strengths.

Your data: As part of any recruitment process, the company collects and processes personal data relating to job applicants. The company is committed to being transparent about how it collects and uses that data and to meeting its data protection obligations.

Closing Date

We reserve the right to close or extend this position depending on application numbers. Therefore we would urge candidates to submit an application as early as possible.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive please be aware that if you do not receive a response within 4 weeks of the vacancy expiry date unfortunately, on this occasion your application has been unsuccessful.

We support your development! Do you feel you don’t match 100% of the requirements? Don’t hesitate to apply anyway! Eurofins companies are committed to supporting your career development.

We embrace diversity! Eurofins network of companies believe in strength and innovation through diversity, being an Equal Opportunity Employer. We prohibit discrimination against employees or applications based on gender identity and/or expression, race, nationality, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability, and everything else that makes employees of Eurofins companies unique.

Sustainability matters to us! We are well on our way to achieving our objective of carbon neutrality by 2025, through a combination of emission reduction and compensation initiatives. We encourage our laboratory leaders to make sustainable changes at their local level, and in addition to their initiatives we also count on our dedicated carbon reduction team to help us to achieve this goal!

Find out more on our career page: https://careers.eurofins.com