Stock Replenishing and Picking Team Leader

Medipost; Pretoria; On-site; ZAR 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Medipost Gezina seeks a Stock Replenishing and Picking Team Leader to manage replenishment and ensure stock is allocated to correct bins with FIFO. You will lead the picking team, monitor productivity, and ensure timely deliveries while upholding SOPs and regulatory requirements.

The role focuses on efficient stock management, expiry date controls, and continuous process improvement within a busy pharmaceutical environment in Pretoria.

Qualifications

• Experience in picking and replenishing stock (1–2 years).
• Extensive knowledge of the Medipost app stock division.
• Registered with SAPC.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support the replenishing process to align with picking workflows.
• Manage storage of received items with expiry date control.
• Monitor risks in deliveries and packing of stock.
• Apply FIFO principles and report expiry and damaged items.
• Allocate work, monitor productivity, and supervise the picking team.
• Ensure on-time processing of urgent and scheduled deliveries.
• Develop Saturday flexi rosters and manage overtime.

Skills

People Management

SOP Management

Time Management

Analytical

Education

SAPC registration

Tools

Medipost app

SAP

Job description

Stock Replenishing and Picking Team Leader

Listing reference: medip_001779

Listing status: Online

Apply by: 30 July 2026

Position summary

Industry: Pharmaceutical Sector

Job category: Pharmaceutic

Contract: Permanent

Remuneration: Market related

EE position: Yes

Introduction

• To manage and support the replenishing process ensuring that picking team aligns with work flow.
• Storage of received items in a chronological order. Expiry date management in the production and replenished bins
• Risk management within deliveries and packing of stock.
• FIFO and FIFO principles to be applied. Process Management and reporting on expiry date management, damaged item analysis.
• Allocate work, monitor productivity and ensure efficient use of resources.
• Supervise and lead the picking team to achieve daily operational targets.
• Monitor order priorities to ensure urgent and scheduled deliveries are processed on time.
• Primary purpose of the job
• People Management
• SOP Management
• Time Management
• Adherence to GPP
• To ensure Medipost Gezina has efficient Stock and consumables to dispense the required Rx’s within the set time frame and budget as per company expectation.
• Ensuring the Replenishing of all stock into picking bin.
• Ensuring Stock Rotation and Expiry date SOP’s are followed.
• Ensuring that all stock is allocated to the correct bins at all times.

People Management

Ensuring that care is taken in managing the team with regards to:

• Capturing of leave on ESS. Handing out daily responsibilities should they differ from normal tasks?
• KPA submissions.
• In house training should a procedure change.
• Encouraging growth and knowledge transfer within the department.
• Ensuring that all members adhere to policies and procedures.
• Management of overtime and capturing it on .ESS
• IR Disciplinary Actions (warnings counseling sessions).
• Creating Saturday Flexi Rosters every month.

SOP Management

Responsible to ensure that the following happens with regards to SOP’s:

• Implementation of all SOP’s.
• Updating relevant SOP’s when changes are made.
• Creating new SOP’S should it be required. .
• Continuous training of SOP’s within the department.

Time Management

Responsible to ensure that the following happens with regards to Time management:

• Management of time and attendance on ESS.
• Reporting any issues with regards to a member’s time management (disciplining /counseling).
• Monitoring of members time management during the day.

Operational Management

Responsible to ensure that the following happens with regards to operational management:

• Ensure that replenishes do not leave work before completing their daily duties.
• Ensure that replenishes assist all main shelf as well as ARV shelf with consolidation and bin clean up upon entry and exiting work.
• Ensure that there’s accurate picking
• Ensure that out of stocks are communicated with both replenishing and picking team.
• Ensure that quarantine area is clear and no stock left behind in the receiving area.

• Ensure all stock in production is packed in a neat and tidy manner. NB!!
• Ensure that bin maintenance is done by all replenishes on a regular basis as well as expiry and soon to expire list done monthly

QUALIFICATIONS

EXPERIENCE

• Picking & Replenishing experience of 1 - 2 years
• Medipost app: Extensive knowledge of the stock division on the app
• Registered with SAPC

COMPETENCIES

• Analytical approach towards management of available stock
• People Management
• SOP Management
• Time Management

“Medipost Holdings is committed to the promotion of employment equity within the workplace which is a driving factor in all recruitment decisions” Medipost further encourages and welcomes applications from persons with disabilities in creating a diverse and equitable workplace”

Closing Statement:

“We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, prospectives and skills, the more inclusive we are the better our work will be. Should you however not hear from us within a period of 2 weeks, you can consider your application unsuccessful”