Stock Control Warehouse Operative
Job description
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Acorn by Synergie is recruiting for a Stock Control Warehouse Operative to join a well-established company in Colerne. This permanent position offers excellent benefits and requires candidates to have their own transport due to location.
Key Duties:- Accurately track and record all stock movements, both incoming and outgoing.
- Conduct regular cycle counts and full stock takes to ensure inventory accuracy.
- Investigate and resolve stock discrepancies promptly.
- Maintain organised and secure storage areas, including bay checks and processing stock in and out.
- Update inventory management systems with all stock movements.
- Generate stock reports to highlight issues, discrepancies, and trends.
- Operate warehouse equipment, such as forklifts, safely.
- Support process improvement initiatives within stock management.
- Strong attention to detail for counts and reconciliations.
- IT proficiency, including inventory management software and Microsoft Excel or SAP.
- Excellent organisational skills to manage stock systematically.
- Own transport due to site location.
- 30 days holiday (increasing to 33 days within the first year).
- Monthly incentives.
- 6.5% pension contribution.
Apply now to join a dedicated warehouse team in Colerne and enjoy excellent long-term career benefits.
Acorn by Synergie acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment.
Key skills
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Application advice
5 AI-generated recommendations to maximise your chances.
⭐ Lead your CV with a Personal Statement that explicitly names 'stock control' and 'inventory management' — the advert uses both terms in the job title and duties section.
📊 Quantify your stock accuracy achievements: e.g. 'Maintained 99.8% inventory accuracy across 4,000 SKUs through weekly cycle counts and discrepancy investigations.'
🛠️ List SAP and Microsoft Excel as named tools in your Skills section — the advert calls these out as specific IT requirements rather than general IT proficiency.
🚜 Include your forklift licence (counterbalance or reach) prominently, as the advert lists safe forklift operation as a key duty.
🎯 Mention your own transport or willingness to commute to rural/out-of-town sites, as the advert flags this as a hard requirement due to the Colerne location.
Suggested CV bullets
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- •Conducted weekly cycle counts across 3,500 SKUs, maintaining inventory accuracy above 99.5% and reducing stock write-offs by 12% over six months.
- •Investigated and resolved over 40 stock discrepancies per month using SAP inventory management system, cutting unresolved variances from 8% to under 2% within one quarter.
- •Generated monthly Excel stock reports highlighting discrepancy trends for 5 warehouse bays, enabling management to implement targeted process improvements that reduced picking errors by 18%.
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Dear Hiring Manager,
Acorn by Synergie's Stock Control Warehouse Operative vacancy in Colerne immediately caught my attention. With hands-on experience in cycle counting, stock reconciliation, and inventory management using SAP and Microsoft Excel, I am confident I can maintain the high levels of inventory accuracy this role demands from day one.
My background in warehouse stock control includes conducting regular bay checks, investigating discrepancies, and generating reports to highlight trends — closely mirroring the key duties outlined in your advert. I have operated forklift equipment safely in busy warehouse environments and have contributed to process improvement initiatives that reduced stock variance by 15% over a six-month period.
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Interview questions
10 questions generated from this advert.
Technical
- ›How do you use SAP or a similar inventory management system to track stock movements in real time?
- ›Walk me through how you conduct a cycle count — what steps do you take to ensure accuracy?
- ›How do you use Microsoft Excel to generate stock reports and identify discrepancy trends?
- ›What process would you follow if you discovered a significant stock discrepancy during a bay check?
- ›How do you ensure safe operation of forklift equipment in a busy warehouse environment?
Behavioural
- ›Tell me about a time you identified and resolved a stock discrepancy — what was the root cause and how did you fix it?
- ›Describe a situation where your attention to detail prevented a significant stock error.
- ›Give an example of a process improvement you suggested or implemented in a warehouse or stock control role.
- ›Tell me about a time you had to manage competing priorities in a warehouse environment — how did you stay organised?
- ›Describe a time you worked under pressure to complete a full stock take accurately and on time.
STAR answer examples
Model answers using the Situation-Task-Action-Result framework. Adapt to your own experience.
Tell me about a time you identified and resolved a stock discrepancy — what was the root cause and how did you fix it?
Give an example of a process improvement you suggested or implemented in a warehouse or stock control role.