Procurement & Inventory Control Officer

About the role

A full-time, immediate-joiner position as Procurement & Inventory Control Officer in Kuwait, covering procurement, supplier management, inventory planning and stock control, and supervision of a tailoring workshop. The objective is to ensure the right product, quantity, time, supplier and cost while keeping healthy inventory levels and running the workshop efficiently.

Key responsibilities

• Procurement and supplier management: run the full cycle from requirement planning to purchase order and delivery, source and evaluate local and overseas suppliers, negotiate prices, terms and lead times, obtain quotations, issue POs and follow up on orders and deliveries.
• Tailoring workshop supervision: assign daily and monthly tasks to tailors, track job orders, check quality and accuracy of finished work, close completed orders in the system, record pending and delayed jobs, coordinate with other departments on new orders, alterations and deliveries, and prepare daily, weekly and monthly performance reports.
• Inventory planning and stock control: maintain optimal stock levels, identify fast-moving, slow-moving and non-moving items, set minimum, maximum, safety and reorder levels, calculate replenishment needs and place POs before stock-outs.
• Identify excess, ageing and obsolete stock and recommend actions, align procurement with sales forecasts, and keep procurement and inventory data accurate in the ERP system.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Procurement, Supply Chain, Business Administration or a related field.
• Minimum 3-5 years of relevant procurement experience; trading, retail or textiles experience preferred.
• Essential: experience in inventory planning, stock control and replenishment.
• Advantageous: experience coordinating workshop or job orders, preferably in a tailoring or textile environment.
• Good command of English; Arabic is an advantage. Candidates currently available in Kuwait are preferred.

Required skills

• Strong knowledge of MS Excel and ERP systems.
• Good understanding of inventory planning, replenishment and stock-control principles.
• Negotiation and supplier-management skills, and strong analytical, communication and problem-solving abilities.