Assistant Manager Inventory & Quality Control

What’s On Your Plate?

• Lead a team of two direct reports (inventory controllers and in-store stock controllers), ensuring accountability and performance delivery.
• Plan and execute timely spot checks and cycle counts to maintain inventory accuracy.
• Demonstrate initiative, execution ability, and a thorough understanding of store operations.
• Work cross-functionally to drive inventory optimization and improve stock accuracy.
• Adapt to flexible working hours as needed to conduct regular inspections of stores and storage areas, with focus on proper handling of expired, damaged, and returned products.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of standard operating procedures (SOPs).
• Collaborate with cross-functional departments to streamline processes and ensure alignment.
• Monitor and analyze inventory trends, usage patterns, and turnover to support strategic decisions.
• Maintain optimal inventory levels to meet business needs while reducing overstock and managing underperforming items.
• Ensure inventory storage complies with organizational standards and safety protocols.
• Review and refine inventory control processes to ensure lean and efficient operations.
• Maintain and recommend improvements for inventory profitability metrics, including GMROI.
• Develop impactful reports to support data-driven business decisions.
• Oversee inventory and quality control across warehouses and JO-based tmart stores.
• Provide operational guidance to minimize shrinkage and modification rates, with direct impact on the P&L

What Did We Order?

• Prior experience as an inventory controller
• Data and detail oriented
• Excellent analytical and communication skills, and always hands-on with several tools
• Ability to interact/guide the senior-level executives and can manage the expectations of multiple stakeholders
• Tech Savvy
• Provides day-to-day supervision to a team including coaching on performance, coordinating
• activities, checking on quality and work progress
• Leads, coordinating and facilitating the work of others, has supervisory responsibilities
• Takes a broad perspective to problems and spots new, less obvious solutions
• Performs a variety of the most complex tasks and/or leads one or more teams

talabat is part of the Delivery Hero Group, the world’s pioneering local delivery platform, our mission is to deliver an amazing experience—fast, easy, and to your door. We operate in over 70+ countries worldwide. Headquartered in Berlin, Germany. Delivery Hero has been listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange since 2017 and is part of the MDAX stock market index.