Job Summary

We are looking for an experienced Assistant Manager Inventory to manage inventory planning, control, accuracy, and optimization across warehouse operations. The role will be responsible for maintaining optimum inventory levels, minimizing inventory discrepancies, ensuring stock accuracy, and driving efficient inventory movement.

Key Responsibilities

- Manage end-to-end inventory operations across warehouses/DCs.

- Monitor and maintain inventory accuracy through regular cycle counts, stock audits, and physical verification.

- Drive inventory reconciliation between physical stock and system stock.

- Track GRN, put-away, inward, outward, returns, damages, and stock adjustments.

- Monitor SKU-level inventory and identify excess, ageing, slow-moving, non-moving, and obsolete inventory.

- Ensure optimum inventory levels based on demand, sales trends, and business requirements.

- Coordinate with Planning, Procurement, SCM, Warehouse, Finance, and Business teams for inventory-related activities.

- Analyze inventory discrepancies and conduct RCA and corrective action.

- Prepare and monitor inventory MIS and dashboards covering stock accuracy, ageing, inventory turns, shrinkage, and variance.

- Ensure proper management of returns, damaged, expired, and blocked inventory.

- Implement and maintain inventory control processes and SOPs.

- Monitor warehouse processes to minimize stock loss, shrinkage, and operational errors.





- Support month-end inventory closing and reconciliation with Finance.

- Ensure inventory transactions are accurately updated in WMS/ERP/OMS.

- Lead and support periodic physical stock audits and cycle counting.

- Identify opportunities to improve inventory productivity, reduce working capital, and optimize warehouse space.

- Manage and guide inventory executives/team members to achieve operational KPIs.

Required Skills

- Strong knowledge of Inventory Management & Warehouse Operations

- Positive understanding of WMS / ERP / OMS

- Advanced MS Excel skills Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, SUMIFS, MIS, dashboards

- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

- Knowledge of inventory reconciliation and stock audits

- Understanding of D2C / E-commerce / Retail / FMCG supply chain

- Strong coordination and stakeholder management skills

- Ability to manage large SKU volumes and high transaction environments

Preferred Candidate Profile

- 47 years of experience in Inventory Management / Warehouse / Supply Chain

- Experience handling inventory in D2C, E-commerce, FMCG, Beauty & Personal Care, Retail, or Quick Commerce

- Experience managing high-volume SKU and multi-channel inventory

- Candidates with hands-on experience in WMS/ERP-based inventory management will be preferred.

- Strong exposure to inventory reporting, reconciliation, audits, and process improvement.

📌 Assistant Inventory Manager (Farukh Nagar)
🏢 Idam Natural Wellness
📍 Farukh Nagar