Stores & Inventory Manager

MSC Industrial Supply Co; Wednesbury; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading industrial supply firm in Wednesbury is seeking a Stores & Inventory Manager to oversee daily operations and manage inventory solutions effectively. The role involves ensuring customer satisfaction, maintaining stock processes, and analyzing product usage trends. Candidates should possess strong interpersonal skills, creativity, and a drive for excellence. With an emphasis on professional growth, this opportunity provides significant potential for career development and autonomy in shaping your role within the company.

Benefits

25 days of holiday + Bank Holidays

10% matched pension scheme

Life insurance (6x annual salary)

Health cash plan and private medical insurance

Employee discounts and rewards

Qualifications

• Strong interpersonal skills for relationship management.
• Ability to solve problems and learn quickly.
• Creative approach to finding solutions.

Responsibilities

• Oversee daily operations within Inventory Solution.
• Manage inventory and ensure excellent user experience.
• Build relationships with end users and suppliers.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Problem-solving

Creativity

Ambition

Job description

Requisition ID

19226

Employment Type

Full Time

Job Category

Vending Management

Work Location

Wednesbury, UK

Potential Work Location

United Kingdom : England : Gloucestershire

Hours

6 am - 2 pm Monday - Friday

As the Stores & Inventory Manager, you will be the face of MSC on our customer’s site, with responsibility overseeing the daily operations within the Inventory Solution(s). Ensuring successful management of all stock processes, providing excellent customer experience to end users, and effectively managing onsite inventory, including lineside vending replenishment and general stores management.

Overview

Are you looking to take your career to the next level? When you join MSC we offer you more than just a job, we provide the opportunity to grow and develop, helping you build your career. Great businesses need great people - that’s where you come in!

What’s in it for you?

• With MSC you’ll have the autonomy to shape your role and develop your career with us. We believe in continuous growth, which is why you will have constant access to coaching, mentoring and an environment where personal and professional development and success are celebrated.
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• On top of this, we give you 25 days of holiday entitlement + Bank Holidays + paid birthday leave. A company pension scheme matched up to 10% of your annual salary. Life insurance, which is 6x annual salary, plus, a discounted health cash plan and private medical insurance to support you with whatever life throws at you.

What will you be doing?

• Working directly with end users to ensure they have the right product when they need it
• Effective management of inventory within the General Stores including min/max levels, product distribution to end users, and replenishment.
• Analyse data sets to identify trends of product usage, and stock holding
• Build relationships with end users to gain insight to changes to stock demand
• Provide excellent customer experience to onsite end users of stores and MSC product
• Work with suppliers and internal MSC teams to expedite products within the quoted lead times
• Using your knowledge of processes within the customer, identify cost, and time saving opportunities and escalate in an effective, timely manner to your colleagues
• Maintenance of stores, their appearance and cleanliness
• Regular stock takes and solution system maintenance
• Maintain an up-to-date product portfolio within the stores and vending solution.
• Be an onsite point of contact to customers for everyday queries.
• Have a sales mindset, continually looking out for new business opportunities to feed into the relevant teams
• Demonstrate the ability to take accountability and ownership, be a strong collaborator, a decision maker, be organised and influential.

What do you need?

We trust that our people will be able to teach you role‑specific skills, but for you to truly succeed at MSC you will embody our values and these significantly important attributes; ones that MSC believes embody talent within our business.

Connections: Your interpersonal skills; how well you manage relationships, and how rewarding you are to deal with

Thinking: The abilities you draw upon to solve problems, learn and be agile

Creativity: How adept you are at creating solutions and working with change.

Drive: Your level of ambition. The pace, energy, and enthusiasm applied to activities

Ultimately, we identify talent in people who can demonstrate our values, and the behaviours required to thrive in our business. So, if you can operate effectively in a team, demonstrate customer‑centricity, and are eager to make a difference then we would love to hear from you – apply today!

Why MSC?

The journey to the best version of yourself starts with us. If you’re searching for an employer that will enable you to learn, grow and make a difference, you’ve found it.

You will feel a sense of purpose and belonging as we allow our people to have a voice and the opportunity to make a genuine impact.

We have created a psychologically safe and inclusive environment where we treat our associates as adults and give them autonomy to make decisions, take risks and learn from mistakes.

You will be encouraged to challenge the norm, make decisions and take ownership to make changes, enabling you to significantly contribute towards our business success.

Our people‑centric culture will encourage you to continuously develop, both professionally and personally.

From our culture to our forward‑thinking leadership, you’ll soon realise that you have an incredible opportunity here to be your best self.

Whether your career path is vertical or squiggly we’d love to watch you grow and reach your full potential with us.

WatchHERE to find out what it’s like to work at MSC and join us as we continue to build a team of people doing their best work

We won’t just give you a job, we’ll enable you to be yourself, discover opportunity, unlock your potential, and design your career.