Company Overview

About JDM Food Group

Founded in 1999 and rooted in Lincolnshire, JDM Food Group began by sourcing premium garlic and ginger—since then, we’ve evolved into Smart Flavourists®, expertly transforming high-quality ingredients into innovative sauces, pastes, marinades, and more. With state-of-the-art facilities and an integrated supply chain spanning ingredient sourcing to packaging, we deliver exceptional flavour solutions across the UK and Europe. Driven by food safety, sustainability, and innovation, we’re proud to create products that set the standard for quality and taste.

Stock Controller- Day Shift, 4 on 4 off 06:00-18:00 (Green Shift)

We are looking for a proactive and detail-oriented Stock Controller to join the Planning team to be responsible for accurately recording Stock, using company systems to include SAP.

This role is well-suited to someone with Stock Control experience within a manufacturing environment who is familiar with planning and stock rotation.

Working on-site with our planning team, you will play a key role in ensuring that we continue to accurately record stock levels on site.

This is a site-based role at our Bicker facility, reporting to the Planning Manager, working full-time on a 4 on 4 off shift pattern.

Key Responsibilities

• Carry out regular physical inventory (PI) counts, accounting for approximately 50% of daily duties, to ensure stock accuracy across all on-site and off-site locations.
• Maintain accurate stock records within the stock management system and investigate discrepancies, variances, and root causes.
• Coordinate and manage cyclical stock count schedules, ensuring all stock locations are counted in line with agreed controls.
• Produce clear and accurate reporting on stock accuracy, variances, corrective actions, and trends.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives to strengthen stock integrity, traceability, and control processes.
• Manage stock transfers internally and to/from external storage facilities, ensuring timely and accurate system updates.
• Control and monitor obsolete, quarantined, customer-held, and restricted stock in line with company procedures.
• Maintain effective stock location structures, labelling systems, and storage standards to support traceability and accuracy.
• Manage returnable equipment (e.g. CHEP pallets, returnable trays), including ordering, de-hiring, and reconciliation through partner systems.
• Carry out any other reasonable duties or management requests appropriate to the role and level of responsibility.
• Use the company’s integrated business software – SAP and Microsoft Office to accurately record and monitor stock.
• Process all types of transactions of products internally within the business using the above platforms and record on the stock systems.
• Check all products against associated paperwork.
• Work closely with other departments in relation to stock and reporting.