Inventory First Line Manager

Pay Rate: £32, 000.00
Grade: RCS N
Contract Type: Permanent (Full-Time)
Shift patterns: 4 on, 4 off 08:00 - 19:30
Location: Skelmersdale - WN8 8DY

Think you know DHL? Think again! We're not just about delivering parcels. DHL Supply Chain is the world's leading logistics company and our people are the unsung heroes who keep the cogs turning and the country running smoothly.

We're now looking for an Inventory First Line Manager to lead a team of stock clerks, drive stock accuracy and compliance, and ensure effective inventory control across a fast-paced, customer-focused warehouse operation.

✅ A TYPICAL DAY MAY INVOLVE

• To oversee and drive the accuracy and effectiveness of all inventory control activities, ensuring stock integrity is maintained at all times
• To manage and develop a team of Inventory Control Clerks, setting clear expectations and ensuring tasks are completed accurately and within agreed deadlines
• To lead stock control processes including cycle counting, discrepancy investigations, and reconciliation
• To ensure all inventory records, compliance documentation, and audit requirements are maintained to a high standard, with strong attention to detail
• To build effective relationships with customers and stakeholders while promoting Health & Safety and supporting overall warehouse performance in a fast-paced environment

✅ THIS ROLE WOULD SUIT PEOPLE WHO

• Proven experience supervising or managing teams within a warehouse, supply chain, or inventory-focused environment

• Strong attention to detail with experience in inventory control processes, including stock accuracy, audits, and discrepancy investigation

• Highly IT literate, with strong working knowledge of Warehouse Management Systems and Microsoft Office - particularly Excel for reporting and analysis

• Excellent organisational, problem-solving, and communication skills, with the ability to build effective customer relationships and manage compliance, reporting, and documentation requirements

✅ WHY JOIN US?

• Join our generous pension scheme and benefit from an 8% employer contribution, alongside a 4% employee contribution
• Free confidential 24/7 GP consultations
• Hundreds of retail and lifestyle discounts
• Affordable loans, savings schemes and free mortgage advice
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✅ WHO WE ARE

​We're the global leaders in supply chain management with 188,000 people in over 50 countries. Our expert teams work together to deliver for our customers across a range of industries including retail, automotive, healthcare and more.

✅ BUILDING AN INCLUSIVE WORKPLACE

At DHL, we're all about creating a workplace where everyone's skills and experiences matter, and where you can be your true self every day.

As proud supporters of the Armed Forces Covenant, we value the skills and experience of ex-service personnel and are dedicated to helping our veterans find jobs.

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