Warehouse and Stock Inventory Supervisor

Job Title:                     Warehouse and Stock Inventory Supervisor

Location:                     Walsall, West Midlands

Compensation:           Up to £38,000 Depending on Experience + Benefits

Role Type:                   Full time / Permanent

Role ID:                       SF69913

Join our team and help keep operations running smoothly

At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Warehouse and Stock Inventory Supervisor at our site in Walsall, near Birmingham, West Midlands.

The role

As a Warehouse & Stock Inventory Supervisor, you’ll be at the heart of our warehousing operations, ensuring inventory accuracy and supporting a team to deliver essential outputs. This role makes a real difference by maintaining stock integrity and enabling efficient processes that keep our business moving. It’s an opportunity to develop leadership skills and grow your career in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

Day-to-day you’ll be required to:

• Lead and support a team of up to 20 employees alongside another supervisor.
• Ensure your team has the tools and processes needed to deliver safely and effectively.
• Take ownership of inventory processes and resolve stock discrepancies.
• Attend meetings and action tasks to maintain operational efficiency.
• Support the warehouse manager and deputise when required.

Please note that this position involves manual work. This could include lifting, bending, using tools or standing for extended periods of time.

The role is based onsite at Walsall, and the set working times are Monday to Thursday 7:00am–4:00pm and Friday 7:00am–12:00pm, totalling 39 hours per week. Overtime opportunities are available.

Essential experience of the Warehouse and Stock Inventory Supervisor:

• Competent PC user (MS Office, Outlook, SharePoint).
• Experience using ERP systems (e.g., NAVISION/SAP).
• Strong communication skills with the ability to challenge appropriately.
• Analytical decision-making and problem-solving skills.
• Knowledge of stock management principles and experience in first-line management.

Qualifications for the Warehouse and Stock Inventory Supervisor:

We value difference and don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and/or willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain) Security Check (SC) / NPPV security clearance for this role.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

What we offer

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually.
• ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

Babcock International

For over a century Babcock  has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email careers@babcockinternational.com with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing date: 21/01/2026