Assistant Inventory Manager - Medical Devices | Midrand at Salesworx Recruitment (Pty) Ltd

Job Description

Responsibilities

Consignment Inventory

• Monitor and set ideal consignment levels for consignment bins based on historical usage.
• Ensuring all consignment agreements are signed and that all annextures are kept up to date for all customers who carry consignment stock;
• Maintain required records of consignment bins, counts, reconciliations, transfers, deliveries and invoices per consignment bin, SBU & Sales Consultant;
• Monthly reconciliation and managing all consignment counts;
• Facilitate submission of supporting documentation on consignment usage to obtain customer orders and issue tax invoices.

Process Improvements

• Conducting regular process reviews and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Reducing waste and redundancy in inventory processes.

Centralized reporting

• Maintain a centralized inventory reporting system.
• Generating regular inventory performance reports for management review.
• Using data analytics to provide insights on inventory turnover, obsolete stock and other key metrics.
• Standardizing reporting formats and ensuring consistency across locations.

Team Management

• Manage a team of Consignment Controllers.
• Recruiting, training and mentoring inventory management staff.
• Delegating tasks and responsibilities effectively across the team.
• Ensuring compliance with company policies and procedures.

Cost Management

• Monitoring inventory-related expenses.
• Identifying cost saving opportunities through process improvements.
• Identify slow-moving stock and coordinate stock rotation across territories to prevent write-offs.

Compliance

• Ensuring adherence to relevant SOP’S.

Requirements

Qualifications

• Grade 12 with a formal Supply Chain or Financial qualification required.

Experience required

• Experience in inventory management and procedures in medical device company and consignment stock will be an advantage.
• Experience in managing a team.
• Experience working with Syspro.
• Highly proficient in MS Office – Advanced Excel and ODBC.
• Managerial skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Good communication skills, especially in English.
• Accuracy and good attention to detail.
• Analytical skills.

Capabilities

• Team player
• Attention to detail
• Good communicator
• Honest
• Works well under pressure
• Problem solving
• Results orientated and deadline driven

Benefits

• Salary: Market Related