Inventory Manager

About the role:
Step into a key leadership role at the heart of a fast-growing, innovative healthcare business. As Inventory Manager at HeliosX, you’ll take ownership of our UK inventory across a diverse portfolio of Pharmaceutical and Skincare products, leading an on-site team and collaborating closely with our operations, finance, supply chain, and systems teams. This is your opportunity to shape and evolve our inventory processes, ensuring accuracy, integrity, and efficiency as we scale. If you thrive in a dynamic environment and have a sharp eye for detail, continuous improvement, and data-driven decision-making, we’re excited to hear from you.
What you'll be doing:

• Line Management of a team of Inventory Controllers
  
• Develop and implement inventory strategy and philosophy across all Helios X sites
  
• Ensure stock is available to meet growing demand
  
• Data driven with the ability to master complex business problems
  
• Excellent project management skills with a proven ability to design and implement a strategy that drives business results
  
• Proven track record of working with ERP systems is a plus, particularly Sage X3
  
• Advanced Excel / Google Sheet skills
  
• op KPIs to monitor ongoing inventory health
  
• Assess current inventory processes (receipt, put away, replenishment, despatches, damages and resends) to ensure fitness for purpose and ensure they are updated as necessary
  
• Liaison with finance team to ensure accurate month end reporting and ongoing stock counts
  
• Manage senior stakeholder communication around inventory health, risks and strategy
  
• Develop ERP system expertise
  What you'll bring to the role:
  
• 5+ years’ experience in inventory management, ideally within pharma, skincare, or FMCG
  
• Proven track record of managing a mix of bought in and assembled stock items
  
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment
  
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
  
• Commercially astute, data-driven, and highly organised
  
• Experience working in a scale-up or high-growth environment a plus
  
• Excellent project management skills with a proven ability to design and implement a strategy that drives business results
  
• Rigorous attention to detail including proven ability to manage multiple, competing priorities simultaneously
  Skills
  
• Data driven with the ability to master complex business problems
  
• Excellent project management skills with a proven ability to design and implement a strategy that drives business results
  
• Proven track record of working with ERP systems is a plus, particularly Sage X3
  
• Advanced Excel / Google Sheet skills