DC Inbound Clerk - Cape Town

Dis-Chem Pharmacies; Wes-Kaap; On-site; ZAR 50,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading pharmacy chain in Cape Town is looking for an Inbound Clerk to achieve operational excellence and ensure accurate receiving of goods. Candidates should have a Grade 12 certificate, relevant logistics experience, and must be adaptable to various working hours. The role offers a market-related salary, medical aid, and other benefits.

Benefits

Medical aid

Provident fund

Staff account

Qualifications

• 1 Year relevant experience in a Distribution, Logistics or Supply Chain Environment.
• South African Citizen required.
• Driver’s license and/or own reliable transport.

Responsibilities

• Verify and check deliveries against inbound delivery and invoices.
• Ensure accuracy of incoming goods with purchase orders.
• Capture quantities, batch details, and expiry dates during the receiving process.
• Assist in training other staff members.

Skills

Knowledge of Distribution Centre operations

Communication skills

Trustworthiness

Adaptability to shifts

Education

Grade 12 - Matric or Senior Certificate

Logistics/Supply Chain Degree or Diploma

Job description

Dis-Chem Pharmacies in Cape Town has an opportunity available for an Inbound Clerk to join the team. The main purpose of this role will be to achieve operational excellence within the Dis-Chem Distribution Centres, Accurate receiving of incoming goods delivered to warehouse.

Essential:

• Grade 12 - Matric or Senior Certificate with English and Mathematics
• 1 Year relevant experience, in a Distribution, Logistics or Supply Chain Environment

Advantageous:

• Relevant experience in the field of Logistics/Supply Chain Management
• Supply-Chain or Logistics Degree or Diploma

Job Specification:

• Verify and check deliveries against inbound delivery and Invoices ensure total accuracy.
• Ensure goods delivered are in fact the goods ordered as per the company purchase order, for which the company has been invoiced.
• Scan barcodes and capture the quantities, batch detail, expiry dates etc. during the receiving process.
• Ensure that the quantities delivered, correspond with the invoice.
• Ensure All HU`s are double checked by another clerk, before being released for pack-away.
• Assist the receiving manager in preparing and logging warehouse claims on the warehouse claims system.
• Despatch all returns that are to be uplifted by a supplier on presentation of a pick-up slip in accordance with company policy and standard operating procedures.
• Ensure the flow of stock receipts through receiving is maintained, that deliveries arriving are receipted within 48 hours and packed away.
• onto the racking.
• Process all returns to suppliers in compliance with company standard operating procedures.
• Adhere to food handling SOP at all times.
• Assist in the training of other staff members.
• Must be willing to be rotated to where needed and must be willing to perform any other function within the department, should the need arise.

Competencies

Essential:

• Knowledge of Distribution Centre, logistics and supply chain operations.
• Have knowledge of the business measures and targets, directly related to own role.
• English – Read, write and speak. Be able to communicate proactively in order to build co-operative relationships with internal and external customers.
• Trustworthy
• Honest

Special conditions of employment:

• Be able to adapt to working hours according to business needs.
• Be able to work any shift i.e. day, night, weekends, holidays and overtime as per business and operational requirements.
• Physical demands include walking and standing, climbing, kneeling, push and pull objects, lift and move objects, repetitive bending.
• South African Citizen.
• MIE, clear criminal and credit.
• Driver’s license and/or own reliable transport.

Remuneration and benefits:

• Market related salary
• Medical aid
• Provident fund
• Staff account

Only successful applicants will be contacted. If you haven't been contacted within two weeks after the closing date consider your application as unsuccessful.

Dis-Chem Pharmacies is an equal opportunity employer. Dis-Chem’s approved Employment Equity Plan and targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process aligned to Dis-Chem’s Employment Equity & Transformation Strategy. Dis-Chem actively supports the recruitment of People with Disabilities.