Surplus Stock Controller

Overview

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SALARY: £30,000 per annum

ROLE: Surplus Stock Controller – Food Manufacturing (FTC)

HOURS: Full time – Temporary role (6-month contract to cover maternity leave)

LOCATION: Site based at 54 Church St, Caldewgate, Carlisle, CA2 5TG

At Mitie, our people are our greatest strength, and our promise is to create a place to work where you can thrive and be your best every day. We are looking for a Site Surplus Stock Controller who will be responsible for the communication and execution of the Imperfect Product sales agenda and associated site waste streams, reporting to the central functional lead.

• Responsible for the organisation and maximising collection opportunities in each product category of imperfect product
• Collaborate effectively and escalate potential risks to key stakeholders
• Deliver documented reports on waste stream progress on a weekly basis to key stakeholders
• Cover multiple waste streams across the site including card, plastic, animal feed, R1 Reduce, R2 Reuse and R3 Recycle (this list is not exhaustive)
• Deliver the weekly and monthly Imperfect Product sales numbers versus forecast

• Effective at building relationships and able to interact with people at all levels
• Able to work autonomously and as part of a team towards a common goal
• Logical mind with a strong eye for detail and an organised approach
• Proficient Excel and PowerPoint skills including data analysis, advanced formula creation, pivot tables and generating weekly and monthly reports
• Proactive, good communicator and able to work independently with minimal supervision

• Fixed-term contract for 6 months covering maternity leave
• Opportunity to work closely with the UK Waste Specialist and Site Management Teams
• Exposure to waste stream management, reporting and data-driven decision making

Our market-leading offering provides you with benefits that suit your lifestyle. We have a virtual GP on hand for you and members of your household. You can access expert advice by video or phone without leaving your home. We offer financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme, including access to earned pay before payday for a small fee. Salary Finance also offers competitive loans.

When you join us, we’ll give you a link to our flexible lifestyle benefits platform, Choices. You might choose to purchase up to five extra days’ holiday each year. You might buy critical illness insurance, seek dental treatment or buy technology products at an affordable cost. There are many choices!

We give you access to high street discounts from thousands of well-known retailers, gyms and more through our MiDeals platform. We have a cycle-to-work scheme. Life cover of up to four times your salary is available. We also offer enhanced pension contributions, a save-as-you-earn scheme, and a Mitie Matching Share Plan (you could even be awarded free shares in Mitie).

We award our employees with Mitie Stars as recognition for their hard work. There are cash prizes up for grabs each month and at the end of the year there’s a chance to scoop a top prize of £10,000!

Our success is a direct result of the experience and quality of our people. Progressing your career is therefore a top priority for us. We offer a diverse variety of training and development avenues via a wide selection of learning resources to suit you.

We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long-term condition (for example dyslexia, anxiety, autism, a mobility condition or hearing loss) and need us to make any reasonable adjustments, changes or do anything differently during the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing Ashish Gautam at

Since 1987, Mitie’s 80,000 employees have been maintaining companies globally. We are the UK’s leading facilities management and professional services company, and our clients range from household names in banking, critical government sites as well as hospitals and schools.