Cape Town City Centre: Inventory Manager

About the Role

The Inventory Manager role in Cape Town City Centre is a critical position that ensures the accurate management of inventory within our Distribution Centre across the client base. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring the correct put away, storage, replenishment, and accuracy of inventory, while also managing costs, operational efficiency, and customer satisfaction.

Key Responsibilities

• Financial Responsibility: Ensure costs are captured in the month incurred (Labour, MHE R&M, Stock Losses).
• Replenishment: Ensure stock replenishment is completed before commencement of picking.
• Put Away: Ensure inventory is correctly labelled before put away and all stock receipted is put away daily in the correct location.
• Inventory Control: Manage recalls, ensure master data management of WMS, post transactions to the stock ledger, and investigate variances.
• Non-conforming product management: Ensure all expired, short shelf life, and damaged products are segregated, isolated, and safe disposal is recorded and adjusted off the system immediately.
• Reporting: Provide daily and weekly reports (stock adjustment reports, shelf-life reports), ensure accuracy and meet deadlines.

Requirements

• 7 – 10 Years’ experience required as Inventory Manager within Warehousing and Distribution Industry, QSR and FMCG.
• Grade 12 is compulsory with Relevant Tertiary Degree in Supply Chain Management or similar.
• Good Warehousing & Distribution, Transport, FMCG, QRS Management knowledge.
• Intermediate to advanced Computer literacy (MS Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint) and Advanced WMS skills.

Qualifications

• Formal education/certification not specified.

Salary & Benefits

• Salary information not specified.

People Management

• Host monthly staff meeting with minutes.
• Ensure all staff maintains DQSP certification.
• Develop succession plan for career levels.
• Liaise with HR regarding overtime and absenteeism, motivating staff, recruiting staff, training, mentoring, coaching, and development of staff according to company policies and procedures.
• Manage a stable HR climate in the workplace.

Customer

• Ensure inventory is run efficiently and effectively to meet client contractual KPI’s.
• Communicate with internal stakeholders (supply chain) regarding adjustments, shelf life on SKU’s inventory on hand, warehouse damages return process.
• Process Compliance: Warehouse quality standards are consistently maintained in accordance with DQSP requirements.
• Audit gaps are closed within prescribed due dates.

Continuous Improvement

• Develop human capital, processes, and procedures to ensure continuous improvement in areas of process, quality, service level, and cost improvements.

Asset Management

• Facility and equipment maintenance (buildings, MHE, racks).
• Assets are well maintained, clean, and good working order.
• Ensure equipment maintenance is planned and executed with Assets Manager according to specification.
• Ensure all Health & Safety repairs and maintenance is identified and resolved immediately.

Reporting

• Provide daily and weekly reports (stock adjustment reports, shelf-life reports), ensure accuracy and meet deadlines.
• Ensure monthly financial reporting is submitted.
• Attend and engage in all relevant meetings (planning meeting, max meeting, management meeting).

Risk Management

• Address operational risk matters (health and safety checklists completed as prescribed, PPE requirements).
• Ensure inventory compliance in respect of prescribed laws and legislative requirements.
• Mitigate financial risk (stock losses, stock damages, negligible damage to facility, monthly cost management).