INVENTORY CO-ORDINATOR

Danone; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 400 000 - 550 000; Full time

Job summary

A global food company in Johannesburg is seeking a Logistics Coordinator to manage Third Party Logistics Service providers. You'll oversee warehousing, distribution, and inventory management processes for operations across South Africa and neighboring countries. The ideal candidate has a bachelor's degree in Supply Chain and 3-5 years in the FMCG sector, with strong SAP and Microsoft Office skills. This is an excellent opportunity for career advancement in a dynamic work environment.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of experience in FMCG and Supply Chain.
• Experience in SAP and WMS is preferred.
• Ability to manage and lead a team.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and manage Third Party Logistics Service.
• Implement inventory management strategies.
• Produce daily reports on inventory processes.

Skills

FMCG experience

SAP knowledge

Project Management skills

MS Office proficiency

Team management experience

Supply Chain principles understanding

WMS experience

Dairy industry knowledge

Education

Bachelors Degree or Diploma in Purchasing, Supply Chain Logistics or Engineering, Finance

Tools

SAP

PowerBI

MS Office

Job description

About The Job

To co-ordinate and manage Third Party Logistics Service providers for warehousing and distribution across channels in South Africa and distributing into Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho, Swaziland and Mozambique. This role also maintains stock accuracy and manages crates and pallets across the network and handles dispute resolution on inventory queries (SPOC).

Key Areas of Responsibility

• Strategy and Planning
• Effective leadership and direction for the operations team through involvement and communication to deliver on the relevant key business drivers
• Work with deployment & planning teams on inventory issues and improvements
• Drive change and lead the implementation of best practice
• Controls
• Manage and ensure that Inventory is well organized and controlled to sufficiently support Operations and the goals of the business.
• Implement improvement processes and maintain policies and procedures and systems to minimize costs and maximize working capital.
• Manage stock takes, cycle counts, replenishments
• Control Pick fails & stock investigations
• Supervise stock movements
• Manage and implement inventory management strategies
• Perform audits of inventory management-related tools, processes and systems ensuring settings are correct and optimized.
• Reporting
• Produce daily reports to ensure key critical areas of the inventory processes are controlled
• Perform manual transactions in SAP when support systems are down
• Support management in the Finished goods warehouse on inventory
• Assist Operations as and when necessary with inventory queries (FG)
• Maintain master data management of inventory
• Provide backup and support for SAP users where required.
• Running and Updating weekly PowerBI dashboards
• Relationship Building
• Manage the dispute resolution and claims (SPOC)
• Engagement with FG warehouse personnel
• Provide training and support of end users in SAP platforms
• Mentor other logistics team members, as required

About You

Academic and Trade Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree or Diploma in Purchasing, Supply Chain Logistics or Engineering, Finance

Work Experience and Skills

• At least 3-5 years’ experience in FMCG and related Supply Chain experience
• Previous experience in working with SAP is an advantage
• Previous experience in WMS is preferable
• Project Management skills
• Proficient in MS Office Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint
• Previous experience in managing a team is an advantage
• A thorough understanding of all Supply Chain principles and processes
• Previous experience in dairy is preferable

About Us

Do things your way, the way you work, the way you develop, the way you progress, it’s up to you.

Working here you will need to enjoy a fast pace, complexity and it can get a little challenging. But it’s packed with opportunities. You’ll work with some of the best-known brands in the world, Such as Nutriday, Yogisip, Inkomazi etc. We absolutely guarantee that you can just be yourself.

Be innovative and entrepreneurial and the impact you could make might just amaze you. Join our movement for a healthier world. One planet one health BY You. For more information about Danone, our divisions and culture, please explore careers.danone.com.

We offer a job which could easily turn in to a career in Danone. We believe everyone is born with superpowers, something which comes natural to you. We know this uniqueness is something which brings both excellence as well as energy, so we believe in all Danoner’s potential and when we build careers based on these superpowers and when we develop everyone’s potential to the fullest magic happens. This is how we like to see Talent Management in Danone.