Stock Integrity Problem Solver

Established in 1981 with a single store in the Northwest of England, the JD Group is a leading omni-channel retailer of Sports Fashion, Outdoors and Gyms with over 60,000 colleagues and over 3,400 stores across several retail fascias in over 30 markets around the world.

JD Sports Fashion Plc was listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1996 and has been a FTSE100 publicly quoted company since 2019 and continues to grow in the UK and internationally.

We want to be the leading global omnichannel retailer in the sports and outdoor industry. To be a part of this successful company and help us to achieve this you will have the desire to ingrain our strategic goals of being a people-led, innovative and customer-focused organisation which provides operational excellence whilst identifying new areas of growth as part of our day to day objectives.

Department – Operations   

Responsible to: Stock Integrity Supervisor   

Location: Kingsway Distribution Centre 

Shifts: 4 on 4 off - Team 2 Days

Role Overview

We are looking for individuals to work as part of the Stock Integrity teams. These roles will support the Team Leader, Supervisor and Manager in dealing with all aspects relating to Stock Integrity and identifying the root cause of any issues.

Key Responsibilities:

• To investigate stock integrity issues as directed by the Stock Integrity Supervisor.
• To liaise closely with the Stock Integrity Supervisor to agree focus/priorities on process investigations.
• To identify and recover missing/misaligned stock.
• Process/Procedures investigations as directed by Stock Integrity Supervisor.
• Documentation of who, where and when colleagues have not undertaken processes correctly for escalation to relevant individuals
• Support Retail and internet operations to reduce abandonments and improve stock availability.
• The ability to react positively to change in priority of work.
• Identification of any training requirements during investigations.
• To undertake any other ad hoc duties as required in line with the needs of the business

Essential Skills/Experience:

• Systems knowledge to include WMS, Shogun, Oracle Data warehouse
• Excellent numeracy and literacy skill.
• Ability to prioritise work efficiently and to work under pressure and to deadlines
• Great attention to detail and able to complete detailed work to a high standard
• Ability to communicate effectively at all levels using various methods
• Excellent Problem-solving skills, seeing these through to resolution
• Ability to build effective working relationships
• The ability to adapt to ongoing change in systems

We know our employees work tirelessly to make JD Sports the success it is today and in turn, we offer them some amazing benefits:

• Free parking
• Incremental Holiday Allowance
• Staff Discount On JD Group and other brands within the organisation
• Pension Scheme
• Personal development opportunities to learn and develop at work.

Due to the high volumes of applications our opportunities attract, it takes time to review them all. If you don't hear back within two weeks of you applying, please consider your application to have been unsuccessful on this occasion

Applications that meet the skills criteria will be contacted for a 1st stage meeting with the talent team. Shortlisted candidates will then be invited to interview with the hiring manager.

Thank you again for your time.

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