Senior Stock Controller

Company Overview

Cleveland Cable Company, established in 1978, is a leading global supplier of cables and cable accessories. With over four decades of experience, we serve demanding industries worldwide through a comprehensive portfolio and a network of trusted suppliers, ensuring top-quality products and reliable delivery.

Job Summary

We are seeking an energetic and detail-oriented Senior Stock Controller to To maintain accurate and effective stock control across all company locations, ensuring inventory records reflect physical stock. The role focuses on investigating discrepancies, minimising losses, improving processes and providing reliable stock information to support operational efficiency and profitability.

Key Responsibilities

• Stock Accuracy: Maintain accurate inventory records, ensure all stock movements are recorded correctly and investigate discrepancies.
• Stocktaking: Coordinate rolling stocktakes, cycle counts and periodic full stocktakes, ensuring variances are investigated and resolved.
• Inventory Management: Monitor stock levels, identify excess, obsolete and slow-moving stock, and support effective stock rotation and replenishment.
• Loss Prevention: Investigate stock losses, picking errors and process failures, maintaining clear audit trails and escalating suspected misconduct.
• Reporting: Produce regular reports on stock accuracy, discrepancies, adjustments and inventory performance, ensuring corrective actions are completed.
• Systems and Processes: Ensure effective use of stock management systems, improve procedures and work with relevant teams to resolve system issues.
• Leadership and Collaboration: Support and guide colleagues, promote accountability and work with warehouse, purchasing, sales and finance teams to improve stock control.
• Compliance: Ensure adherence to company procedures, authorisation limits and audit requirements, deputising for the Stock Control Manager when required.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

Performance will be measured against agreed targets for:

• Stock accuracy and stocktake completion.
• Timely investigation and resolution of discrepancies.
• Reduction in stock losses, repeat errors and unnecessary write-offs.
• Identification and reduction of excess and obsolete stock.
• Compliance with stock control procedures and audit requirements.
• Accuracy and timeliness of reporting.

Experience and Qualifications

Essential:

• Significant experience in stock control, inventory management or warehouse operations.
• Strong understanding of stocktaking, inventory reconciliation and stock movements.
• Proven ability to investigate discrepancies and identify root causes.
• Strong numerical, analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Good IT skills and experience using ERP or inventory management systems.
• Excellent organisation, accuracy and attention to detail.
• Effective communication skills and confidence in challenging non-compliance.

Desirable:

• Experience in multi-site distribution, wholesale or high-volume inventory environments.
• Experience in electrical wholesale or cable distribution.
• Familiarity with WMS, barcode scanning and stock audit processes.
• Experience supervising or mentoring colleagues.

Benefits:

• Free parking
• On-site parking

Work Location: In person