Junior Inventory Clerk

at  Unique Personnel

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• Grade 12.
• Relevant Tertiary qualification (advantageous but not mandatory).
• 1-2 years of relevant experience (advantageous).
• Detail-oriented, methodical, and practical – essential.
• Strong commitment to corporate goals.
• Working knowledge of SAGE 3 (advantageous).
• Willingness to work additional hours.
• Computer literate.
• Excel skills are advantageous.

BEHAVIOURAL SKILLS

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Teamwork, people skills, and negotiation skills.
• Efficient time management skills.
• Ability to handle concurrent deadline pressure.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATION

Certificate

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Establish, monitor, and maintain forecasting and inventory control policies.
• Prepare forecasts and calculate inventory planning for assigned Distributor Centres on a monthly basis.
• Maintain a monthly statistical forecast report and oversee inventory forecasting for all products, ensuring timely deliveries.
• Continuously improve forecasting techniques, methods, and approaches based on sales history and projections.
• Conduct current and future forecasting analysis, ensuring adherence to forecasting processes and methods.
• Manage weekly inventory targets (including cover stock levels) approved by management, maintaining appropriate inventories for all Africa Operations.
• Ensure Distributor Centres are stocked with the correct items to avoid over or under supply.
• Prepare, report, and communicate forecast and inventory measurements to company
• Directors and Managers weekly.
• Compile Write-Off Reports monthly for allocated Distributor Centres in Africa.
• Compile and manage Back Order Reports weekly for Africa.
• Control the frequency and number of deliveries, planning one bulk shipment per month per Distributor Centre.
• Determine mode of transport for each delivery after receiving three quotes, considering product weight, urgency, and transport cost.
• Minimize back orders by proper planning and follow-up; manage and keep them at an acceptable level.
• Communicate regularly with Distributor Centres on projections, sales, cover inventory negotiation, and timely product receipt.

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Ensure effective communication with DC Managers regarding short shelf-life products and share future shipping plans.
• Manage excess and obsolete inventories, as well as stock rebalancing with warehouse managers.
• Communicate with management regarding inventory/delivery issues and priorities.
• Conduct data management, maintaining reports in Excel as necessary.
• Keep all SOPs up to date, evolving and maintaining documentation and standard operating procedures for demand planning processes and systems.
• Possess an excellent understanding of Systems.
• Generate daily critical inventory reports and analyse actual sales vs. projected sales.
• Check Distributor Centres inventory levels weekly and communicate with DC Managers.
• Communicate with the Warehouse Manager to ensure on-time product delivery.
• Comply with rules and regulations related to exporting, inspections, registered products, customs, drug authorities, and banned products.
• Communicate the unavailability of packed and locally produced stock for replenishment to the Procurement Department and dispatch it promptly.
• Act on all reasonable instructions given by management.
• Perform ad hoc duties as required.
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