Essential Functions

Relevant professional qualifications or suitable background experience in controlling inventory. Excellent verbal and written communication skills are also sought out by employers as the work might be in a demanding and customer-focused working environment. This also means that business administration and personal organization skills in accordance with the best modern practice methods are also favored.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Maintains and manages inventory of materials and stocked products, which include stock locations and profiles. Using a computer, he accounts for receipts of new items, returns, back-orders and associated issues, and inputs essential data on all the handled materials, while adhering to strict accounting and auditing procedures.
• Controls perpetual inventory stock counting and accuracy checks and investigates discrepancies and shortages to minimize overstocks and remove redundant and obsolete raw materials.
• Ensures that the inward goods and stock control department is properly controlled and organized for sufficient production support and for the achievement of corporate goals.
• Based on suggested and computer-monitored order listings, he performs regular cycle counts of inventory materials.
• Ensures inward products are received and managed according to the company’s standard procedure, so materials will be readily available for production or whenever needed.
• Organizes and maintains the inventory floor area to ensure efficient material storage and handling. He also maintains labeling systems on the stock items.
• Provides routine management data regarding inventory performance, which involves evaluating and monitoring usage and consumables and scrap.
• Creates and maintains accurate written procedures for the primary inventory control functions and processes, ensuring accuracy and integrity of the stock management system implemented.
• Creates daily reports to control the key critical areas of the stock system and address any discrepancies. This task involves managing control measures to make sure inaccuracies and errors are highlighted and resolved.
• Coordinates periodic safety inspections and testing of any specialized piece of utility equipment.
• Performs miscellaneous duties, which are work-related, as assigned