Talabat Looking for Inventory Specialist at Kuwait Full Time

When you think of food delivery in the MENA region, we’d be pretty surprised if talabat didn’t pop into your mind first! Since delivering our first order in Kuwait in 2004, we’ve grown quite a lot over the past 17 years.
Today, we deliver hundreds of millions of food orders, grocery items and other products per year, to our customers in nine countries throughout the region with more than 3,000+ employees! Our food delivery business works with over 27,000 brands and almost 50,000 branches, while our q-commerce concept, talabat mart, now delivers groceries to customers in Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman Qatar, and the UAE in 30 minutes or less!
Our philosophy is to make sure we do what is right for our ecosystem – our customers, our partners, our people, our riders, and the communities in which we operate. Our #techforgood program allows our customers a safe and convenient way to contribute to important causes in their community through donating to local and international charities directly on talabat with a focus on food insecurity in the region. Since its inception in 2020, we have facilitated the donation of well over 1 million meals to those in need, as well as donated over $1.5 million to charity with the help of our partners and customers. talabat is part of Delivery Hero, the global leader in online food delivery and q-commerce.

Role Summary
We are looking for an inventory specialist who will bring unwavering professionalism and meticulous accuracy to the position, and who has exceptional math and observation skills. Inventory specialists can expect to work closely with management, oversee multiple teams, develop, and improve existing procedures and policies, prevent losses, and occasionally do some heavy lifting. Other responsibilities include maintaining storage facilities, ensuring the accuracy of inventory records, compiling balance, price, and cost reports, and doing weekly counts of all items.

What’s on Your Plate

• Daily monitoring of stock movement, running report of daily inventory adjustment.
• Controlling flows of equipment and supplies.
• Monitoring incoming supplies, liaising with shipment companies to track shipments.
• Reporting to management and advising on process improvements.
• Coordinating and directing multiple teams.
• Developing inventory processes and implementing these processes.
• Developing loss mitigation processes and protocols.
• Training less experienced inventory teams.
• Compiling inventory reports.
• Addressing any problems, obstacles, or challenges.
• Forecasting future inventory requirements.
• Spot checking and visiting warehouses for investigation with inventory discrepancies.

What Did We Order

• Minimum of 3 years of experience in controlling and managing inventory.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks at the same time with cross-functional teams.
• Should have excellent interpersonal communication skills, a firm grasp of basic computer programs, and an ability to work both independently and in a team.
• Working knowledge of word processor, database and spreadsheet software.
• People management skills, experience of managing a large group of people
• Ideal candidates will have inventory experience as well as mid-level management experience.
• English and is a must, Arabic is a plus.