Warehouse & Inventory Manager

Optential Consulting (Pty) Ltd; Gauteng; On-site; ZAR 200 000 - 300 000; Full time

Job summary

A consulting firm in South Africa is looking for a Warehouse Manager to oversee inventory management and procurement processes. The role entails optimizing warehouse operations, ensuring compliance with quality and safety standards, and leading the warehouse team. Ideal candidates should possess strong leadership skills, a solid understanding of inventory systems, and a commitment to maintaining high performance standards. This position requires excellent problem-solving abilities and proactive communication with customers.

Qualifications

• Experience with effective inventory management and procurement processes.
• Strong leadership skills with experience in team management.
• Ability to maintain compliance with quality and safety standards.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the dry goods inventory and procurement processes.
• Optimize warehouse layout for efficiency and safety.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety policies.

Skills

Inventory management

Warehouse operations

Procurement

Team leadership

Quality control

Health and safety compliance

Job description

Key Responsibilities

• ? Accurate and timeous forecasting of materials required for production to meet their targets while maintaining quality.
• ? Oversee and manage the entire dry goods inventory including customers, ensuring accuracy, optimization, and alignment with production demands.
• ? Oversee and be accountable for procurement of all materials, consumables and utilities required for production.
• ? Develop, refine, and implement robust processes for the efficient management of dry goods inventory and seamless allocation to the production team.
• ? Customer Inventory Oversight : Collaborate with customers to understand their specific dry goods requirements, maintaining detailed records, and ensuring a proactive approach to inventory replenishment.
• ? Collaboration with Production Team : Work closely with the production team, understanding their requirements, and implementing allocation strategies to support seamless and efficient packaging operations.
• ? Manage warehouse logistics and team from correct storage to upliftment preparation ensuring % accuracy and timeous delivery.
• ? Optimize the warehouse layout to facilitate efficient movement of goods, minimize handling, and maximize storage space.
• ? Overseeing the proper disposal or waste materials in an environmentally responsible and compliant manner.

Inventory Management

• ? Maintaining optimal stock levels : This involves balancing the need to have enough materials meet production and customer demand while maintaining positive cash flow.
• ? Initiating and being accountable for weekly and monthly inventory counts
• ? Match Purchase Orders with stock items received.

Report and investigate discrepancies

• ? ERP Management : Initiating and being accountable for weekly and monthly inventory counts
• ? Accountable for stock rotation and maintaining the first in first out stock rotation method.
• ? Controlling inventory cost by minimizing costs associated with inventory, including purchasing costs, storage costs, waste, and losses due to damage or theft.
• ? Supporting production efficiency : A smooth flow of materials to the production line is essential to avoid delays and downtime.
• ? Reporting : Confirm Finished Goods stock from Secondary Production.
• ? Monitor stock and price fluctuations on dry goods procured and.

report any irregularity in prices to Finance.

Operational Efficiency

• ? Attain profitability through reduction of COGS, War on Waste (WOW) and Efficient without compromising quality.
• ? Can and dry goods waste allocation and usage monitoring - Daily Reviews, root cause analysis and actions
• ? Optimize warehouse and inventory processes for efficiency, identifying areas for improvement and implementing solutions.

Team Leadership

• ? Champion the Tiny Keg Way of Customer Success through focus improvement, visual management & teamwork, performance & process control.

Quality management and other best work practice to be introduced in time ( Manufacturing Excellence Programme)

• ? Flag bearer for Tiny Keg Values of Trust, Learning, Flexibility and Partnerships.
• ? Manage, train, and motivate the warehouse team to achieve high performance.
• ? Handle conflict resolution and performance management with support of Human Resources team.
• ? Effective allocation of daily tasks and targets to team and shift leaders
• ? Ensure that effective shift handover rituals are in place and upheld by your management team , encouraging effective cascading information and seamless production flow and accurate reporting on productivity
• ? Ensure warehouse data is recorded accurately and timeously by your team
• ? Hold team accountable for poor performance in line with company values and code of conduct

Customer Focus

• ? Champion problem solving and learning culture and engage proactively and positively in communication with customers.
• ? Proactively communicating and escalating any issues encountered on the production line which will impact customer expectations and job delivery timelines

Quality

• ? Build great working relationships and cultivate an environment of trust, partnership and collaboration with the quality team.
• ? Manage order and cleanliness of the facility / equipment to the HACCP & FSSC standards.
• ? To drive a culture of continuous quality improvement, minimizing defects, maximizing efficiency, and exceeding customer quality expectations.
• ? Address and resolve any quality issues promptly and efficiently with Quality team.
• ? Engage in problem solving techniques to assist with root cause analysis of quality issues.
• ? Escalate Non-conformance to Quality team
• ? Champion GMP house keeping practices to ensure organised work environment and reduce waste.

Health & Safety

• ? Ensure the warehouse team is fully compliant on all health and safety policies and procedures are effectively implemented and followed
• ? Support OHS team to ensure a safe working environment
• ? Empower the warehouse team to actively identify and report safety risks