Controller at Aspen Pharma Group

Overview

• Responsible for a warehouse, their team’s output, resource planning, and administrative activities

Responsibilities

• Manage the operations
• Manage activities related to receipting
• Manage activities related to testing
• Manage activities related to stocking
• Manage activities related to picking and dispatching

Ordering

• Liaise with Buyers on ordering of non-production items
• Create Requisitions for maintenance, services and non-production items for their area of responsibility

Administration

• Generate monthly inventory reports and maintaining accurate records
• Control perpetual inventory stock counting and accuracy checks and investigates discrepancies and shortages to minimise overstocks and remove redundant and obsolete raw materials
• Perform regular cycle counts and assists in conducting yearly physical inventory counts
• Review, authorise and implement SOP’s and systems to ensure compliance

Organisational strategy, vision & values

• Ensure that the vision and mission of the department/ organisation is visible in the activities of the team

Planning & policy development/ Planning & processes

• Assess production needs and operational requirements against warehouse operating plan/ s
• Execute and enforce adherence to policies and procedures
• Inform the immediate superior of internal and external issues that may affect the team to deliver on their mandate

Financial management

• Provide input to departmental leaders of operational requirements for budgetary purposes
• Manage the budget, as delegated by the immediate superior

People management

• Provide staff with day-to-day direction and tasks, in alignment with departmental procedures
• Manage staff in relation to overtime, absenteeism and IR matters

Governance, risk & compliance

• Provide input to departmental leaders for improvement of risk-based compliance systems

Requirements

• Grade 10

Background/experience

• 3-5 years’ experience in Logistics
• Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree/ Diploma in Logistics or similar

Specific job skills

• Logistics Management
• ERP (BAAN) knowledge
• In-depth inventory management knowledge
• People management skills

Competencies

• Interrogating Information
• Planning and Organising
• Meeting Deadlines