Inventory Manager - Parow CDC Snacks - Cape Town at PepsiCo

Job Description

Responsibilities

• Investigate and reconcile the suspense accounts on a daily basis.
• Track and monitor variances and locked inventory in the Warehouse.
• Manage, plan and organise the warehouse cycle counts.
• Analyze the Parow Service Centre Stock Account (55150) on a monthly basis by investigating all overspends and compile a detailed report by category and communicate findings to the Finance Department.
• Control the receipt and despatch of stock (at Receiving/Despatch Area) to ensure all stock items are accounted for at all times.
• Develop and maintain the pre and post cycle count procedures.
• Manage the Inventory Checkers to be able to monitor inventory locations at all times.
• Use the Inventory reports to manage and maintain the inventory in the warehouse.
• Ensure that the Inventory Checkers check inventory in the locked locations to make inventory available for picking on a continuous basis.
• Rectify the warehouse inventory by ensuring that incorrect inventory in the pick face is checked on an on-going and daily basis.
• Manage stock freshness in the Warehouse to avoid Warehouse stock write-off daily.
• Provide the number of pick exceptions to the Inventory Checkers on a continuous basis.
• Communicate weekly with the Commercial team to deal out aging stock before it expires.
• Ensure Stock with 4 weeks to expire is transferred and locked at the Obsolete Location.
• Monitor and improve the stock control processes – check and report variances on a weekly and periodic basis as may be required from time to time.
• Assist Storemen and Inventory Checkers as and when needed to resolve any hindrance that prevents them from successfully completing the task given by carrying out the subsequent system alteration/transaction.

Qualifications

• Matric with a relevant tertiary qualification in Inventory Management/ Supply Chain/ Logistics or a relevant commercial qualification.
• 3 years experience and knowledge of Warehouse Inventory (preferably, within the FMCG industry).
• Compile and report on warehouse statistics (Warehouse stock variances, deliveries by Suppliers, staff productivity etc).
• Computer literacy (MS Word, MS Excel and Outlook) and knowledge/experience of a Warehouse Management System would be an advantage.
• Supervisory skills – (Manage a team of Inventory Checkers, Storemen and other warehouse front line staff).
• Ability to influence and implement changes regarding inventory management in the Service Centre.
• The ability to successfully communicate with people on all levels of the organisation.