Minimum qualification and experience: 

• 3 to 5 years of stores experience preferably supervisory experience
• Excellent working knowledge of EXCEL
• SAP experience an advantage or experience on other Inventory systems

Main duties & responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain inputs to computerised inventory system – ensure all items received and dispatched are accurately captured within regional deadlines.
• Implement a check process in terms of outstanding purchase orders – receiving of physical items and services as well as system receipting (for stock and non-stock items).
• Ensure all items dispatched and received are captured timeously in line with the regional deadlines.
• Manage cycle count requirements.
• Ensure that internal and external customer service and lead time are achieved within existing financial constraints in order to meet marketing and financial objectives.
• Ensure requisitions are from approved vendor, product, price lists and agreements
• Monitor quality of products from suppliers
• Ensure that suppliers adhere to lead time for delivery of orders
• Liaise with the Head Office procurement department and support them with information needs
• Manage the physical and system receipting and issuing of stock on a daily basis as per the service/installation job schedule requirements.
• Ensure strict access control to the stores area.
• Organise inventory storage to optimize operational efficiency and storage space utilisation.
• Implement a check process on all goods entering the stores area in terms of quality / data sheets are correctly labelled.
• Coordinate and manage the monthly stock take process.

 KPI’s

• Inventory holding values
• Stock turn days
• Obsolescence %
• Open purchase order
• Stock variances – investigate, follow up and prepare variance report with full explanations