Stock Manager at The Coca-Cola Company

Key Purpose

• To ensure the accurate, compliant, and efficient management of all stock across the supply chain by maintaining full alignment between physical inventory and system records, driving operational excellence in stock control processes, mitigating risks, and enabling continuous performance improvement to minimise losses, improve customer fulfilment, and support business objectives.

Key Duties & Responsibilities    
Key Outcome

Stock Management and reconciliation

• Ensure that all stock transactions are accounted for, and the system inventory levels are reflective of physical inventory within the warehouse.
• Ensure that customer accounts are reflective of the stock that is physically delivered.
• Analyse of the stock management environment and identification of critical risk areas.
• Investigate and provide recommendations for the redesign of warehouse processes specifically related to stock management and movement.
• Execute the management & control of finished goods stock inventory.
• Ensure the effective execution & accurate accounting of stock movements via secondary distribution.
• Ensure the effective execution & accurate accounting of stock movements via primary distribution.
• Support the regional teams in the management of stock.
• Reconcile all the quantity of the loads delivered to customers on SAP in order to minimize loss and wastage.

Managing compliance and Quality

• Ensure that Stock Management practices are adhered to, at all times.
• Ensure the effective execution of customer claims processes & Proof of Deliver (POD) delivery requirements.
• Manage audit documentation and Sarbox procedures and ensure that these are utilised for the effective auditing and meeting RACM requirements.
• Ensure compliance to operational standards in line with SCMAT (Stock and Management Practices) and flag and communicate deviations as and when they occur.
• Maintain the effective execution of the stock management policies and procedures.
• Monitoring of key KPI’s relating to stock management and control.
• Management of stock management systems and software applications to ensure effective utilisation within warehouse facilities.
• Execute the analysis of stock reconciliations to ensure accuracy (quality) and to identify opportunities and issues.
• Implement stock counting procedures, systems and processes and the standardisation of these across all warehouse facilities.
• Maintain quality assurance and roll out of Total Product Management and First in First Out principles. 

Drive Performance Improvement

• Oversee daily stock count to ensure optimal reporting.
• Structure and facilitate problem solving using suitable resources and appropriate techniques to eliminate root cause and close loops.
• Manage gaps using a formal process to track problems and their resolution.
• Identify and prioritize performance improvement opportunities using key KPI’s and appropriate analysis.
• Plan, implement and manage performance improvement projects.

Document Management and Reporting

• Ensure the monitoring and investigations of daily variances in order to provide weekly reports.
• Managing the proof of delivery to customers and manage queries that may arise.
• Manage breaks and losses by analyzing trends and generate preventative measures.
• Investigate customer queries and ensure timeous resolve.
• Manage and Maintain the CHEP accounts and keep records of the transactions, this includes minimising CHEP costs.

People Management

• Manage and allocate work in order to achieve productivity through working on opportunities to minimise waste and control fixed and variable costs.
• Align team activities to optimise processes through supporting and implementing continuous improvement opportunities and optimising process capability.
• Manage and maintain the management accountability to the Risk Manager on issues related to stock and mitigations on losses and non-compliance.
• Maintain interaction with distribution, production, external customers and sales when required. 

Skills, Experience & Education    
Education 

• A minimum of a B Comm or B. Degree in Logistics, Transport, Business Management or Finance.

Experience

• A minimum 5-years operational experience in warehousing and stock control.
• A minimum of 3 years in a management role.

Skills

• Ability to implement, execute, and standardize all stock-counting methodologies.
• Ability to ensure that all physical inventory counts align precisely with WMS/ERP system records, and that all stock transactions (movements, receipts, dispatches) are correctly accounted for and accurately reflected in the system.
• Ability to manage and maintain all logistical assets (e.g., CHEP accounts), accurately recording transactions and implementing strategies to actively minimize associated costs and discrepancies.
• Ability to structure and facilitate formal problem-solving using appropriate techniques to identify and eliminate root causes of variances, breaks, and losses, ensuring comprehensive gap management and closure.
• Ability to enforce and monitor strict adherence to all operational standards, specifically SCMAT (Stock and Management Practices), and to flag and formally communicate all deviations as they occur.
• Ability to manage the effective execution of all customer claims processes, including meticulous management of Proof of
• Delivery (POD) documentation and timely, accurate resolution of all related customer queries.

Deadline:22nd February,2026