Your responsibilities can include:
Manage and ensure that Inventory is well organized and controlled to sufficiently support production and the goals of the business
Implement improvement processes and maintain policies and procedures and systems to minimize costs and maximize working capital
Ensuring all work areas are clean and tidy and safe for staff to work in (housekeeping)
Manage and implement the Company Policies & Procedures within the Inventory department and ensure that they is strictly adhered to
Manage stock takes, cycle counts, replenishments
Ensure stock accuracy and pickable locations
Conduct Pick Fail investigations
Supervise stock movements
Drive process improvement through data driven decisions
Manage and implement inventory management strategies
Optimize the customer experience by ensuring the right product quantities, in the right places, at the right time
Perform audits of inventory management-related tools and systems ensuring settings are correct and optimized
Automate whenever possible
Take ownership of all aspects of inventory reporting for the company: develop the inventory planning model,
plan product transitions and inventory exposure
Produce daily reports to ensure key critical areas of the inventory processes are controlled
Effective leadership and direction for the operations team through involvement and communication to deliver on the relevant key business drivers Measure and manage staff through formal staff appraisals, development, coaching and disciplinary procedures
Conform to all Health, Safety and Environmental (HSE) standards and legislation as set out by the business and the OHS Act
Monitor, maintain and manage all inventory related reports
Be responsible for all projects stock moves
Ensure that all inventory is effectively managed by
identifying slow moving stock, dead stock, expired dates and other critical factors
Continuously monitor the stock density by location and devise appropriate action plans to reduce impact on production
Develop appropriate inventory solutions for the variety of product types stored
Strategically align with risk management and highlight high risk areas and potential theft hot spots
Expected to manage the Inventory holding and Integrity of the DC
Collaborate with HOD's in order to streamline and achieve Inventory and DC KPI's
Align Inventory policies with Finance
Assist in maintaining and managing the compliance as set out by the various regulatory boards
Liaise with Head Office to drive and execute Group strategies related to Inventory and compliance
Qualifications and experience
Relevant Inventory qualification (Degree or Diploma)
5 to 7 years previous experience in inventory management including minimum 3 years at management level
Preferably in the Logistics, Supply Chain, Warehousing and Distribution environment
Proficient in MS Office (Word, Excel, MS Access and PowerPoint) ,WMS systems