Inventory Manager at takealot.com

Your responsibilities will include:

• 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
• 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 pick able locations
• Control Pick fails & stock investigations
• Supervise stock movements
• Daily deal stock management
• 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
• Drive continuous improvement measures within your department
• Align all inventory report with financial reports
• Monitor LPN reports for all DC operations (Inbound, put-away, outbound, returns, recovery and RFC)
• Oversee the put away function – stock filing
• 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
• Align with finance on month end processes
• Clear all daily pick and pack not founds
• Conduct daily put away audit to evaluate the accuracy of the process
• Strategically align with risk management and highlight high risk areas and potential theft hot spots

Qualifications:

• Relevant Inventory qualification (Degree or Diploma)
• 5-10 years previous experience in inventory management
• Preferably in the Logistics, Supply Chain, Warehousing and Distribution environment.
• A minimum of 5+ years in a management role

Attributes:

• Excellent and proven data extraction and analytical ability and applying this data to drive inventory management decisions
• Organized and detailed oriented with proven experience of managing inventory
• A Self- starter who is tenacious at identifying and resolving challenges
• Passionate about customer service within the supply chain environment
• Proficient in MS Office (Word, Excel, MS Access and PowerPoint)
• Experience creating and setting annual operating plans and presenting to Senior Management
• Have a detailed understanding of inventory control / warehouse management systems (including reverse logistics)
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Possess excellent verbal and written communication skills for a demanding and customer focused working environment.
• Possess excellent personal organisation and business administration skills in accordance with modern best practice methods.
• Possess the ability to work productively, efficiently & effectively with initiative and drive under tight timescales and pressure whilst maintaining attention to detail and quality.
• Possess the willingness to learn, improve and adapt.
• Good team player, hard worker, willing to be flexible with a positive attitude
• Must be able to work as part of a multi-cultural team
• Must be willing to work overtime as and when required. This overtime will be unpaid due to the level of the position