Manager Inventory Control & Service Parts Specialist

The encumbered must use the system and knowledge of product to calculate the appropriate inventory (Spares and units) to be held, ensure that the systems match the future requirements and that such manual calculation requirements are eventually automated.

The person will further ensure that the inventory replenishment guidance is followed, ensuring that stock is replenished timeously at best cost and that no stock-outs occur. Lastly that parts inventory is reduced to a minimum WITHOUT stock outs occurring. The person will utilise his/her excel skills to produce accurate information from the accounting, to enable procurement decisions to be taken timeously. The position further requires assistance and executing the logistical movement of stock around Southern Africa.

Qualification, Experience and Skills

• Must have a Tertiary Qualification in Logistics/procurement at a recognized institution
• Skills around extracting information through v-lookups and ODBC reports from accounting system/stock system (computer office a superior excel skills)
• Demonstrated ability to create a strategy for parts procurement/replenishment to reduce inventory holding without creating stock-outs
• Able to assist CEO in creating an accurate parts replenishment model and stock control system
• Computer applications experience (such as Accounting Software, MS Office, Internet etc.)
• Syspro accounting experience will be an advantage

Key Role Responsibilities

• Ensure all inventory calculations per store is calculated and executed to correct level
• Enable such calculations to be provided to CEO in understandable reports
• Ensure proper replenishment planning is done
• Improve controls so that theft can be reduced
• Creating paperwork to execute logistics
• Fix and implement minimum and agreed levels of parts
• Manage contracts and suppliers
• Creating paperwork to execute procurement of international orders
• Work with the CEO to establish correct inventory models
• Creating reports to assist managers in managing their inventory at various branches
• Assist the CEO to draft and improve current procedures
• Learn all the parts inventory in the Company to understand where parts are used in the business.
• Apply a no stock shortage, neither an overstock scenario to exist
• Respect, apply the EH&S rules and policies