Company Description
At Supertails, we've spent the last four years wagging, purring, growing, and glowing thanks to the incredible community of pet parents who've believed in us. Our mission is to be your friendly neighborhood pet parenting sidekick, making every step of your pet care journey easier.
Role Overview
The Inventory Controller will act as the financial custodian of all stock across the network, ensuring integrity between physical, system, and financial books of inventory. This role bridges operations, category, and finance, driving accurate valuation, provisioning, reconciliation, and control of inventory movements across the company's mother warehouse, dark stores, and clinics.
The position's objective is to safeguard working capital, ensure financial accuracy of stockrelated accounting, and support operational efficiency by driving visibility and governance across all inventory nodes.
Key Responsibilities
1. Financial Governance & Reconciliation
- Own monthly inventory reconciliation between ERP / WMS stock data, physical stock
count, and financial books.
Ensure all GRNs, stock transfers, and returns are financially recorded within the correctaccounting periods.
Conduct root cause analysis of stock variances and segregate operational losses vsaccounting mis-postings.
Partner with finance for month-end and year-end closures ensuring accurate inventoryvaluation and provisioning.
2. Inventory Valuation & Reporting
Ensure valuation aligns with accounting policy (FIFO, weighted average, etc.).Prepare monthly Inventory Health Report covering stock ageing, non-moving stock, andexpiry provisioning.
Drive inventory provisioning policy based on ageing and movement.Assist in computing landed cost, freight capitalization, and inventory holding cost.3. Controls & Process Compliance
Implement and monitor inventory control SOPs for stock issuance, transfers, and damageapprovals.
Establish maker–checker controls for adjustments in ERP / WMS.Ensure compliance with statutory requirements (Drugs & Cosmetics Act, FSSAI, etc.).Coordinate with internal / statutory auditors for verification and valuation schedules.4. Operational Coordination
Coordinate with warehouse and dark store teams for timely posting of transfers, GRNs,and returns.
Support inventory optimization through ABC / XYZ classification and working capitalinsights.
Track inventory ageing vs forecast accuracy to identify working capital leakage.5. MIS, Analytics & Controls Automation
Prepare monthly inventory MIS including value by node and category, shrinkage, andworking capital ratios.
Partner with tech / product teams to automate reconciliation dashboards.Support cost and variance analysis for write-offs and provision utilization.Skills & Qualifications
Graduate / Postgraduate in Finance, Commerce, or Supply Chain4–8 years' experience in inventory control, financial reconciliation, or supply chainfinance.
Strong working knowledge of ERP / WMS systemsExcellent Excel and analytical skills; Power BI or SQL preferred.Understanding of inventory valuation principles, provisioning, and cost accounting.Experience with multi-location inventory environments (warehouses, clinics, dark stores).Skills Required
Erp, Power Bi, Excel, Sql, Wms