Inventory Control Manager

Danone; Boksburg; On-site; ZAR 1,100,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Danone Southern Africa seeks an Inventory Control Manager to own end-to-end inventory governance, ensuring accuracy of stock records, movement postings in SAP, and real-time control across R&P and FG within factory, warehouse, and third-party logistics networks.

The role requires leadership experience (minimum 3 years in leadership), advanced SAP knowledge, and strong analytical and Excel skills to drive stock accuracy, reduce variances, and ensure financial controls across the supply chain.

Qualifications

• Essential qualifications include a Bachelor's degree and 7+ years in inventory control or related area, with 3 years in leadership.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end inventory governance, ensuring accurate stock records and SAP postings at movement points.
• Ensure rapid detection and correction of breaks between physical stock, SAP, and third-party records.
• Lead inventory control improvements, drive control of R&P and FG, and optimize stock accuracy and timeliness.

Skills

Leadership

Analytical thinking

Excel

SAP knowledge

Inventory control

Financial controls

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Industrial Engineering, Finance, Business Management or related

Tools

SAP

Job description

The Inventory Control Manager is the single point of accountability for end-to-end inventory governance, transaction integrity, real-time movement control and stock record accuracy across Danone Southern Africa. The scope covers Raw Materials and Packaging Materials (R&P) between factory and logistics operations, and Finished Goods (FG) across DSA manufacturing, warehousing, off-site storage and Finished goods 3PL-managed logistics operations. The role is accountable for average inventory of approximately R200 million, comprising approximately R100 million R&P and R100 million FG.

The role establishes disciplined controls at every inventory handover and system posting point so that physical movement, ownership, location, quantity, batch and stock status are accurately reflected in SAP at the time of movement. It ensures rapid detection, escalation and correction of breaks between physical stock, SAP and third-party records.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

Essential:

• Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Industrial Engineering, Finance, Business Management or a related discipline.
• Minimum 7 years of inventory control, warehouse, manufacturing logistics or supply chain governance experience, including at least 3 years in leadership.
• Proven control of R&P and FG in manufacturing or FMCG, including a factory-logistics interface and third-party logistics provider.
• Advanced practical knowledge of SAP inventory, warehouse and production movements, including transfers, batches, SLOCs, adjustments and reconciliation.
• Demonstrated improvement in stock accuracy, transaction timeliness, inventory loss, financial controls and audit outcomes.
• Strong analytical, root-cause, reporting and Excel capability.

Preferred:

• Postgraduate or professional qualification in Supply Chain, Logistics, Finance, Lean Six Sigma or a related field.
• Experience with SAP improvement, warehouse management, systems integration, scanning or track-and-trace solutions.
• FMCG food or dairy experience with batch, shelf-life, FEFO and third-party inventory controls.

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.

This is a highly visible position within Danone; you will interact with Internal - Marketing, Sales Supply chain, SSD and External - Suppliers, CO-packers. Challenge, innovate, convince and find alignment when needed. This role has no direct reports.