Job Description

Roles & Responsibilities

• Inventory Management & Control

  • Oversee end-to-end inventory operations across hypermarkets, supermarkets, warehouses, and distribution centers.

  • Monitor and control inventory movement, stock availability, and replenishment processes.

  • Manage high-value inventory turnover while ensuring optimal stock levels and reduced stock losses.

  • Handle inventory operations involving more than 500K SKUs with high daily SKU creation, updates, and maintenance activities.

  • Ensure accurate SKU master data management including barcode, pricing, category mapping, UOM, and product attributes.

  Retail & FMCG Operations

  • Coordinate with buying, merchandising, warehouse, and store operations teams.

  • Monitor fast-moving, slow-moving, non-moving, and seasonal inventory trends.

  • Ensure timely stock replenishment and minimize out-of-stock situations.

  • Analyze sales trends, demand patterns, and inventory aging reports.

  • Manage promotional inventory planning and stock allocation.

  Inventory Accuracy & Audit

  • Ensure high inventory accuracy across all locations and systems.

  • Conduct cycle counts, stock audits, and physical inventory verification.

  • Investigate stock variances, shrinkage, damages, and expiry-related losses.

  • Implement inventory control procedures and corrective actions.

  • Maintain compliance with internal audit and operational standards.

  ERP & SKU Data Management

  • Manage inventory master data in ERP and retail systems.

  • Handle large-scale daily SKU updates, product onboarding, delisting, and category revisions.

  • Ensure synchronization between ERP, POS, warehouse, and e-commerce platforms.

  • Generate inventory MIS reports, stock movement analysis, and KPI dashboards.

  Team Management & Leadership

  • Lead and supervise inventory controllers, data entry teams, warehouse coordinators, and stock auditors.

  • Allocate tasks, monitor team performance, and ensure operational efficiency.

  • Train and mentor team members on inventory processes, ERP systems, and stock control procedures.

  • Coordinate cross-functional communication between stores, warehouses, procurement, and finance teams.

  • Foster a culture of accountability, accuracy, and continuous improvement.

  Supply Chain & Warehouse Coordination

  • Coordinate with logistics and warehouse teams for stock transfers and replenishment.

  • Monitor warehouse stock utilization and storage efficiency.

  • Ensure timely GRN processing and inventory reconciliation.

  • Support supply chain optimization initiatives.

  Reporting & Analysis

  • Prepare inventory valuation, stock aging, and shrinkage reports.

  • Monitor inventory KPIs including stock turnover ratio, sell-through, fill rate, and stock cover.

  • Provide management with actionable inventory insights and recommendations.

  • Support budgeting and forecasting activities related to inventory planning.

  Requirements

   

  Education

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Commerce, Business Administration, or related field.

  • Professional certifications in Inventory/Supply Chain Management are an advantage.

  Experience

  • 5–10 years of experience in FMCG retail or hypermarket inventory management.

  • Mandatory experience in the United Arab Emirates hypermarket/supermarket industry.

  • Proven experience handling inventory operations exceeding 500,000 SKUs.

  • Strong exposure to high daily SKU updation environments and large-scale retail inventory systems.

  • Experience managing high-value inventory turnover in multi-branch retail operations.

  Technical Skills

  • Strong knowledge of inventory control procedures and retail operations.

  • Hands-on experience with ERP systems such as SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, ERPNext, Focus, or similar retail systems.

  • Advanced Excel and data analysis skills.

  • Familiarity with barcode systems, WMS, and POS integration.

  • Experience with inventory forecasting and replenishment tools.

Desired Candidate Profile

• We are seeking a highly experienced and analytical Inventory Manager / Inventory Controller with strong exposure to the FMCG retail and UAE hypermarket industry. The ideal candidate must have hands-on experience managing large-scale inventory operations with high-value turnover, handling more than 500,000 SKUs, and operating in fast-paced retail environments with high daily SKU update volumes. The candidate should possess expertise in inventory accuracy, stock optimization, demand planning support, ERP systems, and large-scale retail inventory controls across multiple stores, warehouses, and distribution channels.