Stock Controller

Location:Durban, KZN

FMCG / Retail / Wholesale / Supply Chain, South Africa - KwaZulu Natal eThekwini West (Hillcrest / Hammarsdale)

Our client is looking for a Stock Controller to join their Team at the Head Office in Hammersdale. Position available ASAP.

Qualifications and Experience:

  • Tertiary qualification in Supply Chain/Logistics Management.
  • 3 – 5 Years in a similar environment. Proven work experience in a similar environment.
  • Extensive understanding of FIFO, stock rotation and stock takes is an absolute necessity
  • Must be familiar with the OHS act.
  • Working knowledge of inventory management software-(Citrix/SAP)
  • Knowledge of all aspects related to logistics, business administration and supply chain procedures

Key Competencies:

  • Analytical thinker
  • Team Player as well as work independently
  • Excellent organizational and communication skills
  • Ability to supervise staff.

Job Funtions: (including but not limited to):

    • Stock control – ensuring all daily stock control functions are in alignment with procedures and policies.
    • The control of dispatch and warehouse processes and ensure that supervisors and staff are following planned daily activities.
  • · Dealing with daily stock queries and requests from the sales department as well as JHB and CPT offices· Issuing of picking slips and delivery documentation to the dispatch supervisor on a daily basis to ensure that customer orders are efficiently loaded and delivered as per plan.
    • Issue to and receiving of product from the Converting department.
    • The control and daily planning of the slitting of roll stock and checking that the allocated staff that are doing the slitting work are efficient in meeting targets.
    • Oversee the costing of the warehouse and offer support to JHB and CT.
    • Organise quarterly stock takes, carry out reconciliations and investigate stock discrepancies.
    • Ensuring that stock count are accurate at the end of the financial year and also finalize any stock variation queries.
    • Responsible for stock adjustments / transfers and weekly cycle counts for finished goods.
    • Receiving of raw material and traded goods and ensuring that the goods are inspected according to the quality receiving procedure.
    • Records retention for all stock sheets and accessibility for Finance department queries.
    • Re-claiming of stock from Credit notes.
    • Creating new item numbers (stock codes).
    • Maintaining Stock accuracy on XAL and actioning any stock variances.
    • Assisting accounts department with invoice queries, stock queries and XAL system based related to transactions.
    • Month-end stock marking for the accounts department once all jobs have been cost calculated.
    • Control of minimum stock levels of packaging material levels and placing orders.
    • Working closely with production to receive schedules and ensure the necessary issue of materials take place.
    • Co-ordination of sample requests from quality, local sales, automotive and export departments.
    • Ensuring that the daily movement of stock from the production floor to warehouse is effectively done and they are located to ensure FIFO is carried out.
    • Assist Finance with the monthly transport report related to the imported automotive stock items – stock levels to invoices
    • Co-ordinate the stock allocation / delivery / collection from all sub-contractors.
    • Assisting FM with maintaining the BOM’s on XAL
  • Window person for internal and external Warehouse queries.· Monitor transport vehicles for servicing and call up service providers in case of breakdowns.