Senior Inventory Control | Retail | IKEA DFC

Job title: Senior Inventory Control | Retail | IKEA DFC

Company: IKEA


Job description: Job DescriptionJob ID: 164885Date posted: 05/11/2024 Company descriptionJob Requisition ID: 164885ÂEstablished 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 A”rab 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 enables the organisation to continue to grow and expand; responding to the changing needs of our customers within the societies in which we operate.ÂBy 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.
Job descriptionOverview of the roleTo manage the Physical Inventory Department of the IKEA store. Ensure all items in the store are counted in a systematic & planned manner thereby providing better stock availability for the business and also ensuring better data integrity.What you will doOPERATIONAL

• Plan and coordinate annual and perpetual inventories stock count for the Store.
• Analyze deviation and discrepancies ascertaining a tolerance level for shrinkage.
• Designate the task of updating stock files to Inventory Assistant.
• Review and update the PI SOPs, as well as maintaining consistent stock balances by adhering to strict physical inventory control procedures.
• Act as an interface between the inventory and the goods receiving department thereby monitoring and analyzing the errors arising from the different areas.
• Monitor and maintain KPI’s pertaining to the PI process in order to maintain a track of the areas which directly affect the performance of the Physical Inventory team as well as have an adverse impact on the overall objective of the Team.

COMMERCIAL

• Work together with Logistics, Sales, and Communication and Interior Design teams in order to ensure the manual errors binning/posting errors are reduced and the disciplines in the SOPs are followed while transferring stocks to display and selling the same from display.

FINANCIAL

• Handle the periodical meetings with the AF Group audit team for the assessment and validation of the
• inventory process of IKEA which includes the existing procedures, business application, documentation and
• final approvals of stock shrinkages after stock take.
• Execute the physical inventory of the store including the Self Serve, Full Serve, Market Hall and Display counts and for overseeing the Recovery counts.
• Analyse the Stock loss figure after all investigations are completed and present to the Logistics Manager, the Store Manager & SMT.
• Convey Stock loss figure to Finance who will present it to the Auditors.

PEOPLE MANAGEMENT & DEVELOPMENT

• Supervise the Physical Inventory Control team to ensure highest level of work efficiency, and control operational costs.
• Ascertain adequate training and development initiatives to secure quality performance and succession needs

Required skills to be successful

• Advanced Computer skills (MS Office packages) and operating systems (Navision)
• Good command of English language
• Good command of Arabic language is a plus.
• Focus on continuous improvement of existing operations

What equips you for the role

• 5 years goods flow and supply chain management experience
• Knowledge of retail operations

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Location: Dubai

Job date: Thu, 07 Nov 2024 07:04:48 GMT

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