Stock Analyst at 24 Secure Security Services Kenya

We seek to recruit a qualified and able Stock Analyst for the business.

Role Description

Stock analyst must monitor and anticipate the rate of sale for each type of product offered by a business. As a stock analyst, you will make sure that your company’s distribution centers and warehouses maintain inventory levels necessary to meet projected sales demands.

Your daily duties may include writing stock reports, performing cycle counts, and determining periodic asset valuations. The job requires advanced organization skills, as analysts must keep several databases and spreadsheets detailing the various elements and aspects of inventory.

Another important aspect of your job as a stock analyst involves researching past sales trends and staying informed of current sales trends that may influence inventory demand.

You may also oversee the level of incoming products and ensure that it stays balanced with the level of outgoing products. You may also be in charge of performing yearly audit functions and proving that all products were bought, handled and sold in compliance with rules and regulations.

Job Roles

• Stock analysts analyze inventory statistics. This includes performing financial analytics to determine which products are selling the most and which are under-performing.
• They also document inventory discrepancies, such as missing or mislabeled items.
• Inventory analysts perform regular inventory counts and verify the numbers against shipping and receiving logs.
• The analyst will write regular inventory reports detailing inventory counts, discrepancies, and other statistical data.
• Compiles and maintains records of quantity, type, and value of material, equipment, merchandise, or supplies stocked in establishment: Counts material, equipment, merchandise, or supplies in stock and posts totals to inventory records, manually or using computer.
• Compares inventories to office records or computes figures from records, such as sales orders, production records, or purchase invoices to obtain current inventory.
• Verifies clerical computations against physical count of stock and adjusts errors in computation or count, or investigates and reports reasons for discrepancies.
• Compiles information on receipt or disbursement of material, equipment, merchandise, or supplies, and computes inventory balance, price, and cost.
• Prepares reports, such as inventory balance, price lists, and shortages.
• Prepares list of depleted items and recommends survey of defective or unusable items.
• Also act as a merchandiser from time to time
• Any other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Degree in Supply Chain, Finance, Economics or Mathematics
• Must have experience of at least 3 years as an Inventory or Stock Analyst preferably in retail business or retail fashion business.
• Good Business acumen and analytics
• Merchandising experience will be added advantage.

Core Skills

• Good Analytical Skills
• Detail Oriented/Attention to details
• Ability to Multitask
• Tech Savvy- Computer Skills
• Good communication Skills-Verbal and Written
• Mathematical skills
• Problem solving skills
• Business skills
• Time management skills
• Report writing skills