An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Stock Controller to join a well established business based in Oldham. Our client, who are a leading supplier with a world wide customer base, are seeking a Stock Controller to join them on a full time, permanent basis.
Role: Stock Controller
Location: Oldham
Salary: Up to £28,000 per year
What’s in it for you:
- Working for an extremely well know and well established brand
- Company pension scheme
Opportunity to join a fast moving stock/merchandising team for a leading home textile 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.
- 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 (PA Hold) 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 the 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 our 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
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