Stock Controller - BUCO Cape Town (City)

The Building Company; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

The Building Company in Cape Town is seeking a stock controller to co‑ordinate incoming stock including receiving, GRNing and merchandising. You will maintain optimum stock levels and range for the business, while ensuring accurate reports on stock movements and variances.

Responsibilities include cycle counts, supplier returns, stock takes, bin location maintenance and regular variance analysis to support operations and procurement.

Qualifications

• Grade 12 is required.
• 3 years stock control experience, or
• Certificate in Retailing (NQF 5) or Certificate in Retail Operations Management (NQF 5).
• If no certificate, at least 3 of the listed skills programmes must be completed.

Responsibilities

• Co‑coordinate incoming stock including receiving, GRNing and merchandising.
• Maintain optimum stock levels and range for the business.
• Check reports and cost of stock-outs.
• Manage supplier returns and cycle counts.
• Validate stock variances and perform negative stock clearance.
• Maintain bin locations and investigate bad risk stock.
• Conduct stock take and run no stock/no demand reports.
• Run deletion reports and ensure existing stock is binned.
• Monitor stock performance and provide variance data to operator.

Skills

Bottom-line factors

Loss control supervision

Stock counts

Replenish stock

Stock holding procedure

Pick stock

Move stock

Receive stock

Stock take

Dispatch stock

Education

Certificate in Retailing (NQF 5)

Certificate in Retail Operations Management (NQF 5)

Job description

Location: Cape Town CBD

Job Type: Permanent

The main purpose of the job is to co‑coordinate the incoming (receiving, GRNing and merchandising) of all stock for the business, as well as maintaining optimum stock levels and range for the business.

Responsibilities

• Checking reports
• Check cost of Stock‑outs
• Manage Supplier returns
• Keep Cycle Counter up to date
• Validate stock variances
• Negative Stock clearance
• Maintain Bin Locations
• Investigate bad risk stock
• Stock take
• Run no stock, no demand report
• Run Deletion reports
• Ensure Existing Stock are binned
• Monitor stock performance
• Provide Variance Data to Operator
• Providing the Operator with stock variance data for the 8 weeks cycle every month

Job Requirements

Grade 12

3 years stock control experience, alternatively

Certificate in Retailing (NQF 5), or

Certificate in Retail Operations Management (NQF 5)

If no certificate then at least 3 of the following skills programmes:

• Explain the factors that impact on the bottom line of a W&R unit
• Supervise implementation of loss control measures
• Supervise stock counts
• Replenish stock in a retail business
• Manage stock holding procedure in a wholesale and retail outlet
• Pick stock in a distribution centre
• Move, pack and maintain stock
• Receive stock into a distribution centre
• Count stock for a stock‑take
• Dispatch stock from a distribution centre