Lab Consumables & Inventory Assistant

  • Ref:
    105301
  • Location:
    Barnard Castle
  • Employment:
    Full time

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Lab Consumables & Inventory Assistant

Job title: Lab Consumables & Inventory Assistant
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Type of employment: Full Time
Salary: £ 26,227.50 per annum
Location: GSK, Harmire Road, Barnard Castle, County Durham, England DL12 8DT

Are you organised, reliable and experienced in stock control, warehouse operations or inventory management?

We're looking for a Lab Consumables & Inventory Assistant to join our team at GSK's world-class site in Barnard Castle. This is an ideal opportunity for someone with experience in stores, logistics, warehousing, inventory control or materials management who enjoys a varied, hands-on role and takes pride in keeping operations running smoothly.

You don't need a scientific background to succeed in this role. Instead, we're looking for someone who is comfortable managing stock, using computer systems, working independently and delivering excellent service to customers.

What You'll Be Doing

As part of our Laboratory Support Team, you'll play a vital role in ensuring laboratory teams have the materials and supplies they need, when they need them.

Responsibilities include:

  • Managing laboratory consumables and inventory across multiple storage locations
  • Monitoring stock levels and completing routine stock checks
  • Processing orders and receipts through inventory management systems
  • Picking, packing and distributing materials around site
  • Receiving and inspecting incoming deliveries
  • Supporting stock rotation and ensuring materials remain compliant and available
  • Carrying out scheduled sample collection and delivery runs across the site
  • Maintaining accurate records and documentation
  • Producing labels and supporting inventory administration activities
  • Working closely with laboratory, logistics and operational teams to provide a seamless service
  • Supporting wider site activities as business needs require

What We're Looking For

Essential

✅ Experience in a warehouse, stores, logistics, inventory or stock control environment

✅ Strong organisation and time-management skills

✅ Comfortable using Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel and Outlook

✅ Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities

✅ Strong attention to detail and accuracy

✅ Excellent communication and customer-service skills

✅ Full UK driving licence

Desirable

⭐ Forklift licence

⭐ Experience using stock management or inventory systems

⭐ Experience working within a regulated or quality-focused environment

⭐ IATA Awareness training

Who This Role Would Suit

This role is ideal for candidates from backgrounds such as:

  • Warehouse Operative
  • Stores Controller
  • Inventory Assistant
  • Stock Controller
  • Logistics Assistant
  • Materials Handler
  • Distribution Operative
  • Supply Chain Assistant
  • Goods In/Goods Out Coordinator
  • Retail Stockroom Supervisor

If you're someone who enjoys staying organised, keeping stock under control and ensuring customers have everything they need to succeed, we'd love to hear from you.

Our market-leading offering provides you with benefits that suit your lifestyle.

We have a virtual GP on hand for you and members of your household. So you can get expert advice by video or phone without having to leave your home. We offer financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme. For example, you could access 50% of your earned pay before payday for a small fee. Salary Finance also offers competitive loans.

When you join us, we’ll give you a link to our flexible lifestyle benefits platform, Choices. You might choose to purchase up to five extra days’ holiday each year. You might buy critical illness insurance, seek dental treatment or buy technology products at an affordable cost. There are many choices!

We give you access to high street discounts from thousands of well-known retailers, gyms and more through our MiDeals platform. And we have a cycle-to-work scheme. Life cover of up to four times your salary is available. We also offer enhanced pension contributions, a save-as-you-earn scheme, and a Mitie Matching Share Plan (you could even be awarded free shares in Mitie).

We award our employees with Mitie Stars as recognition for their hard work. There are cash prizes up for grabs each month and at the end of the year there’s a chance to scoop a top prize of £10,000!

Our success is a direct result of the experience and quality of our people. Progressing your career is therefore a top priority for us. We offer a diverse variety of training and development avenues via a wide selection of learning resources to suit you.

We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long-term condition (for example dyslexia, anxiety, autism, a mobility condition or hearing loss) and need us to make any reasonable adjustments, changes or do anything differently during the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing at .

Since 1987, Mitie’s 84,000 employees have been maintaining companies globally. We are the UK’s leading facilities management and professional services company, and our clients range from household names in banking, critical government sites as well as hospitals and schools.

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