Job Description
Job Description
Reports to: Operations Manager / Management
Location: All company branches, restaurants, bakery and warehouse.
To manage and control stock across all company branches, ensuring accurate records, adequate stock availability, cost control, minimal wastage and protection of company assets as the business grows.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Monitor stock levels and conduct regular physical stock counts and reconciliations across all branches.
- Verify deliveries against purchase orders and delivery notes, ensuring correct quantities and acceptable quality.
- Control stock receiving, issuing, transfers, storage and documentation.
- Monitor raw materials, bakery supplies, packaging and other operational stock.
- Prepare and maintain accurate stock costing records, including purchase costs, unit costs and inventory valuations.
- Calculate and monitor the cost of stock used, wastage, variances and stock losses.
- Support product costing and cost analysis for menu items, bakery products and other company products.
- Identify and investigate stock variances, shortages, theft, fraud, wastage, damages and expired goods.
- Implement effective stock control procedures, internal controls and loss-prevention measures.
- Ensure proper stock rotation, safe storage and compliance with food safety requirements.
- Monitor minimum and maximum stock levels and recommend timely replenishment.
- Prepare accurate daily, weekly and monthly stock, costing and variance reports and recommend corrective actions.
- Coordinate with procurement, finance, branch managers, bakery teams and warehouse personnel.
- Improve stock management systems, accountability, inventory accuracy and cost control as the company expands.
Qualifications and Experience
- Diploma or degree in Supply Chain Management, Procurement, Logistics, Inventory Management, Accounting or a related field.
- Proven hands-on experience in stock control, physical stock counts, reconciliations, stock costing and variance investigations.
- Experience managing stock across multiple branches, restaurants, retail outlets or food production environments is an added advantage.
- Computer literacy, particularly Microsoft Excel and inventory management systems.
- Strong numerical, analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to calculate stock costs, product costs, inventory valuations and cost variances accurately.
- High integrity, honesty, accountability and attention to detail.
- Ability to identify risks, investigate discrepancies and enforce stock control procedures.
- Good communication, organisation and reporting skills.
- Willingness to conduct physical stock checks and travel between branches.
5. Added Advantage
Practical experience or training in risk management, internal auditing, fraud detection, internal controls, loss prevention and inventory or product costing.
6. Key Performance Indicators
- Stock accuracy and reduced unexplained variances.
- Accurate and timely stock costing and inventory valuations.
- Improved monitoring of product costs, stock usage and cost variances.
- Reduced stock losses, wastage and expired goods.
- Timely and accurate stock, costing and variance reports.
- Effective stock availability and reduced stockouts.
- Compliance with stock control procedures and improved protection of company assets.
How to Apply
Interested and suitably qualified candidates should submit:
* Application Letter
* Detailed Curriculum Vitae (CV)
* Certified copies of academic and professional qualifications
Applications should be submitted to recruitment@cakefairy1.com by 11 September 2026.
Please use “STOCK CONTROLLER” as the subject of your email.