Inventory Controlller

Junior Professional Inventory Controller: The Inventory Controller is responsible for overseeing all inventory control activities to minimize stockholding costs while maximizing component availability and data accuracy. The successful candidate will manage inbound raw materials (e.g. metals plastics pins) work-in-progress (WIP) elements and finished connector assemblies ensuring seamless synchronization between physical stock and the ERP system.

MAIN DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Stock Auditing & Reconciliation: Conduct routine physical stock counts cyclical audits and perpetual inventory checks. Reconcile physical warehouse findings against the ERP system (e.g. SAP Oracle or customized MRP software).

• Variance Investigation: Identify report and troubleshoot any discrepancies stock shortages surpluses damaged or slow-moving items.

• Material issue control to shopfloor based on the production order or work order requirement and ensure workorder reconciliation.

• Material Flow Control: Monitor logistics processes including inbound vendor shipments raw material issuance to the production floor inter-branch transfers and finished good dispatch.

• Optimizing Reorder Points: Collaborate with procurement and planning teams to establish optimum minimum/maximum stock levels and reorder thresholds preventing material bottlenecks or costly overstocking.

• Obsolete Stock Management: Identify and flag redundant slow-moving or obsolete electronic parts to clear up working capital and physical space.

• Reporting: Generate detailed analytics on inventory health warehouse space utilization order patterns turn rates and financial asset reporting for the Operations Manager.

• Review of material Planning accuracy based on the production plan/forecast released by the planning team.

• Total Spend review of Freight charges for the Import and Export other than EXW.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in commerce Supply Chain Management Logistics Business Administration or a related technical discipline.
• Experience: 3 to 6 years of proven experience as an inventory controller store in-charge or warehouse executive preferably in an electronics manufacturing automotive component or heavy industrial environment.
• Proficient hands-on experience using industrial MRP / ERP /QAD systems.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel (VLOOKUPs Pivot Tables) for data analysis.
• Familiarity with inventory tracking tools (barcode/RFID scanners).
• Core Competencies: Strong mathematical analytical and troubleshooting skills. High attention to detail with an ability to function smoothly in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Language: Strong communication skills in English and Malayalam to align efficiently with local warehouse operators and global corporate managers.
• Experience in a manufacturing environment preferably automotive electrical electronics connectors cables or engineering products.
• Strong knowledge of Inventory management and material planning.

Skills

• Material Planning knowledge
• Numerical accuracy and data analysis
• Monitoring inventory levels and Data reconciliation
• Inventory & warehouse coordination
• Freight cost analysis
• SAP / QAD Advanced Excel KPI & MIS reporting
• Lean / Kaizen / 5S
• Problem solving and stakeholder management