Inventory Associate

About the team

Careem Grocery is on a mission to reinvent how people shop for their daily essentials. As an exciting new vertical within Careem (a startup within a startup), we re in the early stages of building our product. We have plenty of interesting and fundamental challenges to solve to achieve our ambitious

What you'll do

• Lead day-to-day inventory management activities including but not limited to Stock count, inventory adjustments, checks and investigations.
• Ensure seamless coordination across workstations to maintain flow and meet transfer order SLAs.
• Improve operational throughput by identifying bottlenecks and optimizing workflows.
• Manage and motivate a team of pickers, setting clear goals and expectations.
• Conduct shift planning, task allocation, and productivity management.
• Run onboarding and continuous training programs on SOPs, systems, and safety procedures.
• Build and maintain dashboards and trackers to monitor Inventory accuracy.
• Use data to drive continuous improvement, solve operational problems, and hit performance targets.
• Leverage system-controlled transactions to minimize deviations.
• Develop and uphold standard operating procedures (SOPs) to ensure consistency, efficiency, and compliance.
• Monitor adherence to processes and identify areas for refinement and automation.
• Support rollouts of new operational initiatives and system changes.
• Enforce a safety-first culture through regular training, compliance checks, and risk mitigation practices.
• Maintain inventory accuracy through proper stock count check routines and plans.
• Investigate stock discrepancies, minimize shrinkage, and manage expired/damaged goods processes.

What you'll need

• 4+ years of experience in Inventory management
• Familiarity with ERP, WMS systems and digital tools used in day-to-day operations.
• Experience with dashboarding tools, spreadsheets, and performance analysis. SQL proficiency is a strong plus for extracting and working with operational data.
• Prior experience or working knowledge of Microsoft Dynamics is highly preferred.
• Solid understanding of warehouse best practices, including inventory control, slotting, and space optimization.
• Hands-on, proactive, and solution-oriented you re comfortable on the warehouse floor, store environment and thrive under pressure.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to train, motivate, and drive accountability within your team.