Jaza Energy is seeking a Regional Inventory Controller to ensure end-to-end inventory integrity.

Responsibilities or duties

Own end-to-end inventory integrity from inbound receipt to outbound dispatch and returns. Ensure all stock movements are system-led, validated, and fully traceable. Eliminate manual workarounds and enforce transaction discipline across all flows.

Inbound and receiving discipline:

• Receive all inbound shipments against approved POs with full verification of quantity, serial numbers, and condition.
• Execute serialized GRNs in the inventory management system with strict PO linkage and three-way match validation.
• Quarantine all non-conforming inventory with immediate exception logging.
• Coordinate inbound scheduling to ensure readiness across dock, labour, and storage zones.
• Capture landed cost inputs and share with Finance for reconciliation.

Warehouse structure and inventory organisation:

• Maintain strict six-zone warehouse structure (Z1 Inbound Staging, Z2 Available Stock, Z3 Kitting and Outbound, Z4 Returns and Repairs, Z5 Obsolete and Scrap and Z6 Quarantine).
• Enforce bin-level location control with accurate inventory management system mapping at all times.
• Maintain clear segregation across usable, repair, quarantine, and scrap inventory.

Outbound and fulfillment discipline:

• Execute picking, packing, and staging aligned to S&OE deployment plans.
• Validate all outbound loads through system, physical, and documentation checks.
• Maintain forward visibility of deployment demand and flag stock risks early.
• Ensure complete and accurate outbound documentation before dispatch.
• Enforce IMS-based order execution across all internal stakeholders.

Reverse logistics ownership:

• Own intake, classification, and system update of all returned inventory.
• Apply condition-based zoning and same-day IMS updates for all returns.
• Capture structured reason codes to support variance and performance analysis.
• Manage supplier return processes through to credit closure.
• Maintain a live returns tracker with full visibility and accountability.

Inventory audit and cycle counting:

• Design and execute a tiered cycle count programme across all inventory classes.
• Conduct quarterly full reconciliations with documented root cause analysis.
• Investigate and resolve all variances with clear accountability.
• Maintain a detailed inventory movement log with full transaction traceability.
• Monitor and control transaction reversals with strict justification and escalation.

Inventory management system data discipline and systems control:

• Enforce strict use of IMS transaction types across all inventory activities.
• Maintain full alignment between IMS structure and physical warehouse layout.
• Enforce role-based access and approval workflows.
• Surface system issues and gaps to Inventory Coordinator and Tech teams.
• Support training and adherence to system usage standards.

Performance reporting and Finance interface:

• Deliver weekly reports including SOH, GRN status, cycle count adherence, and transaction logs.
• Produce monthly variance and write-off reports with full documentation.
• Support Finance in reconciliation across IMS, physical stock, and QBO.
• Track and report inventory aging and risk categories.
• Ensure all reporting is proactive, accurate, and aligned to decision cycles.

Safety, compliance and standards:

• Enforce lithium battery storage and safety protocols.
• Maintain warehouse safety standards across layout, PPE, and access.
• Act as DRI for warehouse SOPs and work instruction updates.
• Ensure compliance with HSSE, audit, and regulatory requirements.

Qualifications or requirements

Requirements:

• Proven ability to manage serialized, high-value inventory environments.
• Hands-on experience with cycle count programme design and execution.
• Commercial awareness of inventory impact on cost, loss, and working capital.
• Strong understanding of inventory reconciliation across system, physical, and financial layers.
• Ability to produce accurate, decision-grade reports for operational and finance stakeholders.
• Experience enforcing SOPs and process discipline in warehouse environments.
• Strong problem-solving capability in high-pressure, execution-driven environments.
• Experience operating in emerging market conditions with infrastructure and system constraints.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration with Procurement, Finance, Operations, and Tech.
• Strong working knowledge of IMS or WMS systems with strict transaction discipline.

Qualifications:

• 3 to 5 years of warehouse operations experience with direct ownership of stock accuracy.
• Degree or HND in Supply Chain, Logistics, Procurement, Business Administration, or Engineering.
• Hands-on experience with IMS, WMS, or ERP systems such as SAP or Oracle.
• Proven track record in cycle counting, variance analysis, and reconciliation processes.
• Proficiency in Excel or Google Sheets for reporting and analysis.
• Experience working with Finance on inventory valuation and reconciliation.
• Familiarity with HSSE standards in warehouse operations, including battery handling.

• Own end-to-end inventory integrity from inbound receipt to outbound dispatch and returns.
• Ensure all stock movements are system-led, validated, and fully traceable.
• Eliminate manual workarounds and enforce transaction discipline across all flows.
• Receive all inbound shipments against approved POs with full verification of quantity, serial numbers, and condition.
• Execute serialized GRNs in the inventory management system with strict PO linkage and three-way match validation.
• Quarantine all non-conforming inventory with immediate exception logging.
• Coordinate inbound scheduling to ensure readiness across dock, labour, and storage zones.
• Capture landed cost inputs and share with Finance for reconciliation.
• Maintain strict six-zone warehouse structure (Z1 Inbound Staging, Z2 Available Stock, Z3 Kitting and Outbound, Z4 Returns and Repairs, Z5 Obsolete and Scrap and Z6 Quarantine).
• Enforce bin-level location control with accurate inventory management system mapping at all times.
• Maintain clear segregation across usable, repair, quarantine, and scrap inventory.
• Execute picking, packing, and staging aligned to S&OE deployment plans.
• Validate all outbound loads through system, physical, and documentation checks.
• Maintain forward visibility of deployment demand and flag stock risks early.
• Ensure complete and accurate outbound documentation before dispatch.
• Enforce IMS-based order execution across all internal stakeholders.
• Own intake, classification, and system update of all returned inventory.
• Apply condition-based zoning and same-day IMS updates for all returns.
• Capture structured reason codes to support variance and performance analysis.
• Manage supplier return processes through to credit closure.
• Maintain a live returns tracker with full visibility and accountability.
• Design and execute a tiered cycle count programme across all inventory classes.
• Conduct quarterly full reconciliations with documented root cause analysis.
• Investigate and resolve all variances with clear accountability.
• Maintain a detailed inventory movement log with full transaction traceability.
• Monitor and control transaction reversals with strict justification and escalation.
• Enforce strict use of IMS transaction types across all inventory activities.
• Maintain full alignment between IMS structure and physical warehouse layout.
• Enforce role-based access and approval workflows.
• Surface system issues and gaps to Inventory Coordinator and Tech teams.
• Support training and adherence to system usage standards.
• Deliver weekly reports including SOH, GRN status, cycle count adherence, and transaction logs.
• Produce monthly variance and write-off reports with full documentation.
• Support Finance in reconciliation across IMS, physical stock, and QBO.
• Track and report inventory aging and risk categories.
• Ensure all reporting is proactive, accurate, and aligned to decision cycles.
• Enforce lithium battery storage and safety protocols.
• Maintain warehouse safety standards across layout, PPE, and access.
• Act as DRI for warehouse SOPs and work instruction updates.
• Ensure compliance with HSSE, audit, and regulatory requirements.

• Inventory management
• Cycle counting
• Warehouse operations
• Process discipline
• Problem-solving
• Cross-functional collaboration
• IMS/WMS systems
• Excel/Google Sheets
• HSSE standards

• Proven ability to manage serialized, high-value inventory environments.
• Hands-on experience with cycle count programme design and execution.
• Commercial awareness of inventory impact on cost, loss, and working capital.
• Strong understanding of inventory reconciliation across system, physical, and financial layers.
• Ability to produce accurate, decision-grade reports for operational and finance stakeholders.
• Experience enforcing SOPs and process discipline in warehouse environments.
• Strong problem-solving capability in high-pressure, execution-driven environments.
• Experience operating in emerging market conditions with infrastructure and system constraints.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration with Procurement, Finance, Operations, and Tech.
• Strong working knowledge of IMS or WMS systems with strict transaction discipline.
• 3 to 5 years of warehouse operations experience with direct ownership of stock accuracy.
• Degree or HND in Supply Chain, Logistics, Procurement, Business Administration, or Engineering.
• Hands-on experience with IMS, WMS, or ERP systems such as SAP or Oracle.
• Proven track record in cycle counting, variance analysis, and reconciliation processes.
• Proficiency in Excel or Google Sheets for reporting and analysis.
• Experience working with Finance on inventory valuation and reconciliation.
• Familiarity with HSSE standards in warehouse operations, including battery handling.