We are recruiting an Engineering Stores Controller for a permanent, Monday to Friday days-based role in Desford with a leading manufacturing company paying a salary up to £40,000 per year.You will manage daily Engineering Stores operations, process order requests for spare parts & consumables, fuels & chemicals at the correct times; handle financial reconciliation of stock and orders, and administer the computerised planned maintenance system.What’s in it for you as an Engineering Stores Controller
Salary up to circa £40,000 per annum
Fantastic pension contribution
Training and career development opportunities
Hours of work: Monday to Friday – day-based position 8am – 4pm
Location – Close to the area of Desford
Permanent position offering job security with a market-leading business
The ability to join a state-of-the-art site with a leading manufacturing business that values its employees.
Key Responsibilities of the Engineering Stores Controller:
Engineering parts and consumables stores control and stock allocation
The day-to-day management of the Engineering Stores
Conduct daily and end-of-month checks of fuel and chemical stock levels and responsible for safe storage in line with COSHH requirements
Daily check of PPE and other production-based consumables
Manage stock levels using CMMS (computerized maintenance management system).
Vet and research new and existing suppliers, constantly looking to gain better quality parts and/or prices and/or improved supply
Carry out period stock checks of all spares (cycle counts)
Take any remedial action required due to stock levels in a timely manner
Supply goods/parts to all areas of the factory as required
Collect/transport goods to/from site
Assist engineering teams in creating kits for planned maintenance tasks
Liaise between management and suppliers, to meet delivery deadlines and ensure best price is achieved
Control of stores spending against budgets
Assist with the planning and organising parts around maintenance shutdown periods.
Experience Required for the Engineering Stores Controller:
Experience of an Engineering Stores System – stock control, computer based, PPM system
Computer literate including Microsoft Word, Excel
Strong organisational skills and attention to detail
Self-motivated, able to work unsupervised
In return, you will be offered a truly varied role within a dynamic and fast-paced business, providing opportunities to develop your skill set and progress your career.Please apply now…....Read more...
Harper May is partnering with a well-established, privately-owned UK care operator based on the East London / Essex border. The group operates a portfolio of residential and nursing homes across the region, is owner-led and profitable, and has grown steadily over many years through a mix of strong operational performance and selective acquisition of individual homes. A Financial Controller is being appointed to take hands-on ownership of the finance function, partner closely with the owner-director on the numbers, and support the next phase of growth.The RoleReporting directly to the Managing Director, the Financial Controller will own the finance function day to day across the group's homes and holding entities. The role is practical and hands-on, suited to a fully qualified accountant who is comfortable close to the detail, used to owner-managed environments, and ready to take real ownership of close, reporting, cash and controls.Key Responsibilities
Own the monthly close and consolidated management accounts across the group's homes and operating entitiesPrepare monthly P&L, balance sheet and cash flow reporting for the owner-director and senior managementOwn cash management, weekly cash flow and working capital across the groupOversee statutory reporting, the annual audit and tax compliance across the group entitiesPartner with home managers on budgets, cost control and performance by siteStrengthen financial controls, policies and process across the finance functionManage the day-to-day finance team, including payroll, AP and ARSupport the owner-director on ad-hoc commercial analysis, including home-level profitability and acquisition evaluation
What we are looking for
Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA)Prior experience in a multi-site, operationally-led business is essentialExperience in care, healthcare, hospitality, retail or another multi-location SME is strongly preferredComfortable in an owner-managed, privately-owned environmentHands-on and practical, happy to own close, reporting and controls end to endStrong attention to detail alongside the ability to see the commercial pictureBased within a comfortable commute of the East London / Essex border
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At STR Group, we’re looking for a Senior Credit Controller to join our Finance Team in our HQ in Portsmouth. This is a hands-on role where you’ll take responsibility for effective debt management and cash collection while playing a key role in improving credit control processes and supporting the wider team. You’ll be joining a collaborative Finance Team where your ideas are welcomed, your development is supported and you’ll have the opportunity to make a genuine impact.
What will you be doing?
As our Senior Credit Controller, you’ll take ownership of customer accounts across the STR Group, ensuring payments are collected on time, accounts are accurate and credit risk is effectively managed.
Alongside the day-to-day credit control activity, you’ll manage key client accounts, provide aged debt reporting and financial analysis, oversee credit checks and limits, and take the lead on our credit insurance renewals.
You’ll also provide guidance and day-to-day support to another Credit Controller, helping to establish consistent processes and best practice across the team.
As our Senior Credit Controller some of your responsibilities will include:
Proactively managing and chasing overdue invoices by telephone and email
Managing key client accounts and building strong relationships to support timely payment and resolve queries
Accurately allocating cash, credits and invoices to customer accounts
Investigating and resolving payment and account queries
Carrying out regular ledger cleansing to maintain accurate financial data
Conducting credit checks across all STR Group brands and reviewing customer credit limits
Managing severely delinquent accounts and escalating for legal or debt collection action where appropriate
Producing aged debt reports and providing clear account updates for senior Finance review
Delivering accurate financial analysis to support decision-making and credit risk management
Leading credit insurance renewals and liaising with credit insurance providers
Working collaboratively across Finance and the wider business to improve processes and efficiencies
Providing guidance and support to the other Credit Controller and promoting consistent best practice across the team
What are we looking for?
We’re looking for someone who is proactive, commercially aware and comfortable taking ownership. You’ll need the confidence to have difficult conversations when required, while maintaining positive and professional relationships with clients. You’ll also bring:
Strong credit control and debt collection experience
Experience managing customer accounts, reconciliations and payment queries
A good understanding of credit risk, credit checks and credit limit
Strong Excel and wider MS Office skills
Excellent attention to detail and confidence working with financial data
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Excellent organisation and time management
A collaborative approach and willingness to support others
The confidence to identify opportunities for process improvement
What are we offering you?
Flexible and hybrid working
A 3pm finish every Friday
Modern, state-of-the-art offices with breakout areas
Daily breakfast provided
An active Equality, Diversity and Inclusion board
Annual Awards, Summer Party and Christmas Party
Long-service anniversary rewards, including additional holiday, bonuses, vouchers, champagne and gifts, depending on length of service
23 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing by one day for each completed year of service and capped at 28 days
The option to purchase up to five additional days of annual leave
Healthcare cash plan and optional private healthcare from day one
Company pension scheme
Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
Your birthday off
Drinks fridge
Free on-site parking
Cycle-to-work scheme
Electric vehicle salary-sacrifice scheme through Octopus Electric Vehicles
Tech salary-sacrifice scheme through Currys
Employee Referral Programme
STR commit to offer disabled people an interview if they meet the minimum criteria for the job vacancy.
If you’re an experienced Credit Controller looking for greater responsibility and the opportunity to develop your career within a supportive and growing business, we’d love to hear from you. Apply today!
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Beverage Development Lead / Beverage NPD LeadLocation: Stourport-on-SevernSalary: CompetitiveMy client is a major cider-led beverage manufacturer with sites across the UK. The business is continuing to expand beyond traditional cider into new and emerging beverage categories and is now looking to strengthen its Development team by recruiting a Beverage Development Innovation Lead.The RoleReporting to the Group Beverage Development Controller, you will lead the development of high-quality, great-value beverages from initial concept through to recipe bank, with a particular focus on developing new alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks and emerging categories.You will work closely with Commercial, Marketing, NPD, Technical, Procurement and Manufacturing teams, as well as customers, to identify opportunities and turn innovative beverage concepts into commercially viable products.Key Responsibilities
Research and present alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverage market trends, including attending trade shows.Develop new beverages across emerging innovation categories.Build and maintain a pipeline of “Blue Sky” alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverage concepts.Lead customer-facing innovation days and present new concepts across the wider business.Prepare and develop laboratory samples for internal and external customers.Work with Manufacturing to establish effective production methods for new-category beverages.Support the NPD process, owning the beverage development aspects of assigned projects.Work closely with Commercial, Marketing and NPD teams to identify proactive development opportunities.Liaise with Procurement to identify quality, cost-effective ingredients.Ensure recipes meet customer, supplier and regulatory requirements.Work with Technical and Compliance teams on food safety risk assessments.Participate in sensory panels with Quality teams and customers.Ensure innovation samples and development work are delivered to agreed timescales.Experience Required
We are looking for someone with experience in beverage development, ideally with knowledge of soft drinks and/or non-cider beverages and their manufacturing processes.The role would suit someone who has:
Experience developing alcoholic and/or non-alcoholic beverages.A good understanding of beverage manufacturing and scale-up.Experience working in a customer-facing development role, ideally with retailer exposure.Strong commercial awareness and an ability to identify emerging beverage trends.The creativity to develop new concepts alongside the technical understanding to turn them into viable products.
Commutable LocationsThe Stourport-on-Severn site is commutable from Kidderminster, Bewdley, Worcester, Droitwich, Bromsgrove, Stourbridge, Cleobury Mortimer, Kingswinford, Brierley Hill, Halesowen and surrounding areas.Alternative Job TitlesBeverage Innovation LeadBeverage Development LeadBeverage NPD LeadBeverage NPD ManagerNew Product Development Manager – BeveragesBeverage Product Development ManagerProduct Development Manager – BeveragesBeverage Innovation ManagerInnovation Manager – BeveragesNPD Manager – DrinksDrinks Development ManagerBeverage TechnologistSenior Beverage Technologist ....Read more...
NPI New Product Innovation / Beverage Development Lead / Beverage NPD LeadLocation: Stourport-on-SevernSalary: CompetitiveMy client is a major cider-led beverage manufacturer with sites across the UK. The business is continuing to expand beyond traditional cider into new and emerging beverage categories and is now looking to strengthen its Development team by recruiting a NPI New Product Innovation / Beverage Development Innovation Lead.The RoleReporting to the Group Beverage Development Controller, you will lead the development of high-quality, great-value beverages from initial concept through to recipe bank, with a particular focus on developing new alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks and emerging categories.You will work closely with Commercial, Marketing, NPD, Technical, Procurement and Manufacturing teams, as well as customers, to identify opportunities and turn innovative beverage concepts into commercially viable products.Key Responsibilities
Research and present alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverage market trends, including attending trade shows.Develop new beverages across emerging innovation categories.Build and maintain a pipeline of “Blue Sky” alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverage concepts.Lead customer-facing innovation days and present new concepts across the wider business.Prepare and develop laboratory samples for internal and external customers.Work with Manufacturing to establish effective production methods for new-category beverages.Support the NPD process, owning the beverage development aspects of assigned projects.Work closely with Commercial, Marketing and NPD teams to identify proactive development opportunities.Liaise with Procurement to identify quality, cost-effective ingredients.Ensure recipes meet customer, supplier and regulatory requirements.Work with Technical and Compliance teams on food safety risk assessments.Participate in sensory panels with Quality teams and customers.Ensure innovation samples and development work are delivered to agreed timescales.
Experience RequiredWe are looking for someone with experience in beverage development, ideally with knowledge of soft drinks and/or non-cider beverages and their manufacturing processes.The role would suit someone who has:
Experience developing alcoholic and/or non-alcoholic beverages.A good understanding of beverage manufacturing and scale-up.Experience working in a customer-facing development role, ideally with retailer exposure.Strong commercial awareness and an ability to identify emerging beverage trends.The creativity to develop new concepts alongside the technical understanding to turn them into viable products.Commutable Locations
The Stourport-on-Severn site is commutable from Kidderminster, Bewdley, Worcester, Droitwich, Bromsgrove, Stourbridge, Cleobury Mortimer, Kingswinford, Brierley Hill, Halesowen and surrounding areas.Alternative Job TitlesBeverage Innovation LeadBeverage Development LeadBeverage NPD LeadBeverage NPD ManagerNew Product Development Manager – BeveragesBeverage Product Development ManagerProduct Development Manager – BeveragesBeverage Innovation ManagerInnovation Manager – BeveragesNPD Manager – DrinksNPI New product InnovationDrinks Development ManagerBeverage TechnologistSenior Beverage Technologist ....Read more...
Operations Manager – Automotive Workshop
Site-based in West Bromwich, West Midlands
Candidates could be based in or around West Bromwich, Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Walsall, Dudley, Stourbridge, Halesowen, Kingswinford, Sutton Coldfield, Solihull, Cannock, Lichfield, Bromsgrove or the wider Black Country and West Midlands region.
Salary – £50,000 – £65,000 + Bonus + Professional Coaching + Employee Assistance Programme + Christmas Bonus + Team socials including monthly BBQ and weekly breakfast events + Monday to Friday working pattern
Running a workshop isn’t just about keeping vehicles moving. It’s about balancing people, process, performance and planning to deliver on every promise you make to customers.
We’re working with a family-run business with a simple philosophy: look after your people and they’ll look after your customers. It’s a culture that’s won awards, helped them grow, and created an environment where people genuinely want to stay and build their careers.
As they continue to expand their operation, invest in new capabilities and prepare for the future of vehicle maintenance, we’re looking for an Operations Manager who wants more than just another management role. This is an opportunity to help shape the direction of the business for years to come.
The Role
You’ll be a key member of the Senior Leadership Team, working alongside the Commercial Manager, Workshop Controller and Finance Manager to ensure the business has the people, systems, capacity and investment needed to deliver today while preparing for tomorrow.
This is a strategic leadership position, but it’s also a hands-on role. You’ll spend time planning for the future, improving processes and driving performance, while remaining close enough to the operation to support the team whenever required.
Four areas you’ll own
Capacity & Growth
Forecast staffing, shift patterns and resource requirements
Plan future workshop capacity, tooling and equipment needs
Support customer onboarding and operational readiness for new contracts
Help ensure the business stays ahead of demand, not behind it
Performance & Delivery
Vehicle availability
Turnaround times
First-time fix rates
PMI compliance
Labour productivity and efficiency
Customer service performance
Process, Systems & Compliance
Own and improve operational systems and procedures
Drive continuous improvement across the customer journey, from booking through to invoice
Ensure the operation remains safe, compliant and audit-ready
Oversee Health & Safety, risk management and operational governance
People & Leadership
Provide co-leadership to both front-of-house and technician teams
Support recruitment, training and succession planning
Coach managers and help build a high-performing culture
Provide leadership cover for key operational functions when required
About You
You’ll be an experienced operational leader who understands both the workshop floor and the commercial realities of running a successful vehicle maintenance operation.
Experience within vehicle maintenance, fleet services or commercial vehicle operations
Proven background in leading teams and managing performance
A technical background, such as a time-served Technician, NVQ Level 3 or equivalent
Experience owning budgets, building forecasts and developing business cases for investment
Strong understanding of operational compliance, workshop processes and Health & Safety
Confidence using Excel, operational reporting tools and fleet management systems
The ability to influence people, drive change and build alignment across teams
A proactive, solutions-focused mindset
What You’ll Get
A genuine seat at the leadership table
Ongoing investment through our in-house training academy
The opportunity to shape operational strategy and future growth
Most importantly, you’ll join a business that genuinely values its people. We believe going the extra mile works both ways. We invest in our team, support personal growth, and create an environment where good people can build long-term careers.
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To apply for the position of Operations Manager – Automotive Workshop, job ref 4405KB, please forward your CV to Kayleigh Bradley, Senior Recruitment Consultant at Glen Callum Associates Ltd, or call 07908 893621 for a confidential discussion.
Glen Callum Associates specialises in automotive recruitment, leveraging extensive industry expertise and a global network to connect exceptional talent with leading organisations worldwide.
Glen Callum Associates is committed to creating diverse and inclusive workplaces. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of gender, age, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, or background. We believe that a variety of perspectives makes a team stronger and a workplace better. If you need any adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know.....Read more...
Warehouse Team Leader – Stock Control
Basildon£26,598 per annum + OvertimePermanent | Full Time | 5 Days Out of 7
Already working in a warehouse and ready to take on more responsibility?
C2 Recruitment is looking for a Warehouse Team Leader – Stock Control to join a busy distribution centre in Basildon.
This is a hands-on role where you'll lead a small team responsible for checking stock accuracy across the warehouse. You'll still be involved in the day-to-day operation, but you'll also be responsible for supporting your team, maintaining standards and making sure daily targets are achieved.
If you have warehouse experience and you're ready to take the next step into team leadership, this could be a great opportunity.
What You'll Be Doing
You'll lead the daily stock checking operation, making sure goods moving through the distribution centre are accurate and discrepancies are identified quickly.
Your responsibilities will include:
Leading a small warehouse stock control team
Carrying out physical checks on pallets, cages and trailer loads
Checking outbound loads against paperwork and delivery requirements
Verifying incoming deliveries and identifying discrepancies
Monitoring daily performance and stock accuracy
Making sure quality and productivity targets are achieved
Coaching and supporting team members
Conducting regular 1:1s and providing feedback
Maintaining accurate records and documentation
Identifying recurring issues and helping improve processes
What We're Looking For
You don't necessarily need to be an experienced Team Leader.
If you've built good warehouse experience and you're someone who takes responsibility, supports others and naturally leads from the front, we'd be interested in speaking with you.
You'll need:
Previous warehouse experience
Experience within stock control, goods-in, dispatch, inventory or auditing would be particularly useful
Excellent attention to detail
Confidence working with basic calculations
Good communication skills
Basic Microsoft Excel and Word knowledge
The confidence to support and motivate others
The ability to work to targets without compromising accuracy
To be aged 18 or over
Hours
Full-time, permanent5 days out of 78-hour shifts
This is a site-based position working in an ambient warehouse environment.
What You'll Get
£26,598 per annum
Regular overtime opportunities
Permanent full-time employment
Full training provided
Free onsite parking
Subsidised canteen
Pension scheme
Recognition awards and incentives
Refer-a-friend bonus
Access to Stream, allowing you to access part of your earned wages before payday
Genuine opportunities for career progression
Ready to Step Up?
You might already be a Warehouse Team Leader, or you could be an experienced Warehouse Operative, Stock Controller or Inventory Operative who's ready for that next step.
Either way, we're looking for someone who's reliable, organised, good with people and takes pride in getting things right.
If that sounds like you, apply today through C2 Recruitment and we'll be in touch to tell you more.
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