Inventory Controller

Perfomance Areas would include, but are not limited to:

• Responsible for all controls relating to movements of materials incoming and site movements both physical and on SAP.
• SAP system maintenance of materials, stock counts and accountable for overall stock accuracy
• Maintain constant business interactions of stock flow including offsite warehouses and External Silos.
• Timeous SAP reconciliation of incoming bulk from offsite warehouse / ports
• Measure, evaluate and control of consumable stock activity levels for stock replenishment for re-ordering processes.
• Drive innovation and business improvements in support of operational goals.
• Ensure material stock availability to production lines on time and in full.
• Ensure stock management principles are applied to reduce redundant and expired material.
• Accountable for all materials end to end management, handling, and accuracy across the warehouse.
• Responsible to ensure housekeeping is performed and ensure that products and activities are stored and executed within the demarcated areas according to the housekeeping (Gemba FIFO principles)
• Take reasonable precaution to prevent health and safety hazards by following the prescribed incident reporting procedures in case of accidents.
• Enforce all food and health safety regulations, policies, and requirements always to guarantee a secure working environment.
• Conversant with relevant business information, policies, processes, and procedures
• The company encourages and expects all employees from time to time, to assist with work that may not be directly part of their KPI’s ie: stand in duties for Materials Manager

The Successful candidate must preferably have the following experience/skills:

• A relevant tertiary qualification in Logistics or Supply Chain Management is a requirement.
• 3-5 years of experience within a FMCG Inbound Warehouse
• High level of SAP
• High level Excel skills
• Strong analytical abilities
• Strong attention to detail is essential.
• High level of problem-solving abilities
• Good verbal / written communication skills
• Ability to communicate effectively with site management.
• Ability to persevere with tasks and display resilience when confronted with adversity.