Warehouse Inventory Supervisor

Absolute Pets; Kempton Park; On-site; ZAR 180,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Absolute Pets, a leading pet retailer in South Africa with over 200 stores, seeks a Warehouse Supervisor for the Inventory department at our Johannesburg warehouse in Kempton Park. You will manage daily stock counts, variances, and ensure smooth stock flow across locations.

You will lead a team of stock clerks and inventory assistants to meet KPI targets. The role requires coordinating weekly counts, managing stock rotations, supplier returns, and reporting to management.

Qualifications

• Experience in inventory management and stock reporting.
• Ability to conduct cycle counts and investigate variances.
• Experience managing a team of stock clerks.

Responsibilities

• Manage inventory in the Johannesburg warehouse, including daily stock counts and variance investigations.
• Coordinate with other departments to ensure stock flow from IBTs to locations and reduce backlogs.
• Conduct weekly cycle counts and prepare reports for management.

Skills

Inventory management

Stock control

Team leadership

Cycle counts

Reporting

Communication

Tools

Ador5

Job description

Specialising in premium pet foods and accessories, Absolute Pets is the leading pet retailer in South Africa with over 200 stores across the country.

Our team of experts is looking for a Warehouse Supervisor for the Inventory department at our Johannesburg warehouse based in Kempton Park.

If you want to join our team, these will be the key areas that you will need to be responsible for:

Inventory Management

• Facilitate daily stock counts with the inventory team and investigate variances providing accurate and detailed reports to management
• Work closely with other departments to ensure a consistent flow of stock from IBT’s to locations and ensure that any backlogs are being attended to so to avoid stock imbalances and shrinkage
• Manage and execute weekly cyclical stock counts and investigate variances providing accurate and detailed reports to management
• Prepare warehouse for semi-annual stock counts ensuring that stock accuracy is maintained through a consistent approach to inventory management, supplier returns, damages, expiries and IBT management (Damages 0.15% Stock losses 0.15% and Expiries 0.05% or stock transfers)
• Manage daily and weekly demand replenishments and forced replenishments to ensure stock availability for picking to continue in an accurate and efficient manner
• Investigate items on the short pick reports and provide detailed feedback on reasons and actions – Maintain a short pick percentage of less than 2% across the warehouse
• Manage rotation of stock and daily expiry checks to identify soon to expire stock and reduce write offs
• Manage warehouse damages and proper reporting and recording of stock returned for credits – Follow up on credit notes with the Inbound supervisor and ensure damages are processed out of Ador5 and that the stock is assigned to the relevant buckets – Donations, Repacks, Supplier Returns and External recovery (Stillgood/Refreshi)
• Manage the supplier returns and credits process for warehouse damages and recalls ensuring a quick turnaround and processing of credits in the system to reflect accurate stock balances
• Ensure that damaged stock does not build up in the warehouse by maintaining communications with suppliers to collect stock frequently and follow up on credit notes
• Facilitate the preparation of weekly KPI reports and daily handovers to management ensuring that there is detailed feedback on items that require attention as well as outputs and accuracy audits
• Work closely with departments to maintain a high level of stock accuracy through proper communication and reporting

Staff Management

• Manage team of stock clerks and warehouse inventory assistants
• Drive a culture of accountability and responsibility
• Work closely with all warehouse departments and support office
• Contribute to achievement of warehouse KPIs
• Take the necessary corrective action should there be any deviation from agreed processes, policies or procedures