Job Title: Inventory Assistant

Salary: £24,900 per annum

Location: Cambridge, UK/Hybrid 

Contract: 1-year Fixed Term Contract

Hours: 35 hours per week (9am – 5pm due to operational needs of the role)

Are you organised, detail‑focused, and looking to start or grow your career in supply chain? Join us as an Inventory Assistant and play a key role in ensuring our global stock levels are accurate, reliable, and ready to support learners and customers around the world.

We are Cambridge University Press & Assessment, a world-leading academic publisher and assessment organisation and a proud part of the University of Cambridge. 

About the role   

As an Inventory Assistant, you will help maintain accurate stock data across our internal systems and external warehouse partners worldwide. Working as part of a supportive team, you will manage queries and provide essential information that enables smooth order fulfilment, customer support, and product launches.

Key responsibilities include:

• Reconciling stock levels across third‑party logistics (3PL) warehouses and CUP&A systems (SAP/A2R)
• Handling email queries from colleagues and partners
• Supporting stock condition changes in line with business policies, including quality assurance and kitting
• Liaising with 3PL providers to resolve operational inventory matters
• Producing accurate data, evidence, and metrics across inventory processes
• Maintaining and updating departmental procedural documentation

This position has been classified as a hybrid role, requiring the selected candidate to typically spend 40-60% of their time collaborating and connecting face-to-face at their dedicated location. Aside from our hybrid principles, other flexible working requests will be considered from the first day of employment, including other work arrangements should you require adjustments due to a disability or long-term health condition. 

About You  
 
You will have strong communication skills and the ability to work independently and as part of a team. You will have high attention to detail and accuracy, along with confidence in problem-solving and resolving enquiries promptly.

Along with your administrative experience, you will be proficient in computer systems such as Microsoft Excel, Word and Outlook.

If you meet the above minimum requirements, we encourage you to apply. Your application will be even stronger if you can also demonstrate the following desirable criteria: 

• Understanding of inventory processing in any business environment
• Experience with SAP or other order fulfilment systems (training will be provided)

For a detailed job description, please refer to the link at the bottom of the advert on our careers site.

We are a Disability Confident (DC) employer that is committed to equality and inclusion ensuring our recruitment process is accessible to all. The DC scheme's Offer of an Interview commitment applies to applicants who opt in, and disclose a disability or a long-term health condition, and best meet the minimum criteria for the role. In instances where interviewing all qualifying candidates is not practicable, we prioritise those who best meet the minimum criteria, as we would for applicants who do not have a disability or long-term health condition. 

Please note, Cambridge University Press & Assessment is unable to sponsor this role under the Skilled Worker Visa route as it does not meet the minimum skill requirements.

Rewards and benefits 

We will support you to be at your best in work and to live well outside of it. In addition to competitive salaries, we offer a world-class, flexible rewards package, featuring family-friendly and planet-friendly benefits including: 

• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays 
• Private medical and Permanent Health Insurance  
• Discretionary annual bonus  
• Group personal pension scheme 
• Life assurance up to 4 x annual salary  
• Green travel schemes  

Ready to pursue your potential? Apply now.   

We aim to support candidates by making our interview process clear and transparent. The closing date for all applications will be 15^th February 2026. We will review applications on an ongoing basis, and shortlisted candidates can expect interviews to take place week commencing 23^rd February 2026.

We aim to support candidates by making our interview process clear and transparent. If you are shortlisted and progressed through the stages, you can expect:   

• A one stage interview process, with interviews taking place at our office in Cambridge
• There will be a task to complete as part of the interview process

If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process due to a disability or a long-term health condition, there will be an opportunity for you to inform us via the online application form. We will do our best to accommodate your needs.  

Please note that successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory background checks including DBS due to working in a regulated industry. 

We are committed to an equitable recruitment process. As such, applications must be submitted via our official online application procedure. Please refrain from sending your CV directly to our recruiters. If you experience technical difficulties or require additional support with submitting your online application, contact the Recruiter. 

Why join us 
 

Joining us is your opportunity to pursue potential. You will belong to a collaborative team that is exploring new and better ways to serve students, teachers and researchers across the globe – for the benefit of individuals, society and the world. Sharing our mission will inspire your own growth, development and progress, in an environment which embraces difference, change and aspiration. 

Cambridge University Press & Assessment is committed to being a place where anyone can enjoy a successful career, where it is safe to speak up, and where we learn continuously to improve together. We welcome applications from all candidates, regardless of demographic characteristics (age, disability, educational attainment, ethnicity, gender, marital status, neurodiversity, religion, sex, gender identity and sexual identity), cultural, or social class/background. 

We believe better outcomes come through diversity of thought, background and approach. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and communities, actively seeking to employ people from a wide range of different communities.