Reporting to the Business Performance Manager, the Stores Controller is charged with inventory control and ensuring both internal & external user requests are properly serviced, maintaining optimal stocks while enhancing best practice controls and procedures.

• Develop and ensure proper control measures and procedures are maintained.
• Monitor compliance and reviewing adequacy of the procedures.
• Ensure all material movements (consumption, receipts, returns, downgrades, adjustments, scrapings) for all stock are properly documented in the ERR
• Perform reconciliations between sales, packing plant dispatches and weighbridge reports for outbound logistics and reconciliation of inbound logistics between receipts and actual supplies.
• Set re-order levels and ensure stock requisitions are done on a timely basis.
• Evaluate and challenge stock replenishments and user requirements to control excesses and maintain optimal stock holding.
• Develop a stock count calendar covering cyclical and annual counts, oversee these counts to ensure correct procedures are observed.
• Review the weighbridge operations and reports to ensure compliance to internal controls and best practices.
• Ensure proper custody of stock while ensuring good housekeeping of the warehouse
• Manage the weighbridge teams to ensure high service levels; and
• Prepare monthly and periodic end-of period reports on stock movements, exceptions, and key highlights.

• A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in a business related field with professional qualifications in stores management, logistics, production or other plant operations
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in a reputable commercial organization with exposure to most or all the above job

• Good ICT knowledge, especially in an ERP environment, and good spreadsheet skills
• Ability to work under pressure; and
• A high level of integrity, excellent reporting, team relations, planning and coordination skills.