Inventory Controller - Retail/eCommerce

We are currently looking for Inventory Controller position for one of our client based at Dubai.

Brief about the company:

It is one of the largest and most successful retail organizations in the Middle East and India. An international, diversified retail and hospitality conglomerate that encourages entrepreneurship to consistently deliver exceptional value, the Group operates over 1300 outlets encompassing over 20 million square feet across the GCC, India, Egypt, Turkey, Jordan, Lebanon, Yemen, Sudan, Kenya, Libya, Nigeria and Pakistan. The Group employs over 40,000 people.

Ideal candidate profile:

- 2-3 years experience in retail inventory planning and forecasting in an eCommerce environment

- Ideally possessing a relevant professional qualification and/or suitable background experience in inventory management/purchasing

- Have a detailed understanding of MRP and inventory control/management systems and ERP

- Strong analytical and problem solving skills

- Possess excellent verbal and written communication skills for a demanding and customer focused working environment

- Possess excellent personal organisation and business administration skills in accordance with modern best practice methods

- Possess the ability to work productively, efficiently and effectively with initiative and drive under tight timescales and pressure whilst maintaining attention to detail and quality

- Posses the willingness to learn, improve and adapt

Principal responsibility:

- Responsible for managing all inventory control related activities.

- Will execute inventory control measures to ensure the company minimizes stock holding and maximizes stock system and paperwork accuracy.

- The role carries responsibility for goods inwards and inventory management to ensure necessary functions are carried out correctly.

Key Responsibilities:

- Develop the company's inventory management process with the aim of controlling costs within budgetary limits, generating savings, rationalising inventory on sku level

- Manage and maintain the product inventory including stock profiles

- Set and manage watermark levels to ensure online product availability while keeping the segrated stock levels to a minimum to achieve sales targets

- Minimize overstocks to maximize availability in the right stock on category size level

- Manage the inventory of fast moving Emax products that will be maintained in the warehouse to ensure instock and keep inventory levels to a minimum

- Review items on a timley basis and return/release poor performers back to the concepts as early as possible to enable to most profitable sell through

- Work closely with concepts to understand when products will be available for sale

- Provide routine amangement information on inventory performance

- Monitor and evaluate product depth on sku level

- Implement improvement processes and systems to reduce inventory, minimise costs

- Write and maintain accurate written procedures for all main inventory control processes and functions

- Ensure all items being received to the RDC or Emax stores- have watermark levels set for online

- Work with content team to ensure content and product availability are inb alignment

- Ensure integrity and accuracy of the stock management system

- Produce daily reports to ensure key critical areas of the stock system are controlled and any discrepancies addressed and resolved

- Manage control measures to ensure mistakes, inaccuracies and discrepancies are highlighted, addressed and resolved

Bhavana
Lead Talent Acquisition Specialist
SutraHR