Inventory Shift Manager

South Africas leading online retailer is looking for a highly talented Inventory Shift Manager to join our team in Kwa - Zulu Natal.

We are a young dynamic hyper growth company looking for smart creative hard-working people with integrity to join us. We offer a market related Total Remuneration Package which allows full flexibility according to your needs a great work environment and a promise that you wont be bored as long as you are prepared for a challenge and want to build something great.

Purpose of the role:Overall responsibility of the entire business (group) inventory withinthe DC.

This position reports to the DC Operations Manager

Your responsibilities can include:

• Manage and ensure that Inventory is well organized andcontrolled to sufficiently support production and thegoals of the business
• Implement improvement processes and maintainpolicies and procedures and systems to minimize costsand maximize working capital
• Ensuring all work areas are clean and tidy and safe forstaff to work in (housekeeping)
• Manage and implement the Company Policies & Procedures within the Inventory department and ensurethat they is strictly adhered to
• Manage stock takes cycle counts replenishments
• Ensure stock accuracy and pickable locations
• Conduct Pick Fail investigations
• Supervise stock movements
• Drive process improvement through data drivendecisions
• Manage and implement inventory managementstrategies
• Optimize the customer experience by ensuring the rightproduct quantities in the right places at the right time
• Perform audits of inventory management-related toolsand systems ensuring settings are correct andoptimized
• Automate whenever possible
• Take ownership of all aspects of inventory reporting for the company: develop the inventory planning model
  plan product transitions and inventory exposure
• Produce daily reports to ensure key critical areas of theinventory processes are controlled
• Effective leadership and direction for the operationsteam through involvement and communication to deliveron the relevant key business drivers Measure andmanage staff through formal staff appraisalsdevelopment coaching and disciplinary procedures
• Conform to all Health Safety and Environmental (HSE)standards and legislation as set out by the business andthe OHS Act
• Monitor maintain and manage all inventory relatedreports
• Be responsible for all projects stock moves
• Ensure that all inventory is effectively managed by
• identifying slow moving stock dead stock expired datesand other critical factors
• Continuously monitor the stock density by location anddevise appropriate action plans to reduce impact onproduction
• Develop appropriate inventory solutions for the variety ofproduct types stored
• Strategically align with risk management and highlighthigh risk areas and potential theft hot spots
• Expected to manage the Inventory holding andIntegrity of the DC
• Collaborate with HOD's in order to streamline and achieve Inventory and DC KPIs
• Align Inventory policies with Finance
• Assist in maintaining and managing the complianceas set out by the various regulatory boards
• Liaise with Head Office to drive and execute Groupstrategies related to Inventory and compliance

Qualifications and experience:

• Relevant Inventory qualification (Degree or Diploma)
• 5 to 7 years previous experience in inventorymanagement including minimum 3 years atmanagement level
• Preferably in the Logistics Supply Chain Warehousingand Distribution environment
• Proficient in MS Office (Word Excel MS Access andPowerPoint) WMS systems

Attributes required :

• Excellent and proven data extraction and analyticalability and applying this data to drive inventorymanagement decisions
• Organized and detailed oriented with proven experienceof managing inventory
• A Self- starter who is tenacious at identifying andresolving challenges
• Passionate about customer service within the supplychain environment
• Experience creating and setting annual operating plansand presenting to Senior DC Management
• Have a detailed understanding of inventory control /warehouse management systems (including reverselogistics)
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Possess excellent verbal and written communicationskills for a demanding and customer focused workingenvironment
• Possess excellent personal organization and businessadministration skills in accordance with modern bestpractice methods
• Possess the ability to work productively efficiently &effectively with initiative and drive under tight timescalesand pressure whilst maintaining attention to detail andquality
• Possess the willingness to learn improve and adapt
• Good team player hard worker willing to be flexible witha positive attitude
• Must be able to work as part of a multi-cultural team
• Must be willing to work overtime as and when required
• This overtime will be unpaid due to the level of theposition.

The Environment:

• employees are entrepreneurial and dynamic smart customer- centric fun and have the shared ambition of being the leading e- commerce company in Africa.
• We have fun work hard take ownership work in teams to create solutions and are always open to direct feedback/new ideas on where we can improve.
• We are short on ego and high on output.
• We are doers and not only thinkers its all in the execution after all.
• We love what we do and what we are creating.
• We seek to employ an Extra Ordinary Mind whois Smart has Integrityand is Hardworking.

If you meet the above you are an Extraordinary Mind so come and join us!

Takealot Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We encourage applicants from the previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities to apply.