Distribution Inventory Manager; Field Based

Responsible for managing inventory accuracy and operational efficiency within the Distribution Centre. Key duties include:

• Oversee inventory accuracy and system health, reporting gaps and managing clerical routines.
• Analyze demand and risks in the Distribution Centre, root cause issues, and implement corrective actions.
• Manage stock control, PI counts, adjustments, replenishment levels, and layout planning for efficiency.
• Coordinate with Supply Chain and Operations on space planning, new lines, and contingency plans for outages.
• Lead compliance processes, shrink meetings, supplier queries, and ensure accurate reporting of KPIs and adjustments.
• Set up gap logs for the clerical team, report gaps to the GM and managing all mark‑outs on the depot.
• Conduct system health checks, resolve issues, and complete next steps.
• Investigate demand distribution, identify risks, and calculate risk and cost to One Stop.
• Ensure Stock team PI is up‑to‑date, verify status and amounts, root‑cause adjustments, and manage layout freeing up select zones.
• Check if multi‑pick is needed and confirm replenishment levels are correct.
• Review outstanding pallets and multi‑pick locations.
• Discuss and manage layout changes with the Distribution Centre Manager and Ops Manager.
• Manage and review new lines, ensuring they are sited to maintain service to the customer and set acceptable locations.
• Plan ahead for system outages and design contingency plans for unplanned outages, minimizing operational impact.
• Review space availability by category and implement necessary actions with the Supply Chain Team.
• Manage non‑conformance supplier queries, abnormal deliveries, and monitor inbound standards, ensuring details are keyed into the database by a stock team colleague.
• Manage the Emergency Product Withdrawal (EPW) process, logging and ensuring all required actions are completed.
• Ensure all outstanding deliveries are chased and resolved, communicating any issues or next steps to the next shift.
• Set up/attend the stock and shrink meetings, focusing on the top 10 loss and gain products.
• Record supplier damages at delivery time, adjust off scanned products, and charge back to the supplier.
• Complete a health check of the recoup process, ensuring correct ways of working are followed.
• Ensure all shrink meetings are completed on time with next steps and led by the DCM, offering support where possible and liaising with the Security Business Partner.
• Ensure the clerical team completes all start and end of day routines, communicates issues to the GM and updates required reports.
• Hold a Weekly Stock Meeting with each site, updating the team on Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and discussing any areas of concern, updates and next steps.
• Root cause all adjustments over 10 and provide root cause information for discussion at meetings.
• Provide the GM with a list of all adjustments with root cause over 10.
• Review the top 10 write‑off and recoup adjustments weekly to ensure compliance, checking stock count (PI) adjustments.
• Ensure the recoup team follows the correct recoup process and records stock for write‑offs or store transfers correctly, and that the 3rd‑party hygiene team reports damages correctly.