Assistant Manager - Inventory Management
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Job Description
WE'RE HIRING!
Assistant Manager – Inventory Management
A leading manufacturing organization in Sri Lanka
Location: Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage and oversee inventory planning, control, reconciliation, and reporting across manufacturing and warehouse operations.
- Monitor raw materials, work-in-progress, finished goods, spare parts, and other inventory categories to ensure optimum stock levels.
- Maintain high levels of inventory accuracy through cycle counts, physical stock counts, reconciliations, and system controls.
- Analyse stock ageing, slow-moving, non-moving, excess, and obsolete inventory and recommend appropriate actions.
- Monitor inventory turnover, stock coverage, working capital, stock variances, and other key inventory KPIs.
- Work closely with Supply Chain, Procurement, Production, Warehouse, Finance, Sales, and Planning teams to ensure effective inventory management.
- Investigate inventory discrepancies, identify root causes, and implement corrective and preventive actions.
- Support demand planning, replenishment, production planning, and material availability to minimize shortages and excess inventory.
- Ensure proper inventory valuation, stock classification, provisioning, and reconciliation in coordination with Finance.
- Maintain accurate inventory records and ensure all transactions are properly recorded through SAP / ERP systems.
- Prepare regular inventory reports, ageing analysis, variance reports, dashboards, and management information.
- Drive improvements in inventory processes, controls, stock accuracy, working capital, and operational efficiency.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Finance, Accounting, Operations Management, or a related discipline.
- Professional qualification in Supply Chain / Logistics / Finance will be an added advantage.
- Minimum 5+ years of relevant experience in Inventory Management, Warehouse, Supply Chain, or Materials Management.
- Prior experience within a manufacturing environment is highly preferred.
- Strong exposure to inventory planning, stock reconciliation, ageing analysis, inventory controls, and working-capital management.
- Good understanding of raw materials, WIP, finished goods, stock valuation, and manufacturing inventory flows.
- Experience with SAP / ERP-based inventory systems will be highly advantageous.
- Strong analytical skills with proficiency in MS Excel, inventory reporting, and data analysis.
- Strong problem-solving, communication, coordination, and stakeholder-management skills.
Compensation & Benefits:
Competitive Management Package + Performance-Based Benefits + Company Transport + Other Corporate Benefits
*Please indicate your expected salary when applying.
Apply Now:
Phone: 077-5900566
Email: [email protected]
