Accepting Applications Until
19 September 2025
Job Description
Your Role: Stock Controller
As a Stock Controller At Global, You Will
Take full ownership of stock management across all Global Outdoor locations, ensuring the accurate tracking, recording, and reporting of assets. This includes overseeing stock supply and values/costs across four key depots (Enfield, Birmingham, Manchester, Glasgow) and ensuring all assets are reflected on the balance sheet as required. You will develop and maintain complete visibility of all stock held both internally and with external maintenance contractors and suppliers (including ADXBA, Telent, and others), while keeping up-to-date knowledge of warranty status for all items. The role requires integrating stock data into core business systems such as Workday, Finance, and SAP, feeding insights into the Product Team, and producing clear dashboard reports that highlight key numbers, issues, and trends. You will conduct trend analysis to identify demand patterns, seasonal fluctuations, and operational needs, enabling proactive decision-making. In addition, you will manage specialist equipment such as Railmaster posting platforms and ladders, ensuring they are maintained and available when required. Regular travel to depots and visits to key partners and contractors nationwide will be essential to maintain standards, foster relationships, and ensure operational excellence.
Key Responsibilities
Key responsibility (25%): Manage and maintain stock across all locations, ensuring accurate records, warranty tracking, and proper accounting for all assets.
Key responsibility (25%): Maintain integrated stock data systems and produce insightful reports and trend analysis to support operational decision-making.
Key responsibility (50%): Build strong relationships with depots and contractors through regular visits, ensuring high standards of stock control and optimised asset availability.
What You’ll Love About This Role
Think Big: Being part of a team that can influence and change working practices for the better.
Own It: Taking ownership of stock control across Global’s Outdoor division.
Keep it Simple: Revolutionising the stock control process to a more streamlined and modern way.
Better Together: Working with the depot management team to enhance operational excellence.
What Success Looks Like
Integrate with the depot teams and its members.
- Become familiar with the current stock control systems.
- Conducted a number of site depot and supplier visits at our countrywide locations.
- Developed an understanding of our Outdoor business and the associated stock items.
- Learned a lot more about the interesting diversity of activities within the Outdoor business.
- Been introduced to key stakeholders including maintenance partners, suppliers, and our main operational delivery contractors.
What You’ll Need
- Six key attributes: Being assertive, confident, able to influence and provide motivation
- Six key attributes: Be innovative with good IT skills
- Six key attributes: Have a capacity to learn quickly, translate theory into practical actions
- Six key attributes: To be passionate about driving improvements in safety culture and attitudes towards safety.
- Coaching and Development: Nurturing talent by empowering and guiding individuals to unlock their potential
- Building Trust: Creating and maintaining an inclusive environment where diverse views and experiences are welcomed and celebrated in your team
