Stock Office Team Leader

Are you an experienced inventory professional with a passion for accuracy, leadership, and process improvement? At Lineage, we’re looking for a proactive and detail-oriented Stock Office Team Leader to lead and support our busy stock control team.

As a global leader in temperature-controlled logistics, we ensure that food products reach shelves, kitchens, and customers across the UK and beyond. Join a team that plays a vital role in keeping the supply chain running efficiently.

As Stock Office Team Leader, you will take ownership of stock integrity across the site while leading a small team in delivering accurate, timely, and efficient stock control processes.

Shift Available: Monday - Friday 08:00-16:30

Your responsibilities will include:

• Leading the day-to-day operations of the stock office, including Goods In, order processing, and managing the booking diary.

• Ensuring all relevant systems (including Workday and Dayforce) are kept up to date with accurate stock and staffing information.

• Organising and coordinating physical inventory checks, ensuring discrepancies are investigated and resolved promptly.

• Managing the inventory queries inbox – responding to questions around stock issues, product recalls, and investigations.

• Developing and maintaining robust inventory control procedures to improve stock accuracy and operational efficiency.

• Recommending actions for handling excess, obsolete, or damaged stock, and supporting waste reduction.

• Managing team rotas, authorising holidays, and arranging cover where necessary to maintain continuous support.

• Providing clear and consistent leadership and motivation to your team, fostering a culture of accountability and performance.

• Identifying and implementing improvements to systems and processes within the stock office environment.

What We’re Looking For

We’re seeking a confident and organised leader with strong stock control experience and a keen eye for detail.

You will need:

• At least 2 years’ experience in an inventory control or stock office environment, ideally within warehousing or distribution.

• Hands-on experience with Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) – familiarity with SAP or AS400 is a bonus.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, for reporting and data management.

• Previous experience supervising a small team, with the ability to support, train, and develop team members.

• A flexible approach to working hours, including occasional weekend or shift coverage as needed.

What’s in it for me?

• Free on-site car park

• Social environment with a team who like to support each other to achieve goals, with recognition schemes and shared spaces to enjoy lunch and rest breaks together

• Support your emotional well-being with access to a 24/7 employee assistance phone line offering confidential free counselling and advice

• Preferential rates for loans and savings offered through exclusive access to a credit union

• Referral scheme

Job Reference: INDUK

Why Lineage?

We are a global company with more than 22,000 employees spanning 20 countries and more than 400 locations across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and South America.

At Lineage Logistics, we have a shared purpose; we are transforming the food supply chain to eliminate waste and help feed the world. This means working at Lineage is not just a job – it’s an opportunity to innovate and put your mark on how food moves from the farm to dinner tables around the world. As a member of our team, you will be a critical link in the food supply chain.

Our shared purpose drives everything we do in all parts of our organisation, from the warehouse floor to the office. Our team members are passionate about the impact they make every single day.

We are an equal opportunities employer and positively encourage applications from persons regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity. At Lineage we also recognise that Ex-Military, veterans, and military families have great experience with transferable skills and core values that can add significant value to our organisation.

Benefits

As a Lineage team member, we aim to provide everything you and your family need to thrive. That’s why we offer competitive rates of pay, paid time off, skills training, and development opportunities to grow a long and fulfilling career with us – plus generous financial rewards when you successfully refer new employees. This is enhanced by recognition schemes (so that your hard work won’t go unnoticed), plus the chance to make your salary go even further with our cycle-to-work scheme and preferential rates for loans and savings courtesy of a leading credit union.

Your everyday wellbeing is also important to us, so we will provide you with all the protective equipment you need to be safe and comfortable at work, and you will have access to a free 24/7 employee assistance phone line, which offers confidential counselling and advice. With all of this offered against the backdrop of a fun and social environment in which you will be supported by a team who enjoy helping each other in achieving their goals, we are confident you will excel with us.