Inventory Control Manager

The Inventory Control Manager leads stock assurance across retail stores, warehouses, distribution centres, factories, and third-party storage locations. The role is accountable for stock accuracy, count planning, reconciliation, shrinkage investigation, system integrity, and consistent inventory controls across supermarket, pharmacy, and furniture operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Design annual, cycle, and ad hoc stock-count plans and coordinate readiness across locations.
• Lead physical counts, variance analysis, recounts, reconciliation, and approved stock postings.
• Investigate shrinkage and discrepancies, identify root causes, and track preventive actions.
• Standardise inventory procedures while adapting controls to retail, pharmacy, factory, and warehouse requirements.
• Manage stock accuracy reporting, shrinkage, ageing, expiry exposure, count coverage, and other KPIs.
• Maintain inventory controls and transaction integrity across SAP S/4HANA, SAP EWM, and Dynamics 365.
• Work with Finance, IT, operations, and auditors on valuation, system fixes, and control findings.

Requirements and Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Business, or a related field; an MBA or APICS CPIM/CSCP is an advantage.
• Twelve to fifteen years of inventory or supply-chain experience, including at least five years in a leadership role.
• Hands-on SAP S/4HANA and SAP EWM knowledge; Microsoft Dynamics 365 experience is required or must be learned quickly.
• Experience in retail and warehousing across supermarkets, pharmacy/healthcare, or furniture, plus physical counts and audit reconciliation.
• Strong leadership, reporting, process-control, and stakeholder-management capability.

Relevant Skills

• Inventory strategy, physical stock counts, reconciliation, and shrinkage control.
• SAP S/4HANA, SAP EWM, Dynamics 365, and Power BI reporting.
• Audit readiness, process improvement, and cross-functional leadership.

Employment Details

This is a full-time opportunity based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The successful candidate should follow the procedures relevant to the position, keep required records accurate, and coordinate professionally with colleagues and supervisors. Salary and any additional contractual terms should be confirmed during recruitment; no salary figure is added here because a verified amount was not available.