Stock Control Assistant
The additional Benefits of being part of the BEST team!
- 10% Tesco discount, which increases to 15% for 4 days every 4 weeks (all discounts apply to home delivery)
- 20% discount on F&F Clothing
- 10% discount at Tesco Café
- 10% Booker discount
- Pizza Hut Restaurants: 25% discount after 3pm, excludes buffet and deals
- 25% discount at selected Burger King restaurants
- Contributory Pension.
- 1 year life assurance for all colleagues; or 3 years if you join the pension scheme
- Health and Wellbeing support and resources including our 24/7, confidential Employee Assistance Programme and Virtual GP for you and your family & the opportunity to join a healthcare cash plan.
- An exclusive deals and discounts website saving you money on everyday purchases including cinema vouchers & a cycle to work scheme
- A great holiday package
An opportunity has arisen to become part of an innovative, forward thinking stock control operation within the Best Food logistics team.
As a Stock Control Assistant, you will be joining a small team responsible for maintaining the stock accuracy of fresh, chilled, frozen and ambient products for our customers
Working Hours:
5 out of 7 days 11.00am - 19.30pm
- Manage product shelf life
- Verification of stock including correct pack sizes, quantity, price and best before dates
- Managing returns to supplier/Depots
- Promote good relations with external and internal suppliers
- React effectively to sales fluctuations, seasonal changes and supply problems in order to minimise out of stock lines
- Ensure that extensive communication channels exist and are upheld between suppliers, managers, in-house colleagues and external depots
- Take an active role throughout depot stock take procedure
- Produce and monitor key performance indicators
- Ensure correct balance of stock in all temperature areas of the warehouse
- Control day to day activity concerning export
- Manage day to day non-core activity
- Escalate any supplier issues to the Stock Manager, ensuring prompt action is taken with regards to substitute products
- Manage slow moving products and removals of delisted products
- Achieve and maintain customer product availability to the required period service level of 98%
- Support the Stock Control Team Manager with the achievement of service level targets and department objectives
- Ensure production of daily, weekly and period reports
- Use of MHE
Essential Skills:
- Numerical skills
- Ability to work on own initiative with minimum supervision
- Excellent communication skills
- Excel, Word, Outlook and internet
- The ability to prioritise
- Experience within FMCG environment
Desirable:
- Some previous stock control experience
- A working knowledge of Logistics and Store operations
- Current FLT reach truck licence
- Educated to GCSE standard
We look forward to you joining the BEST team!
- Closing Date:
- 4th June 2026
- Department:
- Warehouse
- Hours:
- 40 hours per week
- Location:
- 0RF
- Reference Number:
- booker/TP/246930/30673
- Salary:
- £35,092.20 per annum inclusive of allowance
