Inventory Controller

Inventory Controller

The Opportunity:

You will take responsibility for overseeing the inventory of stock within this British Manufacturing business.  Your report writing and data skills will be superb, and you'll have a good understanding of the supply chain process and inventory management.  The role is key in providing transparent order status management, identifying potential restrictions and delivering a smooth customer journey from order to delivery.

What you'll be doing:

Oversee all orders received within this busy manufacturing business and align inventory levels, working across multiple departments, communicating with them and producing data reports on stock and delivery.
Communicate clearly on product fulfilment performance, lead times and stock challenges.
Track purchase order due dates and provide visibility to colleagues across the entire business.
Support forward planning by flagging availability issues.
Work with Warehousing and Logistics on transfers, reallocations, and expedited shipments.
Manage the full lifecycle of customer orders across multiple channels, ensuring completeness, awareness of availability and delivery of a quality product manufactured in this British company.
Produce reports on fulfilment performance, backorders, and stock risks.
Provide insights and recommendations to improve service and optimise inventory use.
Supporting the maintenance of data quality - accurate order, inventory and delivery data in ERP/CRM systems.

Requires of You:

Experience in order management, supply chain or customer services.
Strong understanding of B2B and B2C order flows.
Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail.
Ability to analyse inventory and order data to make informed decisions and prioritise actions
ERP/inventory management system knowledge
A strong and confident communicator with cross-departmental collaboration skills.
Proactive, solutions-focused mind set.
Familiarity with production planning, purchasing, or logistics is an advantage.

Offers You:
Hours of work 9.00am – 5.30pm
Life Assurance
Staff Discount
Cashplan Scheme

Meridian Business Support is a recruitment specialist acting on behalf of our client as an Employment Agency for this vacancy