Inventory Control Manager at DRYVA Logistics

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement and validate procedures, controls and systems that prevent, detect and correct errors in inventory transactions and balances
• Design and generate appropriate reporting to track inventory accuracy, shrink compliance, and variance root cause trends
• Maintain thorough knowledge of internal and customer systems in order to provide extensive support to operational team as well as the customer for inventory and production related issues
• Measure quality, inventory integrity, and accuracy while providing proactive feedback to the operations management team
• Plan for and identify root causes of inventory deviation, via cause and effect analysis.
• Apply continuous improvement initiatives to drive process, inventory accuracy, compliance, on-time completion, within budget, documented results.
• Review and analyze customer complaints and process defect data, followed by development of corresponding action plans to reduce future incidents.
• Ensure proper identification and repackaging of damaged product with regard to disposal or the return to inventory as damaged merchandise.
• Develop labour plans and equipment needs budget for review with site leadership.
• Perform stock counts and ensure all inventory is accounted for and reported according to company policy.
• Manage cycle counts of product inventories on a regular basis.
• Maintain adequate inventory levels to meet customer demand.
• Investigate and correct discrepancies in reported quantities and locations of all inventories.
• Assess inventory output on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis to identify trends in productivity.
• Lead others in safe work practices, especially when in a distribution centre environment
• Monitor delivery schedule and customer orders.
• Place and receive orders in a timely and accurate manner.
• Notify the warehouse manager when defective products are discovered.
• Ensure damaged products are not received into the warehouse.
• Coordinate with customer service and logistics departments
• Check date-sensitive products for expiration and facilitate removal or transfer of product as needed.
• Perform process and system testing and track performance by area to locate and solve problems in data integrity, productivity, and efficiency.
• Maintenance of finished product and / or raw material storage view
• Management of Non Performing Inventory (NPI)
• Tracking and preparation of expiry reports
• Excellent trouble shooting skills on inventory discrepancy.
• Ensure adherence to FIFO/FEFO on shipments
• Train other employees in inventory management
• Solving critical shipment / receiving issue
• Raise system adjustment for finished product discrepancy.
• Identify and report on frequent issues that create inventory discrepancies and suggest corrective actions to be implemented to avoid re occurrences of the problems.
• Compile, maintain and analyze inventory reports.
• Understands internal controls related to inventory management.
• Complete special projects as needed and other duties assigned
• WMS Expert User: perform goods receipt, shipment and reconciliation on company’s WMS
• Warehouse zoning / mapping for finished products
• Management of nonperforming inventory (NPI)
• Handling of trade returns from customers
• Shipment posting knowledge.
• FP receiving knowledge.
• Support of lead other warehouse management duties as may be assigned.
• Complete special projects as needed and other duties assigned

Qualifications, Skills and Experience

• 4-7 years experience in inventory management and control role
• Candidate should possess a HND / B.Sc / M.Sc / MBA
• ERP / WMS Expert User
• Must have completed the NYSC program
• Proficiency in Excel and PPT presentations.
• Excellent use of inventory management tools
• Excellent data analysis skills
• Good organizational, problem solving and communication skills
• Good mathematical and numerical skills
• Good command of the English language and MS Office tools