Floward
Job Purpose
The Inventory Officer supports day-to-day warehouse and inventory activities, ensuring accurate stock records, proper receiving and dispatch of items, and timely reporting. The role contributes to preventing stock discrepancies, maintaining availability of fast-moving products, and supporting smooth operations across Floward's supply chain.
Key Responsibilities
Inventory Control & Record Management
- Maintain accurate records of stock movements, product codes, and system entries.
- Support reconciliation of work orders to ensure accuracy of materials and products.
- Track inbound and outbound orders to prevent overstock or stock-outs.
- Escalate discrepancies between physical stock and system records.
Receiving & Warehouse Coordination
- Assist in receiving incoming items, verifying quantities and quality against purchase requests.
- Coordinate with procurement and warehouse staff for timely and accurate processing.
- Check date-sensitive products for expiration and assist in removal or transfer as required.
- Report any damages or losses to supervisor for corrective action.
Reporting & Analysis
- Prepare and submit daily/weekly stock balance and stagnancy reports.
- Assist in generating inventory reports for management review.
- Track basic operational KPIs (stock accuracy, returns, defective items).
Compliance & Support
- Follow standard inventory and warehouse procedures to maintain efficiency.
- Ensure compliance with occupational safety and health guidelines.
- Assist in filing claims for defective or returned products when required.
- Provide support to cross-functional teams (Category, Sales, Procurement) in product availability and timely order fulfillment.
Skills And Qualifications
- Min 5+ years of experience in DevOps or cloud operations.
- Solid hands-on experience with AWS services (EC2, EKS, S3, RDS, IAM, VPC, CloudWatch, etc.).
- Practical knowledge of Terraform and infrastructure-as-code principles.
- Experience working with Kubernetes (preferably EKS).
- Familiarity with GitHub Actions or similar CI/CD tools.
- Understanding of Flux CD or GitOps workflows.
- Comfortable using and supporting databases like PostgreSQL and DocumentDB.
- Good communication and teamwork skills you enjoy solving problems collaboratively.
- Ability to work independently and follow through on assigned tasks with minimal supervision.
About Floward
Founded in 2017, Floward is an online flowers and gifting company; we pride ourselves in creating a seamless experience for our customers and making sending flowers and gifts as enjoyable as receiving them. We source our flowers daily from the best growers and farmers around the world to create one of a kind stunning arrangements and plants that fit every occasion. We also partner with local and international brands to offer a wide range of gifts including chocolate, perfumes, cakes and more, coupled with our arrangements to create the perfect gift. Operating in 36 cities in nine countries across the MENA region and UK, we guarantee same-day delivery across the board through our own refrigerated fleet to ensure our arrangements arrive fresh to the customer.
