Community Stock Control Lead

Your next role

We are looking for an enthusiastic Community Equipment Stock Control Lead, your role would involve, supervising a small team, organising and monitoring the performance of stock within the team. Ensuring that work is undertaken in line with policies and procedures.  You will process routine stock control work as required, to assist the management of staff and workflow in the community equipment stores. Ensuring that stocks are ordered, issued and sent accurately.

In addition, you will stock manage medical devise used by the Clinical Teams in the community, ensuring that the equipment is available and fit for purpose.

Other responsibilities include, providing the best value for money, while maintaining accurate stocks levels. Building good working relationships with suppliers, reporting stock delays and producing monthly reports to identify stock lines and to support the Operational Lead in audit reports.

You will Represent Swindon Borough Council, Community Equipment Stores when working in all aspects of tender processes when sourcing new stock lines.

About you

You must have excellent numeracy and literacy skills, Knowledge of working in a busy distribution environment, experience of good distribution practice, guidance and quality standards. You will need experience of supervising, directing organising and monitoring performance in a high-pressured environment. 

A CIPS Level 3 or equivalent would be an advantage.

You must be fluent in the English language (as a requirement of Part 7 of the Immigration Act “for the effective performance of a customer-facing role”).

Your next package

Please see our Rewards and Benefits offer for more details.

As an employee, you will receive a diverse and exciting environment in which to work, encouraging creativity and innovation whilst recognising the need to support ongoing personal development and a flexible work life balance.

For Swindon to thrive in the future, we need to lay the foundations now. It’s why our regeneration and transformation programmes are already underway. So, you’ll be joining us at an exciting time on our journey. We’ll look to you to share your knowledge, influence decisions and drive real, positive change. With your contributions, we’ll achieve our vision of a prosperous, re-vitalised Swindon together. And you’ll be proud to say it was made better with you.

Please see our Vision and Values page for more details and our new Swindon Plan.

Potential applicants are sometimes put off if they don’t meet 100% of the requirements. We think individual experience, skills and passion make all the difference, so if you meet the majority of the criteria, we’d love to hear from you.

Your next steps

Read the role profile and select the Apply button where you will be redirected to the Swindon Borough Council website to complete our online application process. Clicking the ‘Apply’ button on this job website is not an application, you must register on the Swindon Borough Council website to be considered for the role.

For further information about the role please contact Vanessa McMillan at VMcMillan@swindon.gov.uk

As an inclusive employer, we welcome applications from a diverse range of communities, and in particular disabled people and people from ethnic minorities. Read our statement of commitment to equality & inclusion.

If you are experiencing technical issues submitting your application please email resourcing@swindon.gov.uk