Strategic Inventory & Supply Chain Optimisation Lead

Apply now!; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave + 8 bank holidays

Life assurance 4x salary

Employee Assistance Programme

Employee Discount Scheme

Job summary

Arvato is a leading global 3PL service provider in supply chain management and e-commerce. We seek an Inventory & Supply Chain Optimisation Manager to own inventory strategy across two UK sites, Corby and Coleshill, balancing analytical rigor with commercial insight.

In this role you will shape how we manage, store and move stock, plan up to 12 months ahead, and drive improvements through data-led decisions and collaboration with Operations, IT and Solutions teams.

Qualifications

• Inventory management, supply chain planning, logistics optimisation or warehouse optimisation.
• Analysing large and complex datasets and turning them into actionable recommendations.
• Long-term inventory or capacity planning.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement inventory strategies across two Arvato sites.
• Lead long-term inventory planning, forecasting and stock analysis, looking up to 12 months ahead.
• Analyse stock profiles, volumes, demand and capacity to identify future operational requirements.
• Use data and commercial insight to recommend the most effective manual, automated or hybrid picking solutions.
• Assess stock location and warehouse slotting to optimise space, efficiency and operational performance.
• Identify opportunities to improve inventory accuracy, availability, productivity and cost.
• Lead the development and implementation of inventory best practice across both sites.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives and support a culture of data-led decision making.
• Identify opportunities to standardise processes and improve inventory performance across the wider operation.
• Lead and develop the site’s Inventory Supervisors, providing direction, coaching and support.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Data analysis

Excel

Problem solving

Stakeholder communication

Leadership

Job description

Arvato is a leading global 3PL service provider in supply chain management and e-commerce. We seek an Inventory & Supply Chain Optimisation Manager to own inventory strategy across two UK sites, Corby and Coleshill, balancing analytical rigor with commercial insight.

In this role you will shape how we manage, store and move stock, plan up to 12 months ahead, and drive improvements through data-led decisions and collaboration with Operations, IT and Solutions teams.