Inventory Controller

Job description / Role

Job Requisition ID: 167920

Established in the 1930s as a trading business, Al-Futtaim Group today is one of the most diversified and progressive, privately held regional businesses headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Structured into five operating divisions: automotive, financial services, real estate, retail, and healthcare; employing more than 35,000 employees across more than 20 countries in the Middle East, Asia, and Africa, Al-Futtaim Group partners with over 200 of the world's most admired and innovative brands. Al-Futtaim Group's entrepreneurship and relentless customer focus enable the organization to continue to grow and expand, responding to the changing needs of our customers within the societies in which we operate.

By upholding our values of respect, excellence, collaboration, and integrity, Al-Futtaim Group continues to enrich the lives and aspirations of our customers each and every day.

Overview of the role

The Inventory Controller fully follows operating procedures, provides inventory control service, ensuring that the stocks are available when needed and that stock movement is accurately tracked and maintained through the entire process, and stock loss risks are absolutely minimized.

What you will do

• Tracking shipments: Controlling the product's inputs and outputs from warehouses or other stores. Stock discrepancy during receiving must be escalated to the supplier/sender by raising an SRD report. Coordinate until the SRDs are adjusted in the system.
• Tracking and updating stocks both on Incoming/Outgoing Logbooks and in the system.

• Stock accuracy checks: Avoiding product shortages by investigating on a weekly basis. Perform investigations based on Stock Accuracy Checks.
• Segregation of damages in the stock room. Ensuring the movement of the damaged units/uniforms to SOF.

• Events support: Prepare the store for marketing events (if any), arrange for stock count procedures (additional cartons and segregating stocks for easy scanning/counting purposes).

• Missing barcodes: Must accurately record the quality, quantity, type, style, and any other characteristics of the inventory so the store team has a clear understanding of what is and isn't available in case the barcode is unidentifiable. This needs to be sent to the brand team in Dubai for further assistance with the barcode.
• All such merchandise is to be separately put in the stockroom with updated information in the form of a report to the OPM on a monthly basis.

• Physical presence during maintenance work: Presence during any maintenance-related work activity in the store (often at night after store closing).

• Budgeting and finance: The job holder must be involved in the annual business planning and will also manage monthly budgets.

• Asset management: The job holder will have to manage all the non-merchandise assets stored inside stock rooms for business-related activity purposes.

Required skills to be successful

• Strong hands-on experience in handling large shipments and accuracy in counting.
• Good communication skills to be able to speak with vendors/delivery personnel at stock receiving time.

What equips you for the role

Minimum qualification and knowledge

• Education: Degree or similar professional degree from a university.

Minimum experience

• Minimum of two years in a retail stock handling role.

Behavioral competencies

• High levels of personal integrity and accountability.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Team-oriented mindset with a collaborative leadership approach.
• Strong time management skills with a focus on meeting deadlines.

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About the Company

Established in the 1930's, the Al-Futtaim Group initially operated as a trading enterprise. Rapid development throughout the 1940's and 50's saw it establish itself regionally as an integrated commercial, industrial and services organisation, positioning itself one of the leading business houses in the lower Gulf region. Today, it operates collectively over 40 companies bearing the Al-Futtaim name, dominates many market segments in the UAE, and has expanded its sphere of operation to include Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman and Egypt.

The Group comprises a diverse range of strategically positioned operating subsidiaries and associate companies, structured to give the Al-Futtaim Group the flexibility and versatility to keep ahead of local competition while keeping pace with the ever-evolving global business scenario. The Groups continued investment in world-class systems technology is clear evidence of its commitment to maintain leading edge performance and service delivery.

The success of the Al-Futtaim Group can be attributed to a business approach that combines the ability to change with the traditional values of integrity, service and social responsibility that define its core business philosophy. This, linked with the Groups belief in decentralisation, gives the heads of the operating companies a high degree of functional autonomy and authority, providing the Group with essential flexibility, and individual employees a clearly defined work culture and sense of responsibility.