DC Inventory Clerk - DC - Kwazulu Natal

Description:

Dis-Chem Pharmacies’ in KwaZulu-Natal has an opportunity available for a DC Inventory Clerk to join the team. The main purpose of this role will be to achieve operational excellence, within the Dis-Chem Warehouse. Perform clerical functions in the Inventory Department, in order to meet both
legal and customer requirements and ensure physical stock integrity and accuracy in the warehouse is maintained.

Minimum Requirements:
Essential:

• Grade 12 / Matric
• Previous experience in a similar roll

Advantageous:

• 2 Years relevant experience, in a Distribution, Logistics or Supply Chain Environment
• Transport Management or Supply-Chain / Logistics Degree or Diploma

• Prevent, analyse and interpret all potential departmental shrinkage indicators (adjustments) and act accordingly
• Ensure high level responsibility
• Maintain a stock rotation on an inventory based on FEFO (first expiry, first out) principle
• Continuously resolve stock issues and errors
• Update stock reports as required by management
• Interpret and initiate continuous inventory, as well as annual stock counts
• Ensure accuracy of counts and process the counts according to standard operating procedure
• Effective and efficient resolution of internal and external customer day-to-day queries
• Deal with all aspects of store or customer queries
• Effective and efficient relationships with internal customers to improve operating efficiencies
• Effective direction within the operational team through involvement and communication and sound people practices
• Ensure everything, within reason has been done to meet customer expectations and ensure customer satisfaction
• Ensure optimal planning and forecasting of department resources to meet the day-to-day strategic objectives
• Efficient and accurate administration, filling and reporting for transactional excellence
• Be responsible for ensuring that good cycle counting is performed on a regular cyclic basis
• Maintain a high level of accuracy while performing duties
• Spot-check accuracy of counters and take corrective action, with repeat offenders
  

Competencies
Essential:

• English – Read, write and speak well
  
• Knowledge of Distribution Centre, logistics and supply chain operations
• Demonstrates personal initiative
• Demonstrates a customer service mindset
• Demonstrates an ability to remain calm and focused under pressure
• Demonstrates an understanding of the necessary leadership principles, values, principles of behaviour and leads by example

Advantageous:

• 2 nd Additional language.
• Be able to identify operational obstacles and opportunities and remain calm and focused under pressure.

Special conditions of employment:

• Be able to adapt to working hours according to business needs.
• Be able to work any shift i.e. day, night, weekends, holidays and overtime as per business and operational requirements.
• Must be willing to be rotated to where needed and must be willing to perform any other functions within the department, should the need arise.
• South African citizen
• MIE, clear criminal and credit
• Driver’s license and/or own reliable transport

Remuneration and benefits:

• Market related salary
• Medical aid
• Provident fund
• Staff account

ONLY SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS WILL BE CONTACTED. IF YOU HAVEN`T BEEN CONTACTED WITHIN TWO WEEKS AFTER THE CLOSING DATE, PLEASE CONSIDER YOUR APPLICATION AS UNSUCCESSFUL.

Dis-Chem Pharmacies is an equal opportunity employer. Dis-Chem’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process aligned to Dis-Chem’s Employment Equity & Transformation Strategy. Dis-Chem actively supports the recruitment of People with Disabilities.

Requirements:

• Grade 12 / Matric
• Previous experience in a similar roll

• 2 Years relevant experience, in a Distribution, Logistics or Supply Chain Environment
• Transport Management or Supply-Chain / Logistics Degree or Diploma

• Prevent, analyse and interpret all potential departmental shrinkage indicators (adjustments) and act accordingly
• Ensure high level responsibility
• Maintain a stock rotation on an inventory based on FEFO (first expiry, first out) principle
• Continuously resolve stock issues and errors
• Update stock reports as required by management
• Interpret and initiate continuous inventory, as well as annual stock counts
• Ensure accuracy of counts and process the counts according to standard operating procedure
• Effective and efficient resolution of internal and external customer day-to-day queries
• Deal with all aspects of store or customer queries
• Effective and efficient relationships with internal customers to improve operating efficiencies
• Effective direction within the operational team through involvement and communication and sound people practices
• Ensure everything, within reason has been done to meet customer expectations and ensure customer satisfaction
• Ensure optimal planning and forecasting of department resources to meet the day-to-day strategic objectives
• Efficient and accurate administration, filling and reporting for transactional excellence
• Be responsible for ensuring that good cycle counting is performed on a regular cyclic basis
• Maintain a high level of accuracy while performing duties
• Spot-check accuracy of counters and take corrective action, with repeat offenders
  

• English – Read, write and speak well
  
• Knowledge of Distribution Centre, logistics and supply chain operations
• Demonstrates personal initiative
• Demonstrates a customer service mindset
• Demonstrates an ability to remain calm and focused under pressure
• Demonstrates an understanding of the necessary leadership principles, values, principles of behaviour and leads by example

• 2 nd Additional language.
• Be able to identify operational obstacles and opportunities and remain calm and focused under pressure.

• Be able to adapt to working hours according to business needs.
• Be able to work any shift i.e. day, night, weekends, holidays and overtime as per business and operational requirements.
• Must be willing to be rotated to where needed and must be willing to perform any other functions within the department, should the need arise.
• South African citizen
• MIE, clear criminal and credit
• Driver’s license and/or own reliable transport

• Market related salary
• Medical aid
• Provident fund
• Staff account