Inventory & Asset Controller

Job Summary We are looking for a meticulous and analytical Inventory & Asset Controller to join our finance team at SKY restaurants. This role owns the full control cycle governing the flow of goods, raw materials, operating supplies, and fixed assets between our central warehouses and individual store locations. You will act as the crucial financial checkpoint ensuring inventory accuracy, minimizing waste and shrinkage, and maintaining a robust audit trail from procurement intake to final point-of-sale consumption.

Key Responsibilities End-to-End Inventory Control: Design, monitor, and enforce control procedures across the entire supply chain lifecycle, covering receiving, warehousing, transfer, issuance, and consumption.

Warehouse & Store Reconciliation: Conduct regular and surprise physical inventory counts, cycle counts, and fixed asset audits across all warehouses and restaurant branches, reconciling discrepancies immediately against ERP/POS records.

Stock Movement & Transfer Monitoring: Oversee daily goods transfers between the central warehouse and restaurant locations, verifying documentation, gate passes, and systemic transfers to prevent loss or transit variance.

Asset Lifecycle Management: Maintain a comprehensive fixed asset register for all restaurant equipment, kitchen machinery, furniture, and technology assets, tracking acquisitions, depreciation, transfers, and disposals.

Waste, Spoilage & Variance Analysis: Track food cost variances, expiration dates, damages, and operational waste, generating detailed root-cause reports for management with actionable recommendations to reduce shrinkage.

System Integrity & ERP Management: Ensure all inventory transactions, bills of materials (BOM), recipes, and stock adjustments are accurately and promptly logged in the inventory management system or ERP.

Supplier & Receiving Verification: Cross-check incoming deliveries from suppliers against purchase orders, delivery notes, and quality standards before inventory is accepted into the system.

Policy & Compliance Enforcement: Implement internal control policies to safeguard company assets, ensuring compliance with financial regulations and reducing exposure to theft or fraud.

Reporting: Deliver weekly and monthly inventory valuation reports, aging stock reports, variance summaries, and asset audit findings to the finance department.

Requirements & Qualifications Education: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field.

Experience: 6 to 11 years of proven experience in inventory control, cost accounting, or asset management, preferably within the hospitality, food & beverage, or restaurant industry.

Technical Skills: Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel; hands-on experience with ERP systems and restaurant POS/inventory management software (e.g., Oracle, SAP, or specialized F&B systems like Material Control "MC").

Analytical Acumen: Strong numerical skills with a keen eye for detail and a demonstrated ability to investigate variances and reconcile complex data sets.

Industry Knowledge: Solid understanding of restaurant finances, kitchen inventory workflows, perishable goods management, and food cost controls.

Soft Skills: High level of integrity, strong problem-solving abilities, excellent communication skills to coordinate between finance, operations, and warehouse staff, and the resilience to handle physical stock counts in fast-paced environments.

Language: Fluency in Arabic and English (written and spoken).

What We Offer Competitive salary package based on experience.

Performance-based incentives.

Medical insurance coverage.

Opportunities for career growth within a rapidly expanding restaurant group.