Job Description

REQUIREMENTS

• Matric/ Grade 12
• Degree or tertiary diploma in Warehousing and Logistics
• At least 8 years of stock management experience
• 3 years experience at a management level
• At least 5 years experience in respect of inbound logistics
• Action-oriented
• Planning and organizing
• Relationship-building and team-oriented
• Effective negotiator
• Strong attention to skills
• Customer focused
• Resilient

ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE AND REQUIRED SKILLS

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Portray professional image
• Computer literacy (MS Office Suite and SAP)
• Proven track record of managing people
• Negotiation skills
• Problem-solving and analytical skills
• Data analysis

RESPONSIBILITIESRECEIVING

• Reduce the turnaround time of supplier vehicles - improve weekly scheduling
• Liaise with suppliers regarding quality-related issues
• Suggest improvements in the receiving process
• Ensuring what is received is correctly captured on SAP
• Ensure stock quality is adhered to at the point of receiving, and flag non-compliance

STOCK MANAGEMENT

• Manage stock to improve stock accuracy
• Initiate perpetual counts daily
• Manage and lead monthly counts
• Investigate and close out findings
• Report on findings and variances daily
• Initiate and authorise stock adjustments
• Initiate the SAV process and make sure the SAV and labelling are done immediately
• Improve the stock rotation (FIFO) process
• Lead team to improve batch refills
• WMS custodian
• Reduce out-of-stock scenarios
• Mitigate stock risk
• Audit current processes, suggest improvement and implement initiatives
• Contribute to the improvement of the CDC OTIF percentage

PEOPLE MANAGEMENT

• Mentor and train subordinates
• Regular meetings with the team and management
• Manages the recruitment and training of new inventory employees

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

• Report daily, weekly and monthly on stock variance and adjustments
• Reduce stock write-offs
• All Migo's done relating to daily receiving
• Oversee the APDP process and compliance

CUSTOMER SERVICE

• Contribute positively to the improvement of customer service by maintaining a high level of stock accuracy amount at all business units
• Collaborate and liaise with internal customers
• Ensure compliance with internal SLA by the distribution team.

CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT

• Initiate continuous improvement initiatives to improve stock management and accuracy
• Improve Receiving and inventory processes

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