Inventory Specialist @ McCain Foods

Position Title: Inventory Specialist

Position Type: Regular - Full-Time

Requisition ID: 45127

Inventory Specialist

Scarborough

In every role, McCainers are ambitious, curious, and passionate about creating exceptional work experiences - together. With a customer-first mindset, we make doing business with McCain easy.

About the role

As an Inventory Specialist, you'll be at the heart of keeping our supply chain running smoothly by ensuring inventory records are accurate, reliable, and aligned across McCain systems and our 3PL network. You'll take ownership of inventory transactions, stock reconciliations, system monitoring, master data management, and KPI reporting, while collaborating with stakeholders across the business to resolve issues, uncover improvement opportunities, and enhance inventory performance through a proactive, detail-oriented approach.

What you’ll be doing.

• Ensure inventory records remain accurate and aligned across SAP and our 3PL network through regular stock reconciliation, synchronisation and inventory administration.
• Monitor and resolve EDI/iDoc exceptions, identifying trends and implementing corrective actions to improve system performance and data accuracy.
• Manage inventory transactions within SAP and WMS, supporting both automated and non-EDI warehouse operations.
• Support stock audits and inventory verification activities, helping to maintain robust inventory controls.
• Set up new products within the WMS, ensuring accurate master data to enable the seamless receipt, storage and dispatch of stock.
• Own manual shipping and receiving processes for Martin Brower VMI, maintaining accurate inventory records at all times.
• Investigate inventory discrepancies, conducting root cause analysis and driving process improvements to prevent recurring issues.
• Complete monthly stock reconciliations, ensuring inventory records accurately reflect physical stock and support financial reporting requirements.
• Support batch traceability activities and mock recall exercises, tracking stock movements across SAP and 3PL systems to ensure compliance and visibility.
• Build strong relationships with internal teams and external logistics partners to resolve issues and improve inventory performance across the supply chain.
• Participate in the weekend support rota to help maintain continuity of operations when required.

What you’ll need to be successful.

• Experience within supply chain, logistics, inventory management or a related operational environment.
• Knowledge of inventory control, stock reconciliation and warehouse processes.
• Experience working with SAP, WMS platforms and inventory-related transactions would be advantageous.
• Familiarity with EDI/iDoc processes and inventory data management is beneficial.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret data, identify trends and solve problems effectively.
• Confidence using Microsoft Excel and other reporting tools to analyse and manage inventory performance.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills, with the ability to work effectively across teams and with external partners.
• A proactive, detail-oriented approach, with a focus on accuracy, continuous improvement and delivering high-quality results.

Benefits

Although we do encourage you to taste the goods, you'll be pleased to know we don't pay you in chips. Alongside your salary, you'll enjoy a range of benefits including:

• Private healthcare [single]
• An excellent salary sacrifice pension scheme where we'll contribute double what you do, up to a maximum of 12% of your salary
• 25 days' annual leave from day one plus bank holidays (increasing with service), giving you plenty of time to recharge with the opportunity to buy and sell up to 5 days holiday per year
• Life insurance cover providing peace of mind for you and your family
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay, because the moments that matter outside of work matter to us too
• Medicash health cash plan, helping you claim money back on everyday healthcare costs, with access to a virtual GP and wellbeing support
• TELUS Health employee and family assistance programme offering full wellbeing support - including a 24/7 confidential counselling line, legal and financial guidance, and a range of employee discounts.
• Salary sacrifice cycle to work scheme
• A paid 'Chips In' Volunteering Day, giving you the opportunity to support projects that make a positive impact in our communities
• Flexible/hybrid working arrangements where the role allows

And because you're joining a global business, your career opportunities don't stop at the factory gate. Whether you're looking to deepen your expertise, step into leadership, or even explore opportunities internationally, we'll support your growth. With ambitious plans for the future, there's plenty of scope to develop your career with us.

About McCain.

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Leadership principles.

At McCain, our leadership principles guide how we engage with customers, collaborate as a team, and achieve success. We focus on understanding customer needs, driving innovation, empowering people, and taking ownership to clear obstacles and deliver results.

AI & Digital Capabilities.

At McCain, AI and digital capabilities are part of how we work and innovate. We value curiosity toward emerging technologies and the thoughtful, responsible use of AI-enabled tools to improve outcomes as part of our future-ready culture.

The McCain experience.

We are McCain. This statement is a testament to our collective strength and our individual value. Your contributions play a vital role in our success. Our winning culture is rooted in authenticity and trust, empowering us to bring out the best in one another. Here, you’ll find opportunities to learn, grow, and thrive. Join us and experience why we’re better together.

Our purpose is grounded in building meaningful relationships. We’re big believers in the power of working together in person—it helps us stay connected, collaborate more effectively, and grow as a team. At the same time, we recognize the importance of flexibility. Most office-based roles follow a hybrid model, with the option to work remotely two days a week. There may be exceptions depending on the role and location, so we encourage you to speak with your recruiter for more details.

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McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. As a global family-owned company, we strive to be the employer of choice in the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that inclusion drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know and we will work with you to find appropriate solutions.

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Job Family: Supply Chain & Logistics

Location(s): GB - United Kingdom : England : Scarborough

Company: McCain Foods (G.B.) Ltd