Inventory Control Specialist - Luxury Fashion Brand

Zimmermann; Paris; On-site; EUR 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work options

Tailored development plans and courses

Generous employee benefits and product

Clear pathways for career progression

Collaborative, inclusive team culture

Job summary

ZIMMERMANN is seeking a Stock Control Assistant to join the Inventory and Loss Prevention team. Reporting to the Senior Stock Controller, you’ll support inventory reporting, Goods in Transit, and stocktake processes across stores, e-commerce and warehouses.

You’ll help ensure accuracy, escalate issues promptly, and collaborate with Retail, Finance, Logistics, and Buying & Planning to maintain stock integrity and compliance in a fast-paced luxury retail environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in retail stock control or administration preferred.
• Basic understanding of inventory systems, POS-Free, and reporting.
• Strong attention to detail and follow-up discipline.
• Organised, proactive, and willing to learn inventory and loss prevention processes.

Responsibilities

• Inventory Reporting and administration.
• Prepare and communicate regular inventory reports, including POS-Free, Reservation, Aging Stock on Hand, Negative Stock, and Goods in Transit.
• Monitor concession returns, ensuring accurate receipting, reconciliation, and support with follow-up in line with Zimmermann Policies and Procedures.
• Assist with investigation of inventory discrepancies, resolving minor issues such as actioning stock adjustments and escalating complex cases.
• Maintain trackers and audits across functions, identifying recurring issues, training opportunities, and risks.
• Follow up with stores to ensure corrective actions are completed within required timeframes and overdue or high-risk items are escalated.
• Stocktakes and Cycle Counts.
• Assist with store, warehouse, and 3PL stocktake planning, preparation, communication, and execution of bi annual stocktakes and regular cycle counts.
• Support post-count reporting, variance investigations, and improvement action planning.
• Goods in Transit
• Monitor and follow up outstanding Goods in Transit (GIT), partially receipted transfers, and pending Transfer Requests (TRs), escalating aged or high-risk items in line with required timeframes.
• Support in discrepancy resolution including back-end transfers, minor adjustments, and transfer cancellations.
• Assist with Lost in Transit investigations including gathering documentation and supporting evidence.
• Identify and escalation recurring Lost in Transit patterns, including transit zones, senders, or courier-related issues.
• Intercompany Transactions
• Process intercompany inventory movements accurately and in line with Zimmermann Policies and Procedures.
• Maintain intercompany transfer trackers and elevate non-compliant or exceptional transactions, including cases where transfers do not meet paid-in-full (PIF) or sale conversion within the required timeframe.
• Support Finance with investigation of intercompany P&L variances, ensuring compliance and balance across entities.
• Support administration of theft, fraud, and incident investigations and reporting.
• Assist with maintaining investigation documentation, evidence logs, and records.
• Support checks and tracking on store security equipment and flag issues for escalation.
• Virtual and Physical Warehouse Management
• Assist in monitoring inventory accuracy across ecommerce and physical 3PL warehouse environments by reconciling system stock against warehouse and 3PL reporting.
• Support reconciliation of virtual warehouses, including validation of expensing reports for finance.
• Assist with preparation, documentation, and evidence collection for 3PL stocktakes and warehouse investigations.
• Policy, Compliance & WHS
• Assist with BOH organisation, stock-on-hand capacity checks, and WHS compliance.
• Support adherence to inventory and loss prevention Policies and Procedures through reporting and follow up.
• Assist with training coordination and documentation as required.
• Support WHS compliance by regular store BOH check ins, feedback and follow-up actions.
• Escalate observed risks, non-compliance, or process gaps promptly.

Skills

Attention to detail

Follow-up discipline

Organised

Proactive

Willing to learn inventory

Tools

POS-Free

Inventory systems

Reporting

Job description

ZIMMERMANN is seeking a Stock Control Assistant to join the Inventory and Loss Prevention team. Reporting to the Senior Stock Controller, you’ll support inventory reporting, Goods in Transit, and stocktake processes across stores, e-commerce and warehouses.

You’ll help ensure accuracy, escalate issues promptly, and collaborate with Retail, Finance, Logistics, and Buying & Planning to maintain stock integrity and compliance in a fast-paced luxury retail environment.