Stock Manager
| Posting date: | 05 January 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £42,000 per annum, plus car / car allowance, 33 days holiday, pension, life assurance, employee assistance programme, wellbeing support, and flexible benefits scheme |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 04 February 2026 |
| Location: | Broughton, CH4 0DR |
| Company: | Unipart Group |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 1861 |
Summary
Job Advert
Stock Manager
Broughton (CH4 0DR)
£42,000 per annum, plus car / car allowance, 33 days holiday, pension, life assurance, employee assistance programme, wellbeing
support, and flexible benefits scheme
About the Job
Relationships mean everything to us, and this one is particularly special. You’ll have an important part to play as an integral
member of the Stock Management Team to maintain and improve all aspects of a multi-user site stock integrity. You will drive the
business to operational excellence by utilising the internal principles, tools and techniques, ensuring all agreed SLA & KPI’s are
consistently achieved.
Here at Unipart we don’t just have a way of working, we have The Unipart Way. It allows everyone in our team to pursue their own
personal and professional goals to a world class level, through Unipart's ‘From Gate to Great’ training and development program.
As Stock Manager you will drive continuous improvement and operational resilience within the site. You’ll coach and mentor the
Stock Operations team to deliver the implementation of the Unipart strategy.
As part of your key responsibilities you’ll:
* Utilise internal principles, systems, tools and techniques to drive cost reduction and quality benefits
* Reduce company stock liability through cyclical PI and monitoring the inbound, fulfilment, returns and repair stock movements
* Plan and deliver the annual stock take
* Ensure robust process improvements are in place to reduce stock/financial liability within the business
* Revise and/or develop procedures to comply with ISO requirements as well as internal requirements
* Highlight any critical/serious issues to the senior management team
* Identify and project manage corrective actions across operations to ensure the business has the most efficient systems in
regard to stock at all times
* Develop the Stock Control team, ensuring succession planning to compliment the departments strategy and meet the business’
needs
* Support commercial with new implementations and attend client reviews
* Manage and motivate a team, setting clear KPI’s and objectives to ensure high standards of achievements
About You
We’d love you to have the following skills and experience, but please apply if you think you’d be able to perform well in this
role!
* Ability to drive operational excellence, utilising problem-solving tools (8D’s, 5Y’s, Fishbone etc) and root cause analysis
techniques
* Experience with SAP WMS or similar
* Demonstrable team leadership and development
* Strong experience as a quality technician
* Good understanding of standard terms and conditions to mitigate legal and commercial risk
* Ability to revise/develop procedures to comply with ISO requirements
* Commercial and financial awareness
* Clear written, verbal and presenting communication skills
* Flexible and self-motivated with a commitment to achieving team/site objectives whilst being adaptable when required
Our recruitment and selection process has been developed to ensure that it is consistent, fair and provides equality of
opportunity - all selection decisions are based solely on technical and behavioural competencies. We do not discriminate on the
grounds of race, colour, or nationality, ethnic or national origins, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, marital or
civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, disability, religion or belief, age or any other current or future protected
characteristic as defined in the current Equality Act of England and Wales. As an organisation we also promote an environment
which encourages diversity of characteristics and thought, where you feel included, safe and confident to be the best version of
yourself and do your best work every day.
Stock Manager
Broughton (CH4 0DR)
£42,000 per annum, plus car / car allowance, 33 days holiday, pension, life assurance, employee assistance programme, wellbeing
support, and flexible benefits scheme
About the Job
Relationships mean everything to us, and this one is particularly special. You’ll have an important part to play as an integral
member of the Stock Management Team to maintain and improve all aspects of a multi-user site stock integrity. You will drive the
business to operational excellence by utilising the internal principles, tools and techniques, ensuring all agreed SLA & KPI’s are
consistently achieved.
Here at Unipart we don’t just have a way of working, we have The Unipart Way. It allows everyone in our team to pursue their own
personal and professional goals to a world class level, through Unipart's ‘From Gate to Great’ training and development program.
As Stock Manager you will drive continuous improvement and operational resilience within the site. You’ll coach and mentor the
Stock Operations team to deliver the implementation of the Unipart strategy.
As part of your key responsibilities you’ll:
* Utilise internal principles, systems, tools and techniques to drive cost reduction and quality benefits
* Reduce company stock liability through cyclical PI and monitoring the inbound, fulfilment, returns and repair stock movements
* Plan and deliver the annual stock take
* Ensure robust process improvements are in place to reduce stock/financial liability within the business
* Revise and/or develop procedures to comply with ISO requirements as well as internal requirements
* Highlight any critical/serious issues to the senior management team
* Identify and project manage corrective actions across operations to ensure the business has the most efficient systems in
regard to stock at all times
* Develop the Stock Control team, ensuring succession planning to compliment the departments strategy and meet the business’
needs
* Support commercial with new implementations and attend client reviews
* Manage and motivate a team, setting clear KPI’s and objectives to ensure high standards of achievements
About You
We’d love you to have the following skills and experience, but please apply if you think you’d be able to perform well in this
role!
* Ability to drive operational excellence, utilising problem-solving tools (8D’s, 5Y’s, Fishbone etc) and root cause analysis
techniques
* Experience with SAP WMS or similar
* Demonstrable team leadership and development
* Strong experience as a quality technician
* Good understanding of standard terms and conditions to mitigate legal and commercial risk
* Ability to revise/develop procedures to comply with ISO requirements
* Commercial and financial awareness
* Clear written, verbal and presenting communication skills
* Flexible and self-motivated with a commitment to achieving team/site objectives whilst being adaptable when required
Our recruitment and selection process has been developed to ensure that it is consistent, fair and provides equality of
opportunity - all selection decisions are based solely on technical and behavioural competencies. We do not discriminate on the
grounds of race, colour, or nationality, ethnic or national origins, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, marital or
civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, disability, religion or belief, age or any other current or future protected
characteristic as defined in the current Equality Act of England and Wales. As an organisation we also promote an environment
which encourages diversity of characteristics and thought, where you feel included, safe and confident to be the best version of
yourself and do your best work every day.