Senior Inventory Officer (Manufacturing) at Frutta Foods and Services Nigeria Limited

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assist in establishing and implementing inventory policies and procedures.
• Work closely with Procurement, Store, and Field Management to ensure proper inventory control and accounting practices.
• Physical verification and control of weekly and Monthly counts of Warehouse inventory of Raw, Packing Materials, Spares, and Consumables, and highlight the variances to the management.
• Perform weekly and monthly physical assets and tools counts at all sites and report variances to the management.
• Prepare and distribute daily, weekly, monthly, and ad-hoc inventory levels and consumption reports to all the relevant departments.
• Providing explanations to both internal and external auditors on inventory-related queries.
• Processing Vendor's invoices while ensuring 3-way check of PO, GRN, and Invoice.
• Prepare Inventory Sub Ledger and General Ledger Reconciliation Report, Warehouse/ Spares and Consumables Ageing report.
• Report shortfalls and surplus inventory weekly and monthly for replenishment.
• Support the Company budgeting process with Account Analysis.
• Assist other functional units within the Finance team in carrying out jobs as and when required by Management.

JOB REQUIREMENT

Education:

• B.Sc. degree in relevant field (Accounting/ Business Management)

Work Experience:

• Must have a minimum of 4 years’ inventory management experience in a manufacturing company.
• Excellent communications, negotiation, analytical and reporting skills.

Technical requirements:

• Strong understanding and proficient use of SAP.
• Proven skills and competencies in managing raw materials, production, and output accounting.
• Knowledge of effective internal processes is an added advantage.
• Sound understanding of regulatory requirements.
• Must be proficient in Microsoft Office tools, especially excel

Required Skills & Behavioural Competencies:

• Strategic Thinker
• Analytical Skills • Resilient
• Business Transformation and Change Advocate
• Leadership Skills
• Negotiation Skills
• Exceptional Presentation & Communication Skills