Job Description

An exciting opportunity has opened for a dynamic Warehouse & Inventory Manager to lead our warehouse operations based in Brackenfell Industrial. We are looking for a hands-on, solutions-driven professional who can ensure efficient daily operations, maintain strong inventory control, and drive a high-performance culture within the warehouse team.
Key Responsibilities:
Warehouse Management
? Accurate and timeous forecasting of materials required for production to meet their targets while maintaining quality.
? Oversee and manage the entire dry goods inventory including customers, ensuring accuracy, optimization, and alignment with production demands.
? Oversee and be accountable for procurement of all materials, consumables and utilities required for production.
? Develop, refine, and implement robust processes for the efficient management of dry goods inventory and seamless allocation to the production team.
? Customer Inventory Oversight: Collaborate with customers to understand their specific dry goods requirements, maintaining detailed records, and ensuring a proactive approach to inventory replenishment.
? Collaboration with Production Team: Work closely with the production team, understanding their requirements, and implementing allocation strategies to support seamless and efficient packaging operations.
? Manage warehouse logistics and team from correct storage to upliftment preparation ensuring 100% accuracy and timeous delivery.
? Optimize the warehouse layout to facilitate efficient movement of goods, minimize handling, and maximize storage space.
? Overseeing the proper disposal or waste materials in an environmentally responsible and compliant manner.
Inventory Management
? Maintaining optimal stock levels: This involves balancing the need to have enough materials meet production and customer demand while maintaining positive cash flow.
? Initiating and being accountable for weekly and monthly inventory counts
? Match Purchase Orders with stock items received. Report and investigate discrepancies
? ERP Management: Initiating and being accountable for weekly and monthly inventory counts
? Accountable for stock rotation and maintaining the first in first out stock rotation method.
? Controlling inventory cost by minimizing costs associated with inventory, including purchasing costs, storage costs, waste, and losses due to damage or theft.
? Supporting production efficiency: A smooth flow of materials to the production line is essential to avoid delays and downtime.
? Reporting: Confirm Finished Goods stock from Secondary Production.
? Monitor stock and price fluctuations on dry goods procured and. report any irregularity in prices to Finance.
Operational Efficiency:
? Attain profitability through reduction of COGS, War on Waste (WOW) and Efficient without compromising quality.
? Can and dry goods waste allocation and usage monitoring - Daily Reviews, root cause analysis and actions
? Optimize warehouse and inventory processes for efficiency, identifying areas for improvement and implementing solutions.
Team Leadership:
? Champion the Tiny Keg Way of Customer Success through focus improvement, visual management & teamwork, performance & process control. Quality management and other best work practice to be introduced in time ( Manufacturing Excellence Programme)
? Flag bearer for Tiny Keg Values of Trust, Learning, Flexibility and Partnerships.
? Manage, train, and motivate the warehouse team to achieve high performance.
? Handle conflict resolution and performance management with support of Human Resources team.
? Effective allocation of daily tasks and targets to team and shift leaders
? Ensure that effective shift handover rituals are in place and upheld by your management team , encouraging effective cascading information and seamless production flow and accurate reporting on productivity
? Ensure warehouse data is recorded accurately and timeously by your team
? Hold team accountable for poor performance in line with company values and code of conduct
Customer Focus:
? Champion problem solving and learning culture and engage proactively and positively in communication with customers.
? Proactively communicating and escalating any issues encountered on the production line which will impact customer expectations and job delivery timelines
Quality
? Build great working relationships and cultivate an environment of trust, partnership and collaboration with the quality team.
? Manage order and cleanliness of the facility / equipment to the HACCP & FSSC standards.
? To drive a culture of continuous quality improvement, minimizing defects, maximizing efficiency, and exceeding customer quality expectations.
? Address and resolve any quality issues promptly and efficiently with Quality team.
? Engage in problem solving techniques to assist with root cause analysis of quality issues.
? Escalate Non-conformance to Quality team
? Champion GMP house keeping practices to ensure organised work environment and reduce waste.
Health & Safety:
? Ensure the warehouse team is fully compliant on all health and safety policies and procedures are effectively implemented and followed

Skills Required