Inventory Controller at Danone

To co-ordinate and manage Third Party Service providers for warehousing and distribution across channels in South Africa and distributing into Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho, Swaziland and Mozambique. This role also maintains stock accuracy and manages crates and pallets across the network and handles dispute resolution on inventory queries (SPOC)

Key Areas of Responsibility

• Strategy and Planning
• Effective leadership and direction for the operations team through involvement and communication to deliver on the relevant key business drivers
• Work with deployment & planning teams on inventory issues and improvements
• Drive change and lead the implementation of best practice
• Controls
• Manage and ensure that Inventory is well organised and controlled to sufficiently support production and the goals of the business
• Implement improvement processes and maintain policies and procedures and systems to minimise costs and maximize working capital
• Manage stock takes, cycle counts, replenishments
• Control Pick fails & stock investigations
• Supervise stock movements
• Manage and implement inventory management strategies
• Perform audits of inventory management-related tools, processes and systems ensuring settings are correct and optimized.
• Reporting
• Produce daily reports to ensure key critical areas of the inventory processes are controlled
• Perform manual transactions in SAP when support systems are down
• Support management in the R&P warehouse on inventory
• Assist production as and when necessary with inventory queries (FG & R&P)
• Maintain master data management of inventory
• Provide backup and support for SAP and Tekdan users where required
• Relationship Building
• Manage the dispute resolution and claims (SPOC)
• Provide training and support of end users in SAP and Tekdan platforms
• Mentor other logistics team members, as required

Academic And Trade Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree or Diploma in Purchasing, Supply Chain Logistics or Engineering

Working Experience And Skills

• At least 3-5 years’ experience in FMCG and related Supply Chain experience
• Previous experience in working with SAP is an advantage
• Previous experience in WMS is preferable
• Project Management skills
• Proficient in MS Office Excel, Work, Outlook, PowerPoint
• Previous experience in managing a team is an advantage
• A thorough understanding of all Supply Chain principles and processes
• Previous experience in dairy is preferable
   

Personal Characteristics and Behavioral Traits

• Well-developed planning & organising skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Well-developed problem-solving and analytical capabilities
• Attention to detail
• A developed service mindset, demonstrating initiative and a proactive nature
• Commercial acumen
• Action-oriented
• Goal-oriented
• Qualitative and timely decision-making capability
• Actively benchmarks internally and externally
• Team Player
• Ability to implement systems, policies and procedure
• Ability to manage successful relationships with external and internal
• Stakeholders
• Ability to express views in a constructive manner
• Strong analytical and conceptual skills as well as a structured way of working