INVENTORY CLERK

The South African Breweries; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 240,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

The South African Breweries is seeking a Stock Controller to manage Finished Goods inventory within the SAP system, ensuring quality standards and compliance with governance. You will oversee blocking and movement accuracy, and drive timely reconciliation of stock records across the supply chain.

Responsibilities include cycle counts, variance investigations, and reporting through sign-off documentation to support cost and quality controls across the SAP environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Finance, Engineering, Commercial, Supply Chain, Logistics or Sciences.
• 2–3 years’ experience in a Stock Control environment.
• Knowledge of Stock Control Processes.
• MS Office proficiency.
• Attention to detail.
• Problem solving ability.

Responsibilities

• Manage all Finished Goods inventory within SAP, ensuring product quality standards and governance.
• Ensure FG inventory is accurately blocked in SAP with appropriate blocking for quality and obsolescence stock.
• Conduct independent inventory counts and reconcile to SAP; escalate variances with action plans.
• Monitor daily controls and open shipments; process claims with backup documentation.
• Support governance, risk and reporting through accurate documentation and records.

Skills

Attention to detail

Problem solving

Stock control knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Engineering, Commercial, Supply Chain, Logistics or Sciences

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Dreaming big is in our DNA. It’s who we are as a company. It’s our culture. It’s our heritage. And more than ever, it’s our future. A future where we’re always looking forward. Always serving up new ways to meet life’s moments. A future where we keep dreaming bigger. We look for people with passion, talent, and curiosity, and provide them with the teammates, resources and opportunities to unleash their full potential. The power we create together – when we combine your strengths with ours – is unstoppable. Are you ready to join a team that dreams as big as you do?

Key Purpose

The Key Purpose of this role is management of all Finished Goods (FG) inventory within the logistics supply chain ensuring product quality standards met and in compliance to all inventory governance processes and controls. All physical movement of inventory is correctly reflected in SAP, inventory differences investigated, resolved and reported

Key Outputs and Responsibilities:

FG Quality Management

• FG Inventory quality fundamentals standards are adhered to as per DPO & VPO requirements
• FG Inventory accurately blocked in SAP with physical blocking mechanism in place as per VPO/DPO standards for quality related & obsolescence stock
• Ensure compliance to the freshness & rotation policy as per VPO & DPO standards
• Inventory count are recorded accurately with quantities & BBD x SKU& bin cards clearly displayed as per DPO & VPO standards
• Inventory concession policy applied & approved as per VPO product age standards
• FG Inventory accurately blocked in SAP with physical blocking mechanism in place as per VPO/DPO standards for quality related & obsolescence stock
• All FG salvages are repacked as per VPO & DPO standards
• All obsolescence stock are decanted as per standard policy & procedure

Inventory Management

• Independent inventory counts conducted on all FG Inventory reconciled to SAP inventory
• Inventory count difference identified, investigated, resolved & reported. Un-resolved inventory count differences escalated to BLM / DCLM & RLM with commentary & action plans
• All physical movements of FG Inventory are transacted in SAP accurately. T1 & T2 movements, Packaging receipts validated by l ine counters, write-off’s are verified against signed-off documentation & gate sheets Breakages, Obsolescence & salvages stock are signed-off & processed in SAP accurately
• All daily controls, open shipments for T1 & T2 are reviewed & resolved. All claims are processed timeously with signed-off backup documentation & SAB re-imbursed
• POC & T2 driver route settlement corrections reviewed, approved & signed-off
• SCO BUD vs ACT costs are monitored with gaps & action plans reports

Governance and Risk

• All Documentation signed-off by relevant persons, filed & securely stored as per Inventory Control Policy - Inventory stock packs, T1 & T2 shipment packs, gate register, etc.
• Security cameras in key points on site & random verification conducted
• 3 Point independent checks are conducted on all T1 & T2 shipments for departure & arrival - Random checks conducted

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Engineering, Commercial, Supply Chain, Logistics or Sciences
• 2-3 years’ experience in a Stock Control environment
• Knowledge of Stock Control Processes
• MS Office proficiency
• Attention to detail
• Problem solving ability

Additional information:

• BAND : IX

SAB is an equal opportunity employer and all appointments will be made in line with SAB employment equity plan and talent requirements. The advert has minimum requirements listed. Management reserves the right to use additional/ relevant information as criteria for short listing.