Surplus Stock Controller

Better places, thriving communities. Job Title: Surplus Stock Controller

Contract: Fixed Term Contract - 6 Months

Type of Employment: Full Time

Hours: 40 hours per week

Salary: £30,000 per annum

Shift pattern: Monday - Friday 8am - 4pm

Location: Pladis/Jacobs, Long Lane, Aintree, L9 7LD

About The Role We are seeking a proactive and detail-oriented Surplus Stock Controller to support the management, recovery, and sale of surplus stock and site waste streams across Pladis operations.

Reporting to the Central Functional Lead, you will be responsible for coordinating the site's surplus and imperfect product processes, ensuring maximum value is recovered while supporting waste reduction, sustainability, and site performance objectives.

This role will require occasional funded travel between Pladis sites and offers an excellent opportunity to contribute to both operational efficiency and environmental sustainability initiatives.

Key Responsibilities Manage the collection, tracking and sale of surplus and imperfect stock across multiple product categories.

Maximise recovery value and revenue generation from surplus stock and waste streams.

Deliver weekly and monthly sales performance against forecast targets.

Build strong relationships with internal departments, external suppliers, and waste partners.

Identify and escalate risks, issues, and opportunities to relevant stakeholders.

Produce accurate weekly and monthly reports on stock recovery, sales performance, and waste stream activity.

Maintain the Surplus Stock and Waste Dashboard, ensuring data accuracy and timely updates.

Provide key performance data, including sales values, volumes, and waste recovery metrics.

Support Site Management Teams and the UK Waste Specialist through analysis and reporting that supports operational decision-making.

Promote continuous improvement initiatives to reduce waste and improve recovery performance.

The Ideal Candidate Will Be highly organised with strong attention to detail.

Have excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Be comfortable analysing data and producing performance reports.

Have good Microsoft Excel and reporting system skills.

Be able to work independently and manage multiple priorities.

Demonstrate a proactive approach to problem-solving and continuous improvement.

Have an interest in sustainability, waste reduction, and operational efficiency.

Our market-leading offering provides you with benefits that suit your lifestyle.

We have a virtual GP on hand for you and members of your household. So you can get expert advice by video or phone without having to leave your home. We offer financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme. For example, you could access 50% of your earned pay before payday for a small fee. Salary Finance also offers competitive loans.

When you join us, we’ll give you a link to our flexible lifestyle benefits platform, Choices. You might choose to purchase up to five extra days’ holiday each year. You might buy critical illness insurance, seek dental treatment or buy technology products at an affordable cost. There are many choices!

We give you access to high street discounts from thousands of well-known retailers, gyms and more through our MiDeals platform. And we have a cycle-to-work scheme. Life cover of up to four times your salary is available. We also offer enhanced pension contributions, a save-as-you-earn scheme, and a Mitie Matching Share Plan (you could even be awarded free shares in Mitie).

We award our employees with Mitie Stars as recognition for their hard work. There are cash prizes up for grabs each month and at the end of the year there’s a chance to scoop a top prize of £10,000!

Our success is a direct result of the experience and quality of our people. Progressing your career is therefore a top priority for us. We offer a diverse variety of training and development avenues via a wide selection of learning resources to suit you.

We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long-term condition (for example dyslexia, anxiety, autism, a mobility condition or hearing loss) and need us to make any reasonable adjustments, changes or do anything differently during the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing at .

Since 1987, Mitie’s 84,000 employees have been maintaining companies globally. We are the UK’s leading facilities management and professional services company, and our clients range from household names in banking, critical government sites as well as hospitals and schools. Join our Mitie Team. Together our diversity makes us stronger.

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