LEAD: Inventory Heineken

DHL Supply Chain (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd.; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 540,000 - 700,000; Full time

Job summary

DHL Group in South Africa is seeking an Inventory Lead to plan, coordinate, supervise and report on the inventory team's activities. You will manage inventory integrity, minimise stock loss liabilities, and drive continuous improvements across multiple Heineken sites.

The role requires 3–5 years in inventory and warehouse environments, with ERP/SAP and advanced MS Office skills. You will lead a team, manage budgets, and align SOPs with client and DHL standards.

Qualifications

• Matric / Grade 12 completed.
• Diploma in Inventory Management.
• 3–5 years in inventory environment.
• 3–5 years in warehouse environment.
• Knowledge of logistics market trends.
• Commercial breadth and general management experience.
• Experience with budgets.
• Proficient in MS Office and SAP.
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Ability to coordinate staff and assets.
• Understand products handled by the company.
• Knowledge of health and safety procedures.

Responsibilities

• Control inventory accuracy up to KPI levels required by DHL.
• Plan and manage stock counts and audits.
• Develop and maintain inventory processes with WMS.
• Produce stock KPI reports and recommend SOP improvements.
• Monitor stock losses and implement mitigation.
• Perform daily reconciliations and ensure targets.
• Coordinate stock movements and report issues.
• Train team to implement inventory procedures.
• Maintain cycle counting and perpetual inventory.
• Attend customer meetings as required.
• Support continuous improvement on site.
• Submit monthly inventory information on time.
• Manage damages and stock losses.
• Recruit and manage inventory team per HR policy.

Skills

Inventory management

Leadership

SAP

MS Office

Education

Matric / Grade 12

Diploma in Inventory Management

Tools

MS Office Advanced

SAP

Job description

Deutsche Post DHL Group is the world’s leading logistics and mail company.

We’re one of the world’s largest employers, operating in over 220 countries and territories.We’re Europe’s largest postal service, partner foreCommerceand pioneersin secure digital communication. We’re number one in contract logistics and international express delivery, and a leader inthe forwarding business.

Join us and you’ll be working for a global company that’s focused on service, quality, andsustainability, and using the power ofglobal trade to connect people and improvelives.

And not just for our customers, but foreverymember of our Group too.

At DHL Supply Chain South Africa, we’relooking for…

Lead: Inventory

Job Purpose:

To plan, co-ordinate, supervise and report upon the work activities of the inventory team, providing effective communication, leadership, motivation, training & development. Responsibility for maintaining and managing inventory integrity. Responsibility for managing and minimising DHL's contractual stock loss liabilities.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure accurate control of inventory up to and beyond the KPI levels expected by the customer and DHL
• Plan and manage all stock counts and audits of inventory
• Develop & maintain effective inventory process, incorporating warehouse management systems
• Produce accurate stock Key Performance Indicator reports, analyse and recommend changes to Standard Operating Procedures to enhance accuracy and operational effectiveness
• Put in place procedures to monitor and minimise stock losses
• Daily recons on storage types and ensure that inventory team meets daily targets
• Monitor all stock movements within warehouse and ensure report on issues
• Constant communication with operational team
• Train team members to ensure that inventory control procedures are fully implemented
• Implement procedures to maintain cycle counting and perpetual inventory
• Understand DHL's stock loss contractual liability and ensure any potential risk is effectively mitigatedProduce timely and accurate management information & reports as required
• Manage and motivate inventory team - ensure adequate inventory team cover available across all operational shifts
• Control of team budgeted hours and costs
• Create and publish Standard Operating Procedures
• Attend customer meetings as required
• Contribute to site continuous improvement agenda
• Submitting monthly inventory information accurately and timeously to meet deadlines
• Management of damages and stock losses within warehouse
• Control of all inventory related matters within parameters of location
• Recruitment and handling of Industrial Relations in line with HR policy as well as scheduling of inventory team
• To ensure stock that is damaged or due to expire is removed from the cages / orders
• Responsible for Inventory across multiple Heineken sites
• Authority to write off stock to a certain limit, thereafter prior approval is required from systems manager

Qualifications & Experience

• Matric / Grade 12
• Diploma in Inventory Management
• 3-5 years experience of working in inventory environment
• 3-5 years experience of working in warehouse environment
• Knowledge of logistics market trends, opportunities and challenges
• Commercial breadth, i.e. general management experience
• Strategic tools/techniques approaches and strategy determination
• Experience of working within budgetary constraints
• Fully computer literate (MS Office Advanced, SAP)
• Excellent interpersonal, leadership, motivation and planning skills
• Ability to co-ordinate all staff and assets in warehouse department
• Person should know what products are handled by the Company
• Person should be able to enforce health and safety procedures and identify hazard
• knowledge of clients requirements and customer needs

DPDHL Core Competencies & Skills

• Maintains effective relationships with customers
• Develops and delivers high quality / innovative products, services or solutions
• Focuses on customer needs and gains their commitment
• Gains management / colleague support to meet customer needs
• Ensures strategies / plans are aligned and reflect other’s views
• Develop strategies / plans aligned to broader organizational strategy
• Communicates strategy
• Establishes clear, challenging and achievable objectives
• Aligns resources and the organization within own area of responsibility to achieve objectives
• Regularly reviews and communicates progress against objectives and adjusts as needed
• Champions continuous improvement and innovation
• Inspires results and respect by empowerment, accountability recognition and rewards recognizing the contribution of others
• Provides employees, colleagues and business partners with candid and regular feedback
• Provides employees with development opportunities
• Supports employees with career opportunities
• Inspires others to develop themselves
• Conveys a clear sense of personal goals and values
• Actively seeks feedback to improve performance
• Develop new skills and modifies behaviors based on feedback
• Takes personal responsibility for career and development

Languages

• English - verbal and written.