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With a strong digital-first approach and an expanding offline presence, Ugaoo caters to a diverse customer base across the country. Our portfolio spans live plants, seeds, gardening inputs, pots & planters, and landscaping services. With a significant portion of inventory being perishable and a highly diverse SKU mix, effective inventory management is critical to ensuring optimal availability, minimal wastage, and a seamless customer experience.\nLocation: Talegaon Warehouse Location\nAbout the role :\nThe Assistant Manager - Inventory will be responsible for driving end-to-end inventory accuracy, warehouse stock governance, and inventory process excellence across all warehouse locations and sales channels. This role requires strong ownership of inventory operations including stock reconciliation, audits, inbound tracking, ERP accuracy, stock movement monitoring, and inventory reporting. The individual will play a critical role in ensuring inventory visibility, minimising stock variances, preventing stock loss, and maintaining seamless coordination between warehouse, procurement, logistics, finance, and operations teams.\nResponsibilities :\nInventory control and Accuracy:\nOwn end-to-end inventory accuracy across all warehouse locations and online sales channels, including system stock, physical stock, and in-transit inventory visibility.\nMonitor daily inventory levels across all SKUs and identify stock mismatches, variances, or system discrepancies proactively.\nMaintain inventory at defined safety stock levels and raise alerts for low-stock or stockout risks across channels.\nDrive inventory accuracy KPIs with a target of maintaining >98% system-vs-physical stock accuracy.\nConduct daily reconciliation for high-value and fast-moving SKUs and resolve discrepancies within defined timelines.\nERP & Inventory System Management:\nEnsure all inventory movements including GRN, putaway, dispatch, inter-location transfer, RTV, and stock adjustments are updated accurately in ERP systems like Unicommerce/Ginesys within defined timelines.\nOversee inventory synchronisation across ERP, WMS, and marketplace panels to avoid overselling, ghost inventory, or stock mismatch issues.\nMaintain audit-ready inventory documentation and ensure all stock records, adjustment logs, and ERP entries are updated and retrievable.\nInventory Analysis and Loss Prevention:\nInvestigate inventory discrepancies and perform root cause analysis for variances related to system errors, damages, shrinkage, transit losses, or operational lapses.\nTrack and monitor blocked, damaged, missing, slow-moving, and ageing inventory; share corrective action plans and liquidation recommendations.\nEnsure strict adherence to inventory movement SOPs, gate pass processes, and warehouse compliance standards.\nInbound and Warehouse Operations :\nTrack purchase orders from issuance till GRN closure and 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