Stock Planning Coordinator
£15.00 - £16.00 per hour (depending on experience and ability)
Full Training Provided | 30 Days Holiday
Horner Shearing, West Bradford, Clitheroe, BB7 4QH
Are you an organised, practical and detail-focused person who is confident working with figures? Do you enjoy keeping track of stock, spotting what needs replenishing and turning that information into clear work instructions? Then this could be the job for you!
About us:
Horner Shearing is a family-run business based in the village of West Bradford, a short drive from Clitheroe. Established in 1989, we have grown from a husband-and-wife partnership into a successful international business, while remaining firmly rooted in the agricultural community.
Our story began when founders Willie and Mary Horner designed and sold the ground-breaking Longhorn 12v shearing machine, which has since become iconic among professional shearers and farmers around the world.
Still managed by founder Willie and his son Will, we are proud to be a traditional, local, family business. We value strong working relationships with our customers, many of whom have been with us for years.
From our site in West Bradford, we cover the full process from the manufacture and fabrication of our world-renowned sheep shearing products through to sales, servicing, repairs and product innovation.
We are now looking for a Stock Planning Coordinator to join our team. This role would suit someone who is highly organised, comfortable working with stock information and able to coordinate practical work across several departments.
The role:
This role sits between stock control and production coordination. You will monitor levels of finished products, components and product variants, then recommend what should be printed, packaged or assembled next and in what quantities. You will help make sure we do not produce too much of one variant while another runs short, and you will create straightforward work orders for printing, packaging and selected assembly work.
You will work closely with our assembly supervisor, production manager and the office manager. This is a coordination role rather than a direct line-management role. The initial focus will be stock planning and simpler, repeatable work orders, with scope to take on broader production planning responsibilities over time depending on capability, performance and the needs of the business.
Your duties will include the following:
- Monitoring stock levels across finished products, components, printed items, packaging and product variants
- Reviewing current stock, sales demand, usage patterns, outstanding orders and work already in progress
- Deciding or recommending suitable quantities of shearing combs and other products to print and package
- Creating and issuing clear work orders for printing, packaging and straightforward assembly processes
- Coordinating priorities with the assembly supervisor and production manager
- Following work orders through to completion and updating priorities when stock requirements change
- Keeping stock, work-order and planning information accurate on our in-house systems and spreadsheets
- Identifying potential shortages, excess stock, slow-moving variants and unnecessary duplicate work
- Coordinating stocktakes and ensuring stock numbers are correct
- Investigating stock discrepancies and helping to correct records or process issues
- Coordination of quality checks on clothing
- Communicating changes and priorities clearly to the people completing the work
- Maintaining accurate records of decisions, quantities, outstanding work and completed work
- Helping to improve stock-control, work-order and production-coordination processes
- Supporting wider production-planning tasks as your knowledge and capability develop
- Other varied duties as needed
Candidates must have:
- Excellent attention to detail and the ability to maintain accurate stock and work-order information
- Good numeracy and confidence comparing quantities, variants, demand and available stock
- Strong organisation skills and the ability to manage several priorities at the same time
- Clear verbal and written communication skills
- The confidence to make sensible day-to-day decisions and ask for guidance when a decision is more complex
- Confidence using computers, spreadsheets and a willingness to learn our in-house systems
- The ability to work independently while cooperating closely with supervisors and production staff
- A reliable, practical and can-do attitude with flexibility to help where needed
Ideally candidates will:
- Have previous experience in stock control, inventory, production administration, materials planning or a similar role
- Have experience creating work orders, job sheets, picking instructions or other production documentation
- Have worked in a manufacturing, engineering, warehouse, assembly or practical production environment
- Be confident using spreadsheets to organise information and compare stock against demand
- Understand how components, packaging and finished-product variants relate to one another
What we offer you:
- A friendly working environment in a family-run firm
- An open plan, bright, modern workspace in a beautiful rural setting
- Full product, system and process training
- The opportunity to help shape and improve a new stock-planning role within the business
- A practical role with visible responsibility for keeping products and departments supplied with the right work
- The opportunity to develop broader production-planning knowledge and responsibilities over time
- Casual dress
- Company pension
- Staff discount on Horner Shearing products
- 30 days paid holiday
Job type: Full Time
Hours: 47.5 paid hours per week. Monday to Friday, 7am to 5pm, with a 30-minute unpaid lunch break.
Hourly Rate: £15.00 - £16.00 per hour, depending on experience and ability.
Role development:
The role will initially focus on stock planning and straightforward printing, packaging and assembly work orders. There may be an opportunity to progress into wider production-planning responsibilities in the future, but this will depend on the individual reaching the required standard and on the future needs of the business.
To apply:
- Please send your CV and cover letter by email to [email protected]
- Drop your CV off at our office: Horner Shearing, Lane Side, Grindleton Road, West Bradford, Clitheroe, BB7 4QH.
- Alternatively, you can contact Will Horner on 07813 161 862.
Pay: £15.00-£16.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Additional leave
- Casual dress
- Employee discount
- On-site parking
Work Location: In person
