Inventory analyst

Join the team at Whistl Rushden as an Inventory Control and Quality Assurance (ICQA) Analyst. Are you experienced in stock control and ready to take your skills to the next level in a fast-paced e-commerce environment? We're looking for someone with experience as a stock control team leader or similar role. In this Inventory Analyst position, you'll use your expertise in MS Excel to develop operational models, tackle challenges, and drive improvements in our warehouse operations. If you're a problem solver with a passion for optimising inventory processes, this could be the perfect role for you. About the Role As an ICQA Analyst, you will be responsible for ensuring stock integrity and optimising storage plans. You'll manage safe, secure product handling from putaway to despatch, using data to drive decisions on quality, space, and capacity and collaborate with Operations to identify solutions, improve processes, and ensure continued accuracy. About You You'll be experienced in driving efficiency in operational cost, KPI measurement, and accurate day-to-day planning to guide the operation using effective communication to achieve best practices and perform regular analysis to create plans and the best possible performance. You'll be familiar and comfortable with process management and a target-driven environment which is data-led, coupled with a close customer behaviour and focus, adapting your approach to problem-solving and contributing to change projects, ensuring effective cost management is embedded and embraced with all key stakeholders. There is a requirement to be client-facing to keep our customer representatives informed, and strong communication skills are essential to identify robust, workable solutions and plans. This ICQA Analyst role would suit candidates with skills or experience as an Inventory Analyst, ICQA Analyst, or in a similar role, in operational strategy, costing, logistics, MS Office, Power Point, and Excel. Benefits Enhanced annual leave entitlement, starting at 31 days (including public holidays), increasing up to 36 days Access to our prestige benefits and rewards portal Long service rewards Health cash plan Life Assurance Scheme Career development opportunities Access to a well-established Employee Assistance Programme provider And other excellent benefits you'd expect from a market leader. Additional Information Working hours are Monday to Friday, 08:30 - 17:00, with flexibility to adjust to the needs of a 24-hour operation. However, there is also a requirement to support outside regular hours and occasionally at different locations. Essential Skills Additionally, you'll require: Excellent verbal and written communication skills to influence stakeholders, adapt to various audiences, and convey urgency and direction. Strong decision-making ability based on data and evidence in high-pressure environments. Proficient at interpreting performance data to identify improvements and recommend solutions. Proficiency in MS Office, particularly Power Point and advanced Excel skills (e.g. pivot tables and graphs). Desirable Skills Preferably, you will be experienced in stock control and/or warehouse management systems. Why Whistl? We are the UK's leading delivery management company providing efficient, high-quality and competitively priced services across business mail, parcels, fulfilment and doordrop media in the UK and internationally. Distributing more than 4 billion items annually, we are market leaders in Downstream Access Mail (DSA) services, handling over 50% of bulk business mail in the UK. We are in the top 100 privately owned companies with 23 locations across the UK. Our success is down to our people and the values we all follow to deliver excellence to our customers. We think as part of a team, act with a can-do attitude and do the right thing. Following these simple values has resulted in our people delivering and exceeding our business and personal development goals. We are a family of uniquely different people with strengths in the areas we work in, and we always have the opportunity to be curious to enhance ourselves. We are a disability confident employer and embrace Well Being, EDI and ESG to make ourselves and our environment the best it can be. Due to the nature of our business, this role may be subject to a DBS check