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At Rapid we're collaborators, innovators, and partners, with a purpose of helping you become better. As a leading distributor catering to bespoke needs in the Industrial and Education sectors across the UK, we take pride in our commitment to be the preferred choice for our customers, suppliers and our employees.
Why choose Rapid as your employer?
Collaborative can do culture
We foster a collaborative and inclusive work environment where every voice is heard, and every idea is valued. You'll be part of a team that thrives on collective expertise and mutual support to achieve.
Opportunities for growth
We believe in investing in our employees' growth and development. Whether you're just starting your career or looking to advance to the next level, we provide ample opportunities for learning, competence development, and career advancement.
Customer-centric approach
Our success is built on our commitment to exceed our customers' expectations. As a member of the Rapid family, you'll play a crucial role in delivering bespoke solutions that elicit customer satisfaction and loyalty.
Work-life balance
We understand the importance of maintaining a healthy work-life balance. That's why we offer flexible work arrangements and comprehensive benefits packages to support our employees' overall well-being.
Bring energy to the team every day
Motivate and inspire others with a positive outlook
Build meaningful relationships with colleagues and contacts
Address problems in a positive way
Listen carefully, reflect and think broadly, with agility
Prioritise own workload and be proactive in the pursuit of goals
Accountable for own performance delivering business goals over personal gain
Always set expectations and dependencies and deliver to them
Contribute to the success of Continuous Improvement (CI) initiatives
Diligent approach to the detail but not losing sight of the objectives
Maintain a work/life balance and not be easily distracted
Always punctual with a professional approach
Dependable due to reliability, flexibility and integrity
Exceed both customer and colleagues expectations
Proactively communicate internally to enhance the success of our common goals
Take pride in sharing your, or Rapid's success externally
A high degree of learning ability, drive and ambition to succeed
Confident and can articulate strengths and development areas
Listen well to constructive feedback from line manager and give feedback with good intent
Positive attitude towards shared goals and set challenging personal objectives
Constantly look for innovative working practices and processes
Embrace change willingly and actively participate in Continuous Improvement (CI) initiatives
Belief in the ability for new technology to improve our environment and wellbeing
Join us in becoming better
At Rapid, we're not just in the business of distribution; we're in the business of making a difference. Join us in our mission to be the preferred choice for our customers, suppliers, and employees, and together we all become better.
Ready to take the next step in your career?
Explore our current job opportunities and join the Rapid family.
We have an excellent opportunity in our Marketing Team for an ambitious Paid Media Marketing Executive who is looking to build on their experience to date working as part of a talented, evolving team, reporting to the Digital Performance Marketing Manager.
Purpose of the Role
The Paid Media Marketing Executive is responsible for managing and optimising campaigns across multiple paid channels. The role focuses on driving performance through paid search, paid social, display and other digital advertising platforms. Ensuring campaigns deliver strong return on investment and align with the overall digital marketing objectives. Working as a member of the wider marketing team sharing feedback, best practise and insights to continually improve the plan and performance of the marketing for Rapid.
Key Accountability
The Paid Media Marketing Executive is responsible for developing and executing paid media marketing campaigns, strategies, and initiatives to promote Rapid’s products and services online, drive traffic, generate leads, and increase profitable revenue.
Why Rapid?
At Rapid we're collaborators, innovators, and partners, with a purpose of helping you become better.
As a leading distributor catering to bespoke needs in the Industrial and Education sectors across the UK, we take pride in our commitment to be the preferred choice for our customers, suppliers and our employees. Join a great place to enjoy growth
Collaborative Can Do Culture:
We foster a collaborative and inclusive work environment where every voice is heard, and every idea is valued. You'll be part of a team that thrives on collective expertise and mutual support to achieve.
Opportunities for Growth:
We believe in investing in our employees' growth and development. Whether you're just starting your career or looking to advance to the next level, we provide ample opportunities for learning, competence development, and career advancement.
Customer-Centric Approach:
Our success is built on our commitment to exceed our customers' expectations. As a member of the Rapid family, you'll play a crucial role in delivering bespoke solutions that elicit customer satisfaction and loyalty.
Work-Life Balance:
We understand the importance of maintaining a healthy work-life balance. That's why we offer flexible work arrangements and comprehensive benefits packages to support our employees' overall well-being.
Our Values, our DNA:
At Rapid our values are lived, not laminated. You feel, hear and see them in action relentlessly. They shape our culture and make us a Great Place to Work.
Operations and Inventory Specialist job description
Join us in becoming better
At Rapid, we are collaborators, innovators and trusted partners — united by a shared purpose of helping our customers, suppliers, and each otherbecome better. As a leading distributor across the Industrial and Education sectors, we pride ourselves on doing things the right way: professionally, collaboratively, and with a continuous improvement mindset.
Due to continued focus on operational excellence, we are now looking for an Operations and Inventory Specialist to join our Operations Management Team. This is a pivotal role, providing governance, expertise, and strategic oversight of inventory control processes across our WMS and Epicor systems — ensuring accuracy, integrity, and a consistently excellent customer experience.
The role
The Operations and Inventory Specialist plays a key role in enabling strong OTIF performance and dependable customer outcomes by owning and continuously improving inventory accuracy and controls. Working cross‑functionally with Operations, IT, Finance and our system partners, you will ensure that our inventory processes are robust, transparent and fit for the future.
This role is ideal for someone who is curious, analytical, and confident influencing at all levels — someone who takes pride in accuracy, enjoys solving complex problems, and believes that great process drives great performance.
What we’re looking for
Strong experience working with ERP and WMS systems, ideally in a stock governance or inventory control focused role
Excellent numerical ability with strong analytical and data interpretation skills
Proven experience owning processes and driving continuous improvement
Confident communicator, able to explain complex issues clearly and influence at all levels
Highly organised, detail‑focused, and able to balance control with operational pace
IT literate with strong multitasking and project management capability
A collaborative mindset, with the professionalism, honesty and transparency to address issues constructively
Why join Rapid?
At Rapid, we foster a collaborative, inclusive culture where every voice counts and every idea is valued. We invest in our people, offer opportunities for learning and development, and encourage everyone to bring energy, curiosity and a “Be Better” mindset to work every day.
You’ll be joining a business that:
Puts the customer at the heart of everything we do
Encourages ownership, accountability and continuous improvement
Values professionalism, positivity and teamwork
Understands the importance of work‑life balance and wellbeing
Ready to take the next step?
If you’re passionate about inventory excellence, enjoy solving problems at root cause level, and want to make a real impact in a business committed to becoming better — we’d love to hear from you.
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