Stock Controller - Ekurhuleni (East Rand) at Unique Personnel

Job Description    
Job Description Summary:

• The Stock Controller coordinates and executes the assigned warehouse activities and processes, ensuring the operational management of material in line with specifications, orders, and safety policies. This role ensures safe, efficient, and effective material and equipment storage and flows to optimally support the OpCo’s production and warehousing processes in realizing their objectives.
• The Stock Controller is a support/execution role in the area of inventory management, focusing on the administrative support and execution of the warehousing function. The Stock Controller will report to the Warehouse Manager. The Stock Controller will be involved in most aspects of goods control and distribution.

Job Description:

Inventory Management & Stock Control:

• Reorder materials and/or equipment where needed, register these in the relevant databases/systems, provide input on performance of suppliers, and inspect, manage, and maintain materials, tools, and/or equipment on stock to ensure optimal availability for production and delivery.
• Identify and address bottlenecks and inadequacies in inventory processes.
• Perform wall-to-wall and cycle counts as required.
• Ensure that stock transfers are handled correctly both physically and within the ERP system.
• Monitor stock consumption by production and identify areas of improvement.

Inbound Goods and Storing:

• Coordinate the intake of incoming materials and/or equipment, check for quantity, damages, and completeness, and organize unloading and storage.
• Ensure materials and equipment are labelled and stored in the correct locations.
• Verify the completeness and visual quality of delivered materials and equipment for efficient distribution to internal customers.

Order Handling:

• Receive and process orders from internal customers, select, check, pack, and distribute required materials and equipment to the specified locations.
• Ensure efficient, timely, and accurate delivery of materials and equipment.

Systems and Administration:

• Administer the intake and distribution of materials and/or equipment in relevant systems, and register hours, to provide reports to stakeholders.

Continuous Improvement:

• Monitor, measure, benchmark, and evaluate inventory processes, tools, and systems.
• Initiate and implement changes and improvements to optimize inventory processes, tools, and systems continuously.

Compliance:

• Ensure compliance with all operating, safety, quality, risk, and health regulations.

Other Duties:

• Perform a wide range of other warehouse support and administrative tasks.
• Undertake special project duties as assigned.

Experience:

• Experience in managing stock counts and cycle counts.
• Proficiency in ERP systems.
• Experience in bin location management.
• Ability to perform physical counting of stock using scanning systems.
• Knowledge of mass balancing.