Junior Inventory

• Job Location: Lebanon
• Job Category: Other
• Employment Type: Employee
• Job Duration: Full Time

Department: Inventory & Loss Prevention
Job Status: Full Timer
Working Hours: Flexibility in working hours ranging from Monday till Saturday; from 9:00 AM till 6:00 PM or from 1:00 PM till 10:00 PM
Sunday: Spot Check is needed
Location: Head Office - Zalka

SCOPE OF THE JOB:
The Junior Inventory is responsible for handling inventory transactions while updating, validating and generating related data reports. He/she seeks to minimize stock discrepancies through process improvement and analysis as per company’s standards.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Perform spot checks on stores to monitor stock level and evaluate potential risks during non- conventional working hours such as weekends, evenings, before opening, after closing, during stock counts and other.
• Conduct a site surveillance and make sure that the cycle count is conducted at local & regional level and generate, consolidated results to review acceptance percentage for the shrinkage per shop/brand/country.
• Ensure proper implementation of policies/procedures by providing the needed support to control losses, decrease the shrinkage percentage and validate inventory transaction processes.
• Oversee margins on purchase orders and imported data while managing inventory transactions related to sales, receiving, transfers between stores, change of season/prices and other.
• Calculate/analyze costs of sold items, prepare physical takes’ schedule and audit the count in the store.
• Conduct branch visits to check compliance of all transactions between shops & warehouse, when it comes to item level.
• Perform monthly reports analysis in order to maintain & control appropriate transactions such as average price, stock rotation, stock availability etc…
• Make sure all transactions are processed and validated prior to cycle count date as well as download and submit data related to inventory count for analysis (Ex: Barcodes)
• Guarantee timely submission of monthly and closing stock data & inventories along with adequate justifications.
• Perform training on all systems/applications used in the Inventory Control Department and monitor seasonal sales period.
• Perform a minimum of 3 cycle counts per shop on a yearly basis, along with finalizing the inventory results within the time frame defined as per the procedures.
• Train Store managers on cycle count aspect in order to minimize the margin of errors.
• Monitor all cycle counts assigned by a well-defined schedule to achieve the normal the percentage of discrepancy.
• Conduct spot check visits to control compliance of stock level in hand with the one existing on system.
• Coordinate with the Loss Prevention on Stock level compliance in order to track, control & minimize discrepancies.

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

• Education: Bachelor Degree in Business Administration, Accounting or any related field
• Experience: Up to 1 - 2 years of experience in Stock Management; exposure to Retail industry is a plus.
• Linguistic Skills: Advanced in written & spoken English & Arabic, French is a plus.
• Computer Skills: Advanced knowledge in Ms. Office.