Stock Controller

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Location: Heywood, UK (On-site)

Job Type: Full-Time

Department: EMEA Logistics & Distribution

Reports To: Regional Warehousing & Logistics Manager

At Neogen, we are dedicated to improving food and animal safety worldwide through innovation, scientific expertise, and operational excellence.

We are seeking a proactive, self-driven Stock Controller to lead inventory governance and physical inventory management across Neogen Europe's UK warehouses in Heywood and Ayr.

This is a unique opportunity to build and shape inventory control standards across a growing European warehouse network.

The successful candidate will act as the inventory control subject matter expert, driving stock accuracy, physical inventory processes, and inventory best practices across multiple warehouse locations.

We are seeking a candidate with strong stock control experience within a manufacturing and distribution environment, with a solid understanding of inventory movements with relation to production processes, material traceability, and inventory accuracy controls.

We are looking for someone who understands what good inventory management looks like and can operate effectively in a developing environment.

The successful candidate will be proactive in identifying opportunities for improvement, implementing robust processes, influencing stakeholders, and driving continuous improvement to enhance inventory accuracy, control, and overall operational performance.

Success in this role will depend on the ability to engage and motivate teams across Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, Finance, and Customer Service, creating a culture of inventory ownership and accountability throughout the organisation.

• Own and coordinate physical inventory activities across Neogen Europe's warehouse network, including annual stock takes, cycle counts, and inventory verification programmes.
• Establish and maintain inventory control standards, processes, and best practices that ensure inventory accuracy and traceability.
• Monitor inventory performance, investigate variances, identify root causes, and drive sustainable corrective actions.
• Control and reconcile raw materials, packaging, work in progress and finished goods including production issues, returns, receipts, scrap and inventory variances.
• Ensure inventory records, transactions, and controls are maintained in accordance with company standards and audit requirements.
• Act as the inventory control subject matter expert and champion inventory excellence across the business.

• Oversee inventory movements and inventory lifecycle management across warehouse operations.
• Ensure effective management of quarantined, damaged, obsolete, expired, and non-conforming stock.
• Maintain accurate batch, lot, expiry and material traceability across production and distribution with appropriate controls of released, quarantined, rejected and rework stock.
• Promote compliance with inventory management principles including FIFO and FEFO.
• Partner with Warehouse, Quality, Supply Chain, and Finance teams to improve inventory accuracy, visibility, and control.
• Support audits, compliance activities, and inventory-related projects across the warehouse network.

• Develop inventory reporting, KPIs, and dashboards that provide clear visibility of inventory performance using Excel.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives that improve inventory accuracy, process consistency, and operational efficiency.
• Influence and motivate stakeholders across multiple functions and…