SAB: PACKAGING INVENTORY CLERK 2024
Company: SAB (South African Breweries)
Location: Newlands Brewery
The key purpose of this role is the Management of all Raw Material (RM) inventory within the logistics supply chain ensuring product quality standards met & in compliance to all inventory governance processes & controls. All physical movement of inventory is correctly reflected in SAP, inventory differences investigated, resolved & reported.
Key roles and responsibilities:
- RM Inventory quality fundamentals standards are adhered to as per VPO requirements
- RM Inventory accurately blocked in SAP with physical blocking mechanism in place as per VPO standards for quality related & obsolescence stock
- Ensure compliance to the freshness & rotation policy as per VPO standards
- Inventory count are recorded accurately with quantities per storage location & Best Before Dates (BBD) x SKU & bin cards clearly displayed as per VPO standards
- Inventory concession policy applied & approved as per VPO product age standards
- RM Inventory accurately blocked in SAP with physical blocking mechanism in place as per VPO standards for quality related & obsolescence stock
- All RM salvages are re-packed as per VPO standards
- All obsolescence stock are decanted as per standard policy & procedure
- All Received stock are GRN as per standard policy & procedure
- Independent inventory counts conducted on all RM Inventory reconciled to SAP inventory . Inventory count difference identified, investigated, resolved & reported. Un-resolved inventory count differences escalated to RM Controller with commentary & action plans
- All physical movements of RM Inventory are transacted in SAP accurately. Packaging receipts validated by line counters, write-off’s are verified against signed-off documentation & gate sheets
- Breakages, Obsolescence & salvages stock are signed-off & processed in SAP accurately.
- All daily controls, open shipments are reviewed & resolved.
- All claims are processed timeously with signed-off backup documentation & SAB reimbursed
- Supply Chain Overheads Budget vs Actual costs are monitored with gaps & action plans reports
- Managing and daily planning of workload for team
- Daily Documentation Control
- Ensuring good Governance
- Weekly and monthly stock count compliance
- Monitor and control raw materials and stocks – handling and storage
- Apply good waste management practices
- Apply Good Housekeeping and 5S principles
- Risk assessments and issuing of PTW
- HR & Administrative duties
- Liaison with internal and external customers
- Support team goals and VPO principles
- Daily Stock Reconciliation
- Weekly PRP compliance
- All Documentation signed-off by relevant persons, filed & securely stored as per Inventory Control Policy – Inventory stock packs, shipment packs, gate register, etc.
- Security cameras in key points on site & random verification conducted
- 3 Point independent checks are conducted on all shipments for departure & arrival – Random checks conducted to ensure compliance
Profile:
- National Diploma in Finance, Commercial, Supply Chain, Logistics or relevant studies
- 2-3 years’ experience in a Stock Control environment
- Knowledge of Stock Control Processes
- MS Office & SAP proficiency
- Licensed FLT driver
- Attention to details
- Problem solving ability
- Good verbal ability and communication skills
- A team player with well-developed organisational and planning skills
- Capable of operating in a pressurised cross- functional and demanding environment
- Good customer ethics and interpersonal skills
- Ability to self-manage
