Stock Manager : Warehouse

• A minimum of a BCom or B. Degree in Logistics, Transport, Business Management orFinance
• A minimum 5-years Operational experience in Warehousing and Stock Control
• A minimum of 3 years in a Management role
• Understanding of key business cost drivers
• Financial and business modelling experience
• Experience in logistics and business software systems
• Experience and understanding of SAP stock management transactions

Responsibilities:

• Ensure that all stock transactions are accounted for and the system inventory levels arereflective of physical inventory within the warehouse
• Ensure that customer accounts are reflective of the stock that is physically delivered
• Analyse of the stock management environment and identification of critical risk areas
• Investigate and provide recommendations for the redesign of warehouse processes specificallyrelated to stock management and movement
• Execute the management & control of finished goods stock inventory
• Ensure the effective execution & accurate accounting of stock movements via secondarydistribution
• Ensure the effective execution & accurate accounting of stock movements via primarydistribution
• Support the regional teams in the management of stock
• Reconcile all the quantity of the loads delivered to customers on SAP in order to minimize loss and wastage
• Ensure the monitoring and investigations of daily variances in order to provide weekly reports
• Managing the proof of delivery to customers and manage queries that may arise
• Investigate customer queries and ensure timeous resolve
• Manage and Maintain the accounts and keep records of the transactions
• Ensure that Stock Management practices are adhered to, at all times
• Ensure the effective execution of customer claims processes & Proof of Deliver (POD) deliveryrequirements
• Ensure compliance to operational standards in line with SCMAT (Stock and ManagementPractices) and flag and communicate deviations as and when they occur
• Maintain the effective execution of the stock management policies and procedures
• Monitoring of key KPIs relating to stock management and control
• Management of stock management systems and software applications to ensure effectiveutilisation within warehouse facilities
• Execute the analysis of stock reconciliations to ensure accuracy (quality) and to identifyopportunities and issues
• Implement stock counting procedures, systems and processes and the standardisation of theseacross all warehouse facilities
• Maintain quality assurance and roll out of TPM FIFO principles.
• Oversee daily stock count to ensure optimal reporting
• Structure and facilitate problem solving using suitable resources and appropriate techniques toeliminate root cause and close loops
• Manage gaps using a formal process to track problems and their resolution
• Identify and prioritize performance improvement opportunities using key KPIs and appropriate analysis
• Plan, implement and manage performance improvement projects.
• People and Stakeholder Management
• Manage the team effectively in order to achieve the goals, high engagement levels and qualitywork outputs
• Manage and ensure regular engagements with team to ensure alignment and the addressingof needs and risks as they may arise
• Manage and allocate work in order to achieve productivity through working on opportunities tominimise waste and control fixed and variable costs
• Align team activities to optimise processes through supporting and implementing continuousimprovement opportunities and optimising process capability
• Manage and maintain the management accountability to the Risk
• Manager on issues related tostock and mitigations on losses and non-compliance
• Maintain interaction with distribution, production, external customers and sales when required