We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Inventory Control & Wavemaster Team Member to join our Warehouse Operations team at Bathgate Distribution Centre.
Working within the Inventory Control and Wavemaster function, you will play a key role in maintaining stock accuracy across the Distribution Centre and ensuring customer orders are released efficiently to support operational performance. Using warehouse management systems including Manhattan and SAP, you will be responsible for monitoring inventory, investigating stock discrepancies, supporting stock integrity activities and managing the release and flow of work across the warehouse operation.
You will work closely with operational teams to ensure inventory records remain accurate; workload is balanced effectively and operational issues are identified and resolved in a timely manner. The role requires strong attention to detail, excellent communication skills and the ability to make informed decisions in a fast-paced retail logistics environment.
As part of the role, you may be required to work across a range of warehouse temperature-controlled environments, including Ambient, Chilled and Frozen areas, ensuring operational requirements are supported across the wider Distribution Centre.
This role operates on a shift basis, working 5 days over 7, including weekend working. The department operates 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, with colleagues typically working 8-hour shifts across our AM, PM and Night operations. Shift patterns will vary in line with business requirements, and flexibility is essential to support operational demand, as this role operates on a job and finish basis. There may be occasions where colleagues are required to remain beyond their planned finish time to ensure operational priorities and tasks are completed.
As part of our wider warehouse operation, colleagues employed within this role will be engaged under the Warehouse Selector contract and may be required to undertake warehouse selection duties in line with operational requirements. Key Responsibilities
• Maintain high levels of inventory accuracy across the Distribution Centre.
• Investigate stock discrepancies and support root cause analysis activities.
• Carry out inventory checks, stock counts and stock integrity investigations.
• Manage the release and flow of workload through warehouse waving activities.
• Utilise Manhattan, SAP and other operational systems to support warehouse performance.
• Ensure orders are waved accurately and in line with operational priorities and service requirements.
• Monitor workload across operational areas and make adjustments where required to support performance.
• Liaise closely with Team Leaders, Warehouse Operations and Support Functions to resolve inventory and workload issues.
• Analyse inventory and operational data to identify trends and opportunities for improvement.
• Escalate inventory, system or operational issues in a timely manner.
• Complete all administrative activities accurately and to a high standard.
• Adhere to all Health & Safety procedures and safe systems of work.
• Support warehouse selection activities when required by the business.
• Has strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Is confident working with data, systems and operational reports.
• Has good working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel & MS Teams.
• Can effectively use, or quickly learn, warehouse management systems such as Manhattan and SAP.
• Has excellent communication skills and can build effective working relationships across the operation.
• Is confident making operational decisions and adapting priorities to meet changing business demands.
• Can work safely, accurately and efficiently in a fast-paced environment.
• Takes ownership of tasks and works with a positive, can-do attitude.
• Is committed to maintaining high standards of safety, quality and operational performance.
• Is flexible and willing to support operational requirements across the warehouse.
• Can undertake warehouse selection duties when required by the business.
Desirable Experience
• Previous Inventory Control, Stock Control or Wavemaster experience.
• Experience using Warehouse Management Systems (WMS).
• Experience using SAP or similar business systems.
• Strong Microsoft Office skills.
• Experience investigating stock discrepancies and conducting root cause analysis.
• Experience working within a fast-paced retail, logistics or distribution environment.
• Understanding of warehouse operations across Ambient, Chilled and Frozen environments.
• Contracted hours from 30 hours per week
• Paid breaks
• Annual holiday entitlement
• Workplace pension contribution
• Long Service Awards
• Sabbatical Policy
• Parental Leave Pay
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Bike to Work Scheme
• Discounted health benefits
• Financial wellbeing support, including affordable loans, debt consolidation, savings options and health checks
• Access to a wide range of employee discounts and savings
Why Join Aldi?
The Inventory Control & Wavemaster function plays a critical role in ensuring stock accuracy and maintaining the smooth flow of work across the Distribution Centre. By managing inventory integrity and coordinating warehouse workload, you will directly contribute to productivity, service levels and stock availability for our stores and customers.
If you enjoy problem solving, working with data and systems, influencing operational performance and making a real impact within a fast-paced logistics environment, we'd love to hear from you.
Working within the Inventory Control and Wavemaster function, you will play a key role in maintaining stock accuracy across the Distribution Centre and ensuring customer orders are released efficiently to support operational performance. Using warehouse management systems including Manhattan and SAP, you will be responsible for monitoring inventory, investigating stock discrepancies, supporting stock integrity activities and managing the release and flow of work across the warehouse operation.
You will work closely with operational teams to ensure inventory records remain accurate; workload is balanced effectively and operational issues are identified and resolved in a timely manner. The role requires strong attention to detail, excellent communication skills and the ability to make informed decisions in a fast-paced retail logistics environment.
As part of the role, you may be required to work across a range of warehouse temperature-controlled environments, including Ambient, Chilled and Frozen areas, ensuring operational requirements are supported across the wider Distribution Centre.
This role operates on a shift basis, working 5 days over 7, including weekend working. The department operates 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, with colleagues typically working 8-hour shifts across our AM, PM and Night operations. Shift patterns will vary in line with business requirements, and flexibility is essential to support operational demand, as this role operates on a job and finish basis. There may be occasions where colleagues are required to remain beyond their planned finish time to ensure operational priorities and tasks are completed.
As part of our wider warehouse operation, colleagues employed within this role will be engaged under the Warehouse Selector contract and may be required to undertake warehouse selection duties in line with operational requirements. Key Responsibilities
• Maintain high levels of inventory accuracy across the Distribution Centre.
• Investigate stock discrepancies and support root cause analysis activities.
• Carry out inventory checks, stock counts and stock integrity investigations.
• Manage the release and flow of workload through warehouse waving activities.
• Utilise Manhattan, SAP and other operational systems to support warehouse performance.
• Ensure orders are waved accurately and in line with operational priorities and service requirements.
• Monitor workload across operational areas and make adjustments where required to support performance.
• Liaise closely with Team Leaders, Warehouse Operations and Support Functions to resolve inventory and workload issues.
• Analyse inventory and operational data to identify trends and opportunities for improvement.
• Escalate inventory, system or operational issues in a timely manner.
• Complete all administrative activities accurately and to a high standard.
• Adhere to all Health & Safety procedures and safe systems of work.
• Support warehouse selection activities when required by the business.
Qualifications
• Demonstrates excellent attention to detail and a strong focus on accuracy.• Has strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Is confident working with data, systems and operational reports.
• Has good working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel & MS Teams.
• Can effectively use, or quickly learn, warehouse management systems such as Manhattan and SAP.
• Has excellent communication skills and can build effective working relationships across the operation.
• Is confident making operational decisions and adapting priorities to meet changing business demands.
• Can work safely, accurately and efficiently in a fast-paced environment.
• Takes ownership of tasks and works with a positive, can-do attitude.
• Is committed to maintaining high standards of safety, quality and operational performance.
• Is flexible and willing to support operational requirements across the warehouse.
• Can undertake warehouse selection duties when required by the business.
Desirable Experience
• Previous Inventory Control, Stock Control or Wavemaster experience.
• Experience using Warehouse Management Systems (WMS).
• Experience using SAP or similar business systems.
• Strong Microsoft Office skills.
• Experience investigating stock discrepancies and conducting root cause analysis.
• Experience working within a fast-paced retail, logistics or distribution environment.
• Understanding of warehouse operations across Ambient, Chilled and Frozen environments.
Benefits
• £15.20 per hour (plus a 25% premium for all hours worked between 22:00 and 04:00).• Contracted hours from 30 hours per week
• Paid breaks
• Annual holiday entitlement
• Workplace pension contribution
• Long Service Awards
• Sabbatical Policy
• Parental Leave Pay
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Bike to Work Scheme
• Discounted health benefits
• Financial wellbeing support, including affordable loans, debt consolidation, savings options and health checks
• Access to a wide range of employee discounts and savings
Why Join Aldi?
The Inventory Control & Wavemaster function plays a critical role in ensuring stock accuracy and maintaining the smooth flow of work across the Distribution Centre. By managing inventory integrity and coordinating warehouse workload, you will directly contribute to productivity, service levels and stock availability for our stores and customers.
If you enjoy problem solving, working with data and systems, influencing operational performance and making a real impact within a fast-paced logistics environment, we'd love to hear from you.
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