Retail / Inventory Controller
Your Team, Your Way
Order & inventoryDedicated, not shared

Inventory Controller

Monitor stock levels and coordinate replenishment across warehouses and channels, keeping data accurate everywhere.

This role · right now Screenshot Monitor
On shift · investigating stock discrepancy #INV-330
Active today6h 50m of 8h
Inventory management system
42%
Excel
28%
Supplier portals
20%
Microsoft 365
10%
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Illustrative sample — actual report via screenshotmonitor.com
Stage 01 · Support

Customer Service

Handle enquiries on orders, returns and products.

Stage 02 · Catalogue

Catalogue & Product

Maintain listings, product data and merchandising.

Stage 03 · Marketplace

Marketplace Operations

Manage storefronts and third-party marketplaces.

Stage 04 · Fulfilment

Order & Inventory (Inventory)

Process orders and manage stock across channels.

Stage 05 · Growth

Marketing

Execute campaigns that drive traffic and orders.

Storefront cycle shown left to right — this role's stage is highlighted above.
Why Virtual Team

Five reasons clients stay past the first hire

Dedicated

One resource, only yours

No shared queue, no rotating cast. Your dedicated resource works exclusively for you and stays.

Leadership

25 years of Australian market experience

Founder Rohit Sahdev's 25 years in the Australian market, including senior leadership at Telstra, shape how every dedicated team is managed.

Transparent

You always know what your team is doing

Every dedicated resource works behind Screenshot Monitor — auditable activity and reporting, not a black box.

Flexible

No more "That's not my job."

Your dedicated outsourced resource adapts to what your business needs, takes ownership and grows their career by stepping up to new challenges.

Built for now

Capacity without the hiring squeeze

Skilled and reliable operational talent is harder to hire locally right now. A dedicated resource adds capacity without adding to that pressure.

The outcome this role is built for

Fewer stockouts and cleaner inventory data — because discrepancies are investigated and resolved proactively, not discovered at count time.

Role scope

What this role owns day to day

Core responsibilities

  • Monitor stock levels across warehouses and channels
  • Process stock adjustments and transfers
  • Coordinate with suppliers on replenishment
  • Investigate and resolve inventory discrepancies

Works inside

Inventory management systemsExcelSupplier portals

Reported on weekly

Inventory accuracyStock records matching physical counts
Stockout rateProducts out of stock unexpectedly
Discrepancy resolution timeTime to resolve stock discrepancies
Replenishment turnaroundTime from low-stock alert to reorder
Flexibility

Works your hours. Picks up the work.

Australian business hours

Aligned to your primary time zone and holiday calendar for day-to-day coverage.

9am–5pm style coverage, matched to your roster

Extended coverage

Stretch shift start/end times around sales events and campaign launches.

Early-start or late-finish shifts, by agreement

Peak-season scaling

Additional dedicated resources during sales events and holiday peaks.

Scale up seats for peak season, scale back down after

What "no that's not my job" looks like in practice: a stock discrepancy doesn't have an obvious cause — it still gets investigated fully instead of being adjusted to balance.

What stays with your authorised staff

Physical warehousing and stock counts remain with authorised local teams. This role monitors and coordinates — it doesn't handle stock physically.

Why this role is hard to scale locally

The market backdrop for inventory control hires

29% cash-flow risk

of Australian small businesses expected difficulty meeting financial commitments in June 2026.

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, June 2026
42% want 24/7

of Australian customers surveyed wanted a 24/7 contact option — a service window most local-only teams can't cover alone.

Source: ServiceNow Customer Experience Research
46% rising costs

of Australian businesses reported rising operating expenses in June 2026 — 65% citing overheads, 40% citing staffing costs.

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, June 2026

Statistics checked in July 2026 from the Australian Bureau of Statistics and ServiceNow. See our Challenges We Solve page for full sourcing and context.

Not exclusive to retail

The same skillset, wherever orders and customers need managing

Strip away the storefront-specific platforms and this role is a recognisable shape: respond, process, and keep records accurate against a deadline.

Common today

Doing this in-house with stretched staff, or paying a third party

  • Inventory monitoring competes with other priorities
  • Discrepancies surface at stocktake, not before
  • Replenishment timing is reactive rather than proactive
The alternative

A dedicated inventory controller, outsourced to us

  • One resource whose only job is inventory accuracy
  • Reports to your own operations manager, not a third party
  • Same Screenshot Monitor transparency, direct to you
Where this shape of role also fits

Telecommunications

Order management and exception handling follows the same lifecycle shape.

Order systems

Logistics & Freight

Warehouse and stock coordination mirrors inventory control closely.

WMS

Mortgage Broking

Loan administration and exception handling follows a similar case-tracking discipline.

Aggregator CRM

Construction & Engineering

Materials procurement and delivery tracking mirrors inventory coordination.

Procurement portals
Transparent reporting, on this role too
Screenshot Monitor active
Daily
Activity & app-usage log
Weekly
Reviewed with your team lead

No guessing what this role worked on. Full sample report on the Retail page →

How it works

Discovery, role design, and a candidate you interview yourself.

You define outcomes, tools and work hours. We source, screen and put forward candidates you interview and approve. Once live, your resource follows your systems, escalation model and reporting cadence — reviewed together on a schedule you set.

See the full onboarding model
Common questions

Questions about hiring a dedicated Inventory Controller

Cost depends on experience level, working hours and specific responsibilities. Tell us your requirements and we'll put together a proposal for a dedicated Inventory Controller.
Yes — working hours are agreed during setup to align with your operational needs, whether that's standard Australian business hours or extended coverage.
A dedicated Inventory Controller works exclusively for your business, inside your own systems, reporting to your nominated manager — not a shared resource split across an agency's other clients.
We shortlist candidates against your actual role requirements, you interview and approve before anyone starts, and your dedicated resource is trained on your specific systems and processes from day one.
Your Team, Your Way

Ready to add this role to your team?

Tell us your SKU count and warehouse structure — we'll shortlist candidates against your actual task list.

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