Assistant Manager Inventory Audit (Retail)

About Uni Seoul

Uni Seoul is one of India's fastest-growing Korean-inspired lifestyle brands, bringing together thoughtfully designed products across beauty, fashion accessories, home essentials, stationery, and everyday lifestyle categories. With a rapidly expanding retail footprint and an ambitious growth journey, we're building memorable customer experiences through operational excellence, innovation, and a strong people-first culture. As we continue to scale across India, we're looking for individuals who thrive in fast-paced environments and are passionate about creating efficient, process-driven operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct scheduled, surprise, and cycle stock audits across retail stores and warehouses as per the audit calendar.
• Verify physical inventory against system records and identify stock discrepancies, shortages, or excesses.
• Monitor inventory shrinkage, pilferage, stock losses, and operational leakages while ensuring timely corrective actions.
• Ensure compliance with inventory management SOPs and operational processes across all stores.
• Audit inward and outward stock movements, ensuring documentation and system entries are accurate.
• Prepare detailed audit reports highlighting observations, root causes, risks, and actionable recommendations.
• Coordinate with store teams to investigate discrepancies and support timely recovery of stock shortages.
• Identify damaged, defective, expired, or non-saleable inventory and oversee the Return to Warehouse (RTW) process.
• Recommend process improvements to enhance inventory accuracy, operational efficiency, and loss prevention.
• Monitor inventory health metrics and maintain high stock accuracy standards across all retail locations.
• Collaborate closely with Operations, Warehouse, and Store teams to strengthen inventory controls and ensure audit compliance.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Commerce, Supply Chain, Operations, or a related discipline.
• 2–5 years of experience in Inventory Audit, Retail Audit, Stock Control, or Loss Prevention, preferably within Retail, FMCG, or Lifestyle brands.
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel, reporting, and inventory analysis.
• Good understanding of inventory management systems and audit processes.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and documentation skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively with cross-functional and on-floor teams.
• High attention to detail, integrity, and ownership.
• Willingness to travel extensively (15–20 days per month) across store locations.
• Comfortable conducting early morning, late evening, and night audits whenever required.

What You'll Get

• Opportunity to work with one of India's fastest-growing lifestyle retail brands.
• Exposure to a rapidly expanding multi-store retail environment.
• High ownership, fast learning, and career growth opportunities.
• A collaborative culture that values innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement.