Reconciliation; Stock Control) Operative

Location:

Clitheroe

Salary: £16.27 per hour (£32,572 per annum + Overtime also available)

Are you organised, detail-focused and confident working with numbers and systems? Do you enjoy investigating discrepancies, solving problems and making sure everything adds up?

We’re looking for a Reconciliation Operative (Stock Control) to join our night-shift team in Clitheroe and play an important role in keeping our manufacturing stock and system information accurate following the introduction of our M3 system
.

This is a hands‑on role where no two days are exactly the same. You’ll work closely with colleagues across Production, Warehouse, Supply Chain and Stock Control, helping to investigate stock differences, complete system transactions and ensure our manufacturing activity is accurately recorded.

Job Title:
Reconciliation Operative (Stock Control) – Chilled Food Manufacturing

Location:
The Compleat Food Group, Lincoln Way, Clitheroe, Lancashire, BB7 1QD

Shift: 18:00 - 06:00, Fortnightly rotating shift pattern - Week 1:
Monday, Tuesday, Saturday, Sunday Week 2:
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

Pay: £16.27 per hour (£32,572 per annum + Overtime also available)

At The Compleat Food Group, we’re proud to be a food business built on purpose and passion. Formed in 2021, we’re on a mission to create

Food to Feel Good – great quality, tasty and affordable food that people love to eat.

We’re home to some of the UK’s most exciting and loved food brands, including

Wall’s Pastry, Pork Farms, Wrights, The Real Yorkshire Pudding Co., unearthed, Vadasz, Squeaky Bean, Palace Culture, and Harvey & Brockless. Alongside our branded portfolio, we’re a leading supplier of delicious own-label pastry, sweet bakery, party food, olives and antipasti, added‑value egg products, continental meats, dips and sauces and plant-based food to the UK’s major retailers, as well as across food service.

Withover 6,000 talented colleagues across 17 sites, and an annual turnover of £1.3bn, we’re united by a shared ambition to shape the future of food for the better.

As a Stock Control Operative, you’ll help keep our physical stock, manufacturing activity and system records aligned. Your responsibilities will include:

• Completing scheduled and targeted stock counts across manufacturing areas.
• Reconciling Manufacturing Order (MO) issuing and back flushing activity and identifying where material consumption hasn’t posted correctly.
• Completing agreed M3 system transactions and stock amendments, ensuring records remain accurate and fully traceable.
• Carrying out MO housekeeping, checking open or incomplete orders and escalating anything preventing accurate closure.
• Monitoring the production‑side TOPUTAWAY process, ensuring manufacturing reporting is complete before handover to Supply Chain and Despatch.
• Investigating differences between physical and system stock and gathering information to help identify the root cause.
• Spotting failed, missing or incorrect transactions and escalating recurring issues.
• Producing regular reconciliation and stock reports, highlighting exceptions, negative stock and outstanding actions.
• Working collaboratively with Production, Warehouse, Supply Chain and Stock Control to resolve stock and transaction issues.
• Providing cover across the reconciliation process to support the agreed 7‑day/shift coverage model.

You don’t need to know everything about M3 from day one. What’s most important is that you’re accurate, curious and comfortable investigating when something doesn’t look right.

You’ll ideally bring:

• Strong numerical skills and excellent attention to detail.
• Confidence using computer‑based systems and spreadsheets.
• The ability and willingness to learn M3…