Counting physical stock and reconciling it with system records to correct errors and find causes of loss.
Good work shows: Freezes stock movements during the count; recounts large differences before adjusting; investigates the causes of variances.
Running a stock count is one of the operations skills on FinderK.
The job simulations and Skill Paths below include work that is checked for this skill. You do the work in an original fictional company and get feedback on it.
Assistant store manager at Corner and Co
About 55 minutes. Included in Plus.
Four weeks of counts show stock missing on high value lines. Find what the paperwork explains, refer what it does not to the right people without pointing at anyone, and protect the shelf and the team.
Skills: Reconcile stock and separate paperwork errors from loss; Refer suspected theft with facts, not names; Act on loss within a spending limit; Talk to a worried colleague fairly
Practise the core work of a store manager: missing stock, rising costs and planning stock for the busy season.
Get ready for a first job in a busy workplace.
Learn to help people well when things have gone wrong.