Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Business Administration or similar.
  
• Minimum of five (5) years experience in inventory management or stores control; experience in high-value industrial inventory preferred.
  
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills; experience with ERP reporting and inventory modules (SAP/Oracle) desirable.
  

• Maintain accurate perpetual inventory records in ERP/WMS and ensure timely posting of receipts, issues, transfers and adjustments.
  
• Design and implement cycle count programmes and full stocktakes; coordinate with internal/external auditors during inventory audits.
  
• Investigate and resolve variances between physical and system balances; propose corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
  
• Classify inventory (ABC/criticality) and recommend optimal safety stocks, reorder points and economic order quantities in coordination with Procurement and Planning.
  
• Drive continous improvement initiatives to reduce write-offs, slow moving items and obsolete stock.
  
• prepare and present monthly iventory reports, ageing analysis, slow-moving lists, and shrinkage reports to Head of Stores and Finance.
  
• Manage stores ledger reconciliations and collaborate with Finance for month-end and year-end closings.
  
• Implement and enforce inventory control policies, documentation standards and approvals hierarchies.
  
• Train stores staff on inventory discipline, record maintenance and cycle count procedures.