Warehouse Inventory Accuracy Specialist

Absolute Pets (Pty) Ltd.; Simon's Town; On-site; ZAR 112,000 - 156,000; Full time

Job summary

Absolute Pets, the leading pet retailer in South Africa with over 200 stores, is seeking an Inventory Clerk for our KwaZulu-Natal Warehouse in Pinetown. You will support the inventory controller with daily stock counts, weekly variance investigations, and damage processing to minimise losses.

The role requires meticulous reporting and tight adherence to reporting deadlines. Responsibilities include replenishment oversight, no stock and negative balance investigations, and root-cause analysis of

Responsibilities

• Assist inventory controller through accurate and efficient execution of daily stock counts and investigations and submit a detailed report to management
• Execute weekly counts accurately and investigate variances and submit a detailed report to management
• Ensure that damages are processed and taken out of the system as required
• Minimise stock losses by packing and preparing the damages aisle and ensure that stock is moving out of the warehouse to the intended destination – Work with stock controller
• Investigate no stock picks and inform controller of discrepancies that need to be adjusted
• Investigate stock with negative balances or items requiring overrides and inform stock controller of discrepancies that need to be adjusted
• Investigate stock in the sin bin and inform controller of discrepancies that need to be adjusted
• Ensure that replenishment is happening efficiently to avoid no stock picks by investigating no stock picks
• Execute expiry checks as agreed with management and identify items that are short dated that need to be pushed to stores
• Ensure reporting deadlines are met daily – Daily department handovers and regular updates as agreed with the inventory controller
• Conduct root cause analysis on variances – Provide clear and concise reports to validate variances

Job description

Absolute Pets, the leading pet retailer in South Africa with over 200 stores, is seeking an Inventory Clerk for our KwaZulu-Natal Warehouse in Pinetown. You will support the inventory controller with daily stock counts, weekly variance investigations, and damage processing to minimise losses.

The role requires meticulous reporting and tight adherence to reporting deadlines. Responsibilities include replenishment oversight, no stock and negative balance investigations, and root-cause analysis of