Inventory Planner & Logistics Controller

Role overview

Key responsibilities

• Design and implement a fit-for-purpose inventory system, including software selection or configuration, manual backup processes, and production-planning integration.
• Develop part codes and classifications for raw materials, consumables, hardware, and finished goods.
• Install warehouse racking, zoning, and labelled bin locations; establish Kanban, min/max, or reorder-point controls and 5S practices.
• Set reorder levels, safety stock, and economic order quantities; monitor stock levels and resolve shortages, excess, and slow-moving items.
• Maintain inventory records, conduct cycle counts and physical audits, reconcile variances, and implement corrective actions.
• Produce weekly and monthly reports on variances, stock turns, obsolescence, and coverage days.
• Generate purchase requisitions, track and expedite purchase orders, assess supplier lead times, and maintain supplier and material registers.
• Supervise receipt, inspection, and put-away; ensure goods-received note accuracy and timely system updates.
• Coordinate outbound loading, shipment documents, and carrier or driver scheduling.
• Maintain safe handling, storage, housekeeping, and health and safety practices.
• Improve stock flow and documentation, train warehouse and data-entry staff, and provide inventory data to production and procurement.
• Track and report lean improvement measures and outcomes.

Experience and qualifications

• Three to five years in inventory planning, logistics, or materials control in manufacturing or fabrication.
• Demonstrated experience implementing inventory systems or lean processes from scratch in an SME setting.
• Metal sections, structural steel, or similar industrial materials experience is advantageous.
• A degree or diploma in Mechanical, Industrial, Manufacturing, or Structural Engineering is strongly preferred.
• An additional qualification in Supply Chain, Logistics, or Operations Management is a plus.
• Practical knowledge of ERP, WMS, or similar inventory software; the source description ends mid-qualification.

Technical skills

• Inventory software and systems, stock-control models, part coding, and warehouse layout.
• Lean methods, 5S, stock analysis, cycle counting, procurement coordination, and logistics documentation.
• Materials include metal sections, plate, profiles, structural steel, and heavy bundles.

Workplace

• The role is based at a metal sections manufacturing company in UAQ and involves warehouse and factory-floor responsibilities.