Warehouse Inventory Clerk

Absolute Pets; Gauteng; On-site; ZAR 200 000 - 300 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading pet retailer in South Africa is seeking an Inventory Clerk for their Kempton Park warehouse. The role involves assisting the inventory controller with daily stock counts, investigating discrepancies, and ensuring proper housekeeper practices in the warehouse. The ideal candidate should have strong attention to detail and experience in inventory management. This full-time position offers opportunities for growth within a thriving team.

Qualifications

• Ability to conduct accurate stock counts and investigations.
• Effective communication skills for reporting variances.
• Experience in warehouse operations is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Assist inventory controller with stock counts.
• Execute weekly stock counts and process damages.
• Conduct root cause analysis on variances.

Skills

Editorial

Fire Protection

Aircraft

Dos

Fiber Optic

Job description

Specialising in premium pet foods and accessories Absolute Pets is the leading pet retailer in South Africa with over 190 stores across the country.

Our Gauteng Warehouse team is looking for an Inventory Clerk to join the Absolute Pets team at our warehouse in Kempton Park.

Responsibilities and Primary Functions

• 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.

Responsibilities and Secondary Functions

• Spot checks on inbound stock to identify any discrepancies.
• Ensure that the warehouse is properly housekept and any issues reported to management.
• Daily and weekly floor walks to identify issues with bin locations, stock assignments and general storage issues.
• Look for opportunities to improve bin assignment and stock allocations in the warehouse.
• Contribute to achievement of warehouse KPIs.

Key Skills

• Editorial
• Fire Protection
• Aircraft
• Dos
• Fiber Optic

Employment Type: Full-Time

Experience: years

Vacancy: 1