Inventory Controls Analyst at AB InBev

Dreaming big is in our DNA. It’s who we are as a company. It’s our culture. It’s our heritage. And more than ever, it’s our future. A future where we’re always looking forward. Always serving up new ways to meet life’s moments. A future where we keep dreaming bigger. We look for people with passion, talent, and curiosity, and provide them with the teammates, resources and opportunities to unleash their full potential. The power we create together – when we combine your strengths with ours – is unstoppable. Are you ready to join a team that dreams as big as you do? The key purpose of this role is to be responsible for overseeing and ensuring the integrity of all inventory control processes, systems, and routines across the country. This includes finished goods, raw materials, empties, consumables and spare parts. The role ensures that all inventory-related activities are accurately reflected in the ERP system and comply with company policies and standards.

• Monitor adherence to inventory-related roles and responsibilities across operational teams.
• Support operational teams in identifying and closing inventory-related risks.
• Facilitate accountability by ensuring signoffs and documentation are completed for all inventory routines.
• Escalate non-compliance or recurring issues to relevant managers for resolution.
• Coordinate and track training on inventory policies, SOPs, and control routines.
• Ensure training records are maintained, and refresher sessions are conducted as needed.
• Drive accountability & responsibility to the appropriate operational and functional owners to ensure consistent execution and ownership of inventory management processes.
• Audit compliance with inventory management routines, including stock recons, counts, Stock loss investigations, MBFU & BITs management and recharge process, bottle loss, RTI and Time In Trade management and aging POs/GRNs tracking.
• Track execution of standard operating procedures (SOPs) across all sites and flag deviations.
• Verify completion of daily/weekly/monthly inventory routines and ensure documentation is filed.
• Ensure alignment with inventory governance policies and recommend corrective actions where gaps are found.
• Review and validate the integrity of inventory-related reports submitted by operational teams.
• Monitor and report on adherence to Minimum Internal Controls (MICs) across all inventory processes.
• Support KPI management, with a focus on inventory-related cost drivers such as SCOH (Supply Chain Overheads).
• Identify trends in non-compliance or inefficiencies and recommend process improvements.
• Leverage excellence programs (e.g., LCP, VPO, DPO) to embed best practices and drive stronger inventory control routines and results.
• Monitor ERP (e.g., Syspro) data integrity, ensuring that all inventory movements are accurately captured and reconciled.
• Analyse stock variances and investigate root causes in collaboration with site teams.
• Track stock master system usage (e.g., handheld devices, stock variance reports) and ensure tools are used as intended.
• Generate compliance dashboards and reports to highlight trends, risks, and improvement areas.

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