Your Mission
Hawkstone is one of the fastest-growing premium beer and cider brands in the UK, and is moving onto NetSuite as its new ERP this month -tightening up how stock is tracked and reconciled across the brewery, third-party logistics partners and College Farm.
Reporting to the Logistics Manager, you'll own the day-to-day accuracy of Hawkstone's stock: receipts, movements, reconciliations and closure, making sure physical stock and system stock always tell the same story - and digging in fast when they don't.
About the Team
You're the person who can't walk past a number that doesn't add up. You're happy in a process-driven, detail-focused role, day in and day out, and you get real satisfaction from finding the root cause of a discrepancy rather than settling for a quick guess. When month end comes around, you want to be the one confidently explaining exactly what's going on with the numbers - to finance, production or a warehouse partner - not shrugging at a variance.
What You'll Do
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Manage goods receipt and stock booking across multiple sites, resolving discrepancies with suppliers, warehouses, production and logistics teams.
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Control stock movements - internal transfers, inter-site moves and approved adjustments - tracking each through to completion.
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Own month-end reconciliation, investigating variances and maintaining clear action logs until issues are closed.
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Investigate stock discrepancies, missed deliveries, booking errors and incorrect locations, identifying root causes and recommending controls to prevent repeat issues.
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Manage returns, damages and quarantined stock, owning next steps through to credit, rework, release or write-off.
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Review and close purchase orders, batches and transfers once activity is complete, monitoring ageing stock to support accurate month-end reporting.
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Work daily in Hawkstone's new ERP system as it rolls out.
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Prepare regular reporting on stock accuracy, reconciliations, ageing transactions, discrepancies and quarantine, and support process improvement.
What You'll Bring to the Team
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Experience in an inventory, stock control, warehouse administration or supply chain role.
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A strong understanding of goods receipt, stock movement, reconciliation and inventory adjustment processes.
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Confidence working with inventory or ERP systems, and maintaining accurate transaction records.
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Strong Excel and data-handling skills, with the ability to reconcile multiple sources of information.
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High attention to detail and accuracy, particularly with product codes, batches, quantities and locations.
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Strong organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple open transactions, queries and deadlines.
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Clear communication and problem-solving skills, with confidence coordinating across internal teams, suppliers and logistics partners.
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A methodical approach to investigating discrepancies, retaining supporting evidence and following issues through to resolution.
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Experience within FMCG, alcoholic beverages, brewing or food manufacturing is a plus, as is exposure to multi-site or duty-suspended inventory.
