Senior Inventory & K8 ERP Lead

Lumax Energy (Pty) Ltd; Midrand; On-site; ZAR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive remuneration

Senior leadership exposure

Cross-functional collaboration

Job summary

Lumax Energy (Pty) Ltd is seeking an experienced Inventory & K8 ERP Manager to own company-wide inventory management, K8 ERP support, reporting, analytics, stock planning and loss control across Midrand and Olifantsfontein operations.

Reporting to the Operations Manager and Group Financial Manager, this senior role protects and optimises inventory valued at over R50 million, maintains high stock accuracy, and leads continuous improvements in replenishment and working capital control.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years senior inventory management or inventory-control experience.
• Minimum 3 years hands-on K8 ERP experience - essential.
• Proven responsibility for inventory valued at R50 million or more.
• Proven multi-warehouse or multi-site inventory-management experience.
• Experience in a complex, high-volume and SKU-dense inventory environment.
• Strong experience in inventory planning, forecasting, replenishment and working-capital control.
• Strong proven background in management reporting and analytics.
• Must be analytical, investigative, highly detail-oriented, assertive and comfortable challenging poor inventory or ERP practices.

Responsibilities

• Own inventory accuracy and control across both warehouses.
• Manage cycle counts, stocktakes, variances, replenishment, safety stock, reorder levels and stock availability.
• Analyse slow-moving, excess, obsolete and aged inventory.
• Work closely with Procurement on forecasting, purchasing and replenishment decisions.
• Lead inventory loss-control activities, including shrinkage, adjustments, scrap, write-offs and suspicious stock movements.
• Investigate material inventory discrepancies and implement corrective actions.
• Maintain inventory accuracy of at least 98%, progressing toward 99%+.
• Act as the company-wide K8 ERP super-user and first-line support resource.
• Support and train users across Sales, Procurement, Warehouse, Inventory, Finance and other operational functions.
• Manage K8 ERP testing, UAT, process improvements, developments and user documentation.
• Own product and inventory master-data quality and governance.
• Develop management dashboards, inventory reports, forecasting models and exception reporting.
• Analyse inventory, purchasing, sales, warehouse and K8 ERP data and provide clear recommendations to management.
• Support inventory valuation, costing, inventory-to-GL reconciliation and financial stock controls.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes, strengthen controls and reduce manual work.

Skills

Analytical

Investigative

Detail-oriented

Assertive

Problem solving

Education

Tertiary qualification

Tools

K8 ERP

Excel

PivotTables

XLOOKUP/INDEX-MATCH

Job description

Lumax Energy (Pty) Ltd is seeking an experienced Inventory & K8 ERP Manager to own company-wide inventory management, K8 ERP support, reporting, analytics, stock planning and loss control across Midrand and Olifantsfontein operations.

Reporting to the Operations Manager and Group Financial Manager, this senior role protects and optimises inventory valued at over R50 million, maintains high stock accuracy, and leads continuous improvements in replenishment and working capital control.