Location: Manchester

Type: Permanent

Industry: Homeware

Job Ref: TGN5258

The Company:

An exciting opportunity for a Stock Controller to join a fast-moving stock/merchandising team for a leading manufacturing company.

We are looking for someone with experience in trend and forecast analysis within a retail or wholesale environment. Ability to interpret information & make decisions to maximise sales and stock efficiency.

• Hybrid working 2 – 3 days in the office a week.
• 23 days holiday – rising to 25 over 2 years
• Free car parking
• Monday – Friday 9.00am – 5.00pm

Responsibilities

• Forward Planning Stocks for all customers
• Analysis weekly/monthly/yearly sales to identify trends.
• Working with Key Account Execs/Managers to ensure their customer forecast/requirements are met.
• Distributing stocks efficiently between forecast channels to ensure all customers’ requirements are met.
• Keeping forecast channels on internal system accurate and up to date.
• Checking and reviewing lines which have flagged as exceeding forecast quantities analysing and decision making to release stock to fulfil or not.
• Work with internal departments to co-ordinate stock orders for promotions.
• Monitor and report on under performance and or clearance.
• Raising Factory orders and collaborating with them to manage minimums/dyed fabric/Greige.
• Consulting with overseas factories to ensure purchase orders are manufactured within agreed lead-time.
• Maintaining accurate lead times and minimums from factories.
• Working closely with the shipping department & warehouse to optimise container fills and deliveries into the warehouse
• Working closely with the warehouse to optimise correct stock in the correct location.
• New Lines – Using current/historical sales data/ratios to plan buys for new product ranges.
• Keeping track of forward sales orders, planning rebuys based on forward sales orders.
• Working closely with Product team to review the weekly Critical Path to ensure new season launch dates are met.
• Reports- Month End Sales reports.
• Issue Weekly Delivery schedule to the team, fully updated with most recent status.
• Issue Out of stock lines to the team, fully updated with most recent status
• Highlight slow moving or aged stock.
• On demand reports – as and when Managers/Directors require.
• Month End Commercial Meeting- Meeting with senior management to review sku/design performance, reviewing/analysing stock turn, identifying Over stock/Under stock, Good sellers/ Bad seller

Essential Skills:

• Advance Excel skills (e.g., VLOOKUP/Pivot Tables/If Functions/SUMIF)
• High level of accuracy and attention to detail
• Strong analytical capability
• Excellent organisational skills and ability to manage changing priorities.
• Work under own initiative
• Ability to communicate to different levels in the organisation