Johannesburg: Inventory Supervisor posted by SET Consulting

The supervisor is iable for managing, directing and organizing the replenishment and intake of the stock of the business and conducting all relating administration activities smoothly.

The Key Functional Responsibilities:

1. Account for and control of all movement of inventory within the warehouse
2. Plan daily space
3. WMS
4. Carry out wall to wall stock counts
5. Carry out cycle stock Investigate stock variance.
6. Ensure all stock is properly labelled at all times and is in its designated
7. Prepare monthly/weekly and annual inventory
8. Supervise by review the accuracy of inventory records
9. Manage inventory accuracy through monitoring and then auditing of daily warehouse activities, cycle counts and stock takes to verify results.
10. Liaise with customer service and warehouse personnel and other relevant parties regarding the inventory status.
11. Accurately record stock figures daily with
12. Carry out the weekly rainbow reconciliation.
13. Carry out the bread and chill buffer reconciliation.
14. Ensure that employees have adequate safety clothing and equipment by auditing safety clothing requirements and maintain safety clothing employee record.
15. Manage employees safe working
16. Discipline employees when required by providing counselling and issuing warnings
17. Ensure staff productivity and KPIs are met
18. Plan, schedule, organize and direct work, train personnel and discipline
19. Time and attendance records when required
20. Ensure that goals are defined by documenting team goals on a monthly basis
21. Provide teams with feedback on their performance by preparing a weekly summary of data to review with the team, individuals and managers.
22. Reward and recognize good performance
23. Ensure that training needs and plans exist for all members of the team
24. Manage returns to all suppliers
25. Manage non-conforming products
26. Ensure equipment is available and that the equipment is in good working order by ensuring that gloves are available, probes are operational, alcohol wipes are available, tape and labels are available and by arranging maintenance of probes.
27. Inventory management and administration
    • Account for and control of all movement of inventory within the warehouse
    • Plan daily space requirements
    • WMS Administration
    • Carry out wall to wall stock counts
    • Carry out cycle stock counts Investigate stock variance
    • Ensure all stock is properly labelled at all times and is in its designated location
    • Prepare monthly/weekly and annual inventory reports
    • Supervise by review the accuracy of inventory records and reports
    • Manage inventory accuracy through monitoring and then auditing of daily warehouse activities, cycle counts and stock takes to verify results.
    • Liaise with customer service and warehouse personnel and other relevant parties regarding the inventory status.
    • Accurately record stock figures daily with investigations
28. Inventory information supplied
    • Ensure that daily stock and inventory information is supplied to customers
29. Final Variances
    • Generating a Final Variance and communicating to the Inventory Manager before
30. Investigate any inventory discrepancies
    • Investigate any discrepancy between the put away sheet and the GRV
    • Investigate immediately
    • If any pallet location in the spread sheet already contains data

Minimum requirements

• Grade 12 with relevant Tertiary Degree would be advantageous
• 3-5years experience in Warehousing & Distribution Inventory Management
• 3 years experience in Inventory Control Specialization
• Must come from a Warehousing & Distribution, Transport, FMCG, QSR or Similar
• MS Office skills with intermediate MS Excel