Stores Supervisor

The Clancy Group; Harefield; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 44,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Clancy Xtras

Cycle to work scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Pension

Healthcare

Holiday allowance

Job summary

The Clancy Group is seeking an experienced Stores Supervisor to lead the day-to-day operation of our central parts and stores function in Harefield, UK. You will oversee stock control, supplier management and warehouse activities to ensure parts and consumables are available for fleet maintenance.

Reporting to the Head of Fleet Procurement, you will develop a safety-focused, high-performance team culture while controlling costs and improving processes across inventory management and reporting.

Qualifications

• Experience as Stores Supervisor, Parts Supervisor, or similar in plant/fleet environment.
• Strong understanding of stock control and inventory management.
• Experience coordinating suppliers and managing workloads in a fast‑paced operation.

Responsibilities

• Oversee daily operations of the central parts and stores facility.
• Manage goods-in/goods-out processes with accurate stock movements.
• Maintain stock levels to support fleet maintenance and operations.
• Conduct regular stock counts and investigate discrepancies.
• Identify surplus/obsolete stock and implement optimisation plans.
• Supervise stores personnel and allocate workloads.
• Develop team members and promote safety and customer focus.
• Build relationships with suppliers for value and availability.
• Support procurement with supplier benchmarking and order management.
• Monitor supplier performance and sourcing alternatives when needed.
• Collaborate with Workshop, Fleet, Procurement and Operations to ensure parts availability.
• Coordinate urgent parts to minimise downtime.
• Ensure consumables and safety equipment are available for fleet compliance.
• Maintain accurate data across stock control and fleet systems.
• Produce reports on stock utilisation, spend and accuracy.
• Manage stock budgets and identify cost-reduction opportunities.
• Ensure stores activities comply with policies, safety and environmental standards.
• Maintain a safe, organised working environment.

Skills

Stock control

Inventory management

Supplier coordination

Leadership

Forklift operation

Tools

Microsoft Office

Fleet management systems

Inventory software

Job description

Stores Supervisor The Clancy Group Harefield, United Kingdom

Up to £40,000 Depending on Experience

Harefield

We do what we say.... That’s why we need people like you to help us deliver on our promises, people who enjoy getting things done!

We have an opportunity for an experienced Stores Supervisor to join our Plant Team, leading the day-to-day operation of our Parts and Stores function and supporting the availability and performance of a diverse fleet of vehicles, plant, tools and specialist equipment.

Reporting to the Head of Fleet Procurement, you’ll oversee stock control, supplier management, warehouse operations and team supervision, ensuring parts and consumables are available when required while maintaining strong inventory controls and managing costs effectively.

Here are some of the activities you will be involved in…

• Overseeing the daily operation of the central parts and stores facility.
• Managing goods-in and goods-out processes, ensuring stock movements are accurate and traceable.
• Maintaining appropriate stock levels to support fleet maintenance, repairs and operational requirements.
• Carrying out regular stock counts and cycle checks, investigating discrepancies and taking corrective action.
• Identifying slow-moving, obsolete and excess stock and implementing plans to optimise inventory levels.
• Supervising and supporting stores personnel, allocating workloads and ensuring service levels are maintained.
• Coaching and developing team members while promoting a positive, safety-focused and customer-oriented culture.
• Building effective relationships with suppliers to secure the right combination of value, service and availability.
• Supporting procurement activity through supplier benchmarking, order management d cost control.
• Monitoring supplier performance, delivery times and quality, while sourcing alternative solutions for difficult-to-obtain parts where required.
• Working closely with Workshop, Fleet, Procurement and Operations teams to ensure parts availability supports asset uptime.
• Coordinating urgent parts requirements to minimise vehicle and plant downtime.
• Ensuring mandatory consumables, safety equipment and replacement components are available to support fleet compliance.
• Maintaining accurate information across stock control and fleet management systems.
• Producing reports covering stock utilisation, spend, stock accuracy and supplier performance.
• Managing stock budgets and identifying opportunities to reduce costs and improve processes.
• Ensuring stores activities comply with company policies, health and safety requirements and environmental standards.
• Maintaining a safe, organised and efficient working environment, with high standards of storage, handling and housekeeping.

We would love to hear from you if…

You have previous experience in a Stores Supervisor, Parts Supervisor, Parts Manager or similar role, ideally gained within plant hire, fleet management, construction, commercial vehicles or another engineering-related environment.

A strong understanding of stock control, inventory management and supplier coordination is important, together with good commercial awareness and an understanding of how effective inventory management can support cost control and operational efficiency. Along with solid leadership and organisational skills which are essential, with experience supervising a team and the ability to delegate effectively, manage competing priorities and maintain clear standards.

Additionally, good IT skills are required, including experience using inventory, stock control or fleet management systems and Microsoft Office. Experience of procurement processes, supplier performance management and workshop or planned maintenance activities would be advantageous.

Strong communication and stakeholder management skills will be important, as you’ll work closely with teams across Plant, Fleet, Procurement, Workshops and Operations to ensure the right parts and equipment are available when needed.

Experience operating a forklift or telehandler is required as is a full UK driving licence.

Our Company

Every day we work smarter, greener and use our imaginations.

Our purpose at Clancy is simple - we make life better for everyone’s growing families. We play a vital role in providing fresh drinking water and power to millions of homes and businesses and so much more.

We are one of the biggest family owned construction businesses in the UK and we care about our people, our clients and the environment.

What Next

You apply, and we respond within two weeks (we know how annoying it is not to hear anything back)! If you don’t receive feedback within that timescale, please don’t be afraid to chase us - one of our values is to do what we say we will do!

In addition to helping you reach your career goals, a competitive salary, pension, healthcare and holiday allowance starting at 24-26 days per annum, we also offer perks including Clancy Xtras, our employee benefits programme with discounts for numerous well-known retailers such as Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Currys PC World and Vue Cinemas, cycle to work scheme as well as an Employee Assistance Programme.

Clancy is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all our employees. If you require any reasonable adjustments to be made for you to attend an interview, please do let us know and we will be happy to accommodate.

We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and Disability Confident Committed.

Permanent