About the role
Ugaoo is one of India’s leading D2C brands in the home gardening, focused on making gardening simple, accessible, and enjoyable for every household. With a strong digital-first approach and an expanding offline presence, Ugaoo caters to a diverse customer base across the country.
Our portfolio spans live plants, seeds, gardening inputs, pots & planters, and landscaping services. With a significant portion of inventory being perishable and a highly diverse SKU mix, effective inventory management is critical to ensuring optimal availability, minimal wastage, and a seamless customer experience.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Stock Accuracy and Control
- Conduct daily cycle counts and monthly/quarterly full stock counts at the warehouse.
- Identify and resolve system vs. physical stock discrepancies; post approved ERP adjustments with appropriate reason codes.
- Track damaged inventory, plant mortality, and expiry; ensure timely movement of stock to bad inventory.
- Ensure accurate and timely GRC (Goods Receipt Confirmation) and verify short/excess receipts against purchase orders (POs).
- Slow-Moving and Dead Stock
- Conduct monthly ABC and FMS (Fast-Moving, Medium-Moving, Slow-Moving) analysis.
- Plan liquidation, stock recalls from stores, and inventory rebalancing across branch warehouses and retail stores.
- Reports, SOPs and Team Management
- Prepare daily and monthly MIS reports covering stock summaries, cover days, ageing, stock value, and shrinkage.
- Develop and implement inventory SOPs for receiving, put-away, stock counting, transfers, and returns.
- Guide and train inventory executives at Talegaon and monitor their daily work.
- Experience handling live plants, nursery stock, or other short shelf-life products.
- Knowledge of bundle/kit (BOM) inventory management and component-level planning.
- Basic knowledge of Python, Power BI, or Google Sheets automation for reporting.
- Experience planning inventory for seasonal and festival peaks, including Diwali and corporate gifting, across retail stores.
- Exposure to stock audits, month-end stock reconciliation, and inventory valuation in coordination with Finance.