Inventory Controller - Food and Beverage

Independent Food Company; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A hospitality company in Abu Dhabi is seeking an Inventory Controller/Data Entry to analyze F&B consumption and manage inventory. The ideal candidate should have proven experience, strong MS Office skills, and excellent communication abilities. Responsibilities include maintaining food inventory, inputting PO data, and conducting spot checks. This role offers an opportunity to work in a dynamic environment focused on efficiency and organization.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as Data Entry or Inventory Controller.
• Proficient in MS Office.
• Excellent Typing and Inventory Skills.

Responsibilities

• Analyze F&B stores consumption to handle ordering.
• Input POs, invoices, inventories, and stocks received.
• Maintain updated food inventory daily.

Skills

Proven experience as Data Entry or Inventory Controller

Proficient in MS Office

Excellent Typing and Inventory Skills

Outstanding communication and negotiation ability

Well-organized with multi-tasking skills

Able to handle stress and remain calm

Problem-solving ability

Job description

Driven to create unique home-grown food concepts that bring people together, the Independent Food Company is a UAE-based hospitality company with multiple concepts under it’s umbrella – SALT, Switch, Parker’s, Grind, Somewhere and Public.

We are currently seeking an Inventory Controller / Data Entry for our Restaurants for Dubai and Abu Dabhi

The key requirements will include the following:

Responsibilities

• In conjunction with the Provision Master, provides analysis of F&B stores consumption to handle the ordering of Food and Beverage as exact as possible.
• Input in the computer all PO , Invoices, Inventories and stocks received.
• Maintain the food inventory updated on a daily in cooperation with the Provision Master.
• Carry out spot-checks on the restaurant and Central Kitchen rotating stock-takes.
• Carry out checks on storing operations on the pier.
• Input in the computer all the requisitions.
• Control and ensure that not a single item leaves the stores without requisition.
• Accounts for any stock transfer between onboard locations.
• Inputs physical bar stock counts into the computer system and analyze results highlighting the discrepancies for additional counts or reviews.
• Hold minimum each second day a spot check on physical inventories held in the bars, food and beverage stores, galleys and cellars.
• Monitors – controls tips and bonuses to bar staff.
• Performs any other duty as requested by His/Her superiors.
• Compiles a physical inventory routine for each food & beverage locations. Verifies level of inventory at least once a cruise or more are required, daily in the Crew Bar and any other bar with high variances.
• Prepares a voyage report in the end of each cruise to be signed by the F&B Manager and send to the shore side office.
• Day to day supervision and management of the responsibilities detailed above.
• Spreading random audits and reconciliation´s over the voyage and moving forward with new computer installations and controls procedures, whilst tackling systems and financial control problems, as these occur.
• Run end of the day on all bar point of sales workstations; distribute daily sales analysis reports as required.
• Feed figures into spreadsheets format to carry out the control functions described above.
• Review “undefined” accounts.
• Tackle computer problems as these arise.
• Proven experience as Data Entry OR Inventory Controller
• Proficient in MS Office
• Excellent Typing and Inventory Skills
• Outstanding communication and negotiation ability
• Well-organized with multi-tasking skills
• Able to handle stress and remain calm
• Problem-solving ability