Inventory Assistant

Role overview

Responsibilities

• Assist with daily inventory management and stock control.
• Receive incoming goods, including hospitality supplies, food items, and beverages; verify deliveries against purchase orders and receiving documents.
• Inspect deliveries for quantity, quality, damage, expiry dates, and specifications; count and verify physical stock.
• Record receipts, issues, transfers, returns, and adjustments in the inventory management system.
• Coordinate inventory needs with purchasing, suppliers, warehouse staff, kitchen, housekeeping, and food and beverage teams.
• Help prepare daily, weekly, and monthly stock reports and identify variances, shortages, damages, wastage, and potential losses.
• Keep storage areas clean, organized, and secure, and follow food safety, hygiene, health, and workplace safety procedures.
• Maintain accurate and confidential inventory and purchasing information; support supervisors and warehouse teams with stock control and administrative tasks.

Qualifications and experience

• High school diploma, diploma, or equivalent qualification.
• Previous experience as an Inventory Assistant, Inventory Clerk, Stock Assistant, Stock Clerk, Store Assistant, Warehouse Assistant, or similar.
• Experience in inventory control, stock management, warehouse operations, or materials management.
• Hospitality, hotel, restaurant, catering, food and beverage, or retail inventory experience is preferred.
• Basic knowledge of inventory procedures; familiarity with purchase orders, delivery notes, goods receiving, stock requisitions, and inventory documentation.
• Basic knowledge of inventory software, ERP, or stock management systems; ability to work with spreadsheets and basic reports.
• Understanding of stock counting and inventory reconciliation procedures.

Required skills

• Inventory management, stock control, stock monitoring, inventory tracking, and record keeping.
• Physical stock counting, inventory reconciliation, data entry, and documentation.
• Goods receiving and inspection, purchase order verification, stock issuance, and internal transfers.
• FIFO and FEFO inventory practices and warehouse organization.
• Ability to manage multiple inventory tasks and deadlines in a fast-paced hospitality environment.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation package, health insurance, employee support benefits, paid annual leave, and public holidays according to company policy.
• Professional and supportive work environment, training and development, and career growth opportunities.
• Exposure to hotel, restaurant, food and beverage, warehouse, and hospitality operations; structured inventory management and workplace safety programs.