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Role Profile

• We are looking to bring on board an ambitious and commercially aware candidate as a Territory Manager.
• The individual will be tasked with the end-to-end management of a specific warehouse and market as a single business unit.
• He/she will be responsible for the execution of the organization’s strategy in the market including accountability of the P&L, budget, market, and business performance, operations, and people management.

Key Responsibilities:

• Business Unit Performance: Responsible for P&L management for the warehouse and market while driving profit maximization for the business unit. Oversee the business unit performance management and ensure the attainment of all organizational KPIs for the unit. Account for any performance decline and devise ways to improve the same.
• Revenue Generation: Work collaboratively with the commercial and purchasing teams to spearhead revenue generation in the market including advisory on product pricing to generate business margins. Liaise with the sales team to drive product penetration and uptake in the market including the formulation of effective sales and marketing strategies.
• Strategy Execution: Communication of the business strategy in the market and ensuring execution against the set KPIs as per the strategy. Ensure the team understands and buys into the strategy. Support the development of the pricing strategy and product pricing based on market understanding, competitor analysis, and customer feedback.
• Operations Optimization: Lead the coordination of business activities with the head office and collaborate with Functional Managers to guarantee operational efficiency. Proactively support the development and review of SOPs based on the gaps identified to maximize operations effectiveness.
• Inventory Management: Work closely with the Warehouse Supervisor and Loss Control Supervisor to facilitate proper inventory management, stock control, and loss prevention. Collaboratively formulate and implement measures to safeguard the inventory in the warehouse.
• Compliance: Drive compliance to the laid down SOPs for the warehouse, operations, and HR whilst ensuring proper team training and appreciation. Ensure legislative and regulatory compliance of the business unit including Health and safety compliance of the business unit. Undertake frequent operations audits to evaluate the level of compliance, operational gaps, and hindrances for immediate action.
• Budget Management: Develop and present the annual budget for the specific business unit; Monitor and oversee its utilization including budget control, accounting as well as reconciliation.
• Market Intelligence & Business Advisory: Undertake frequent market surveys and analyses to identify opportunities the business can capitalize on, understand competitor activities, and appreciate customer dynamics. Escalate customer feedback to the management to ensure course correction where necessary.
• People Management: Support staff recruiting for the business unit, training, supervision, and appraising of staff. Work closely with the HR team to execute key HR functions in the unit including policy implementation, performance management, disciplinary, evaluations, and training.

Minimum Requirements & Key Skills:

• A Diploma in Business Management or a related field. A Bachelor’s degree will be an added advantage;
• A minimum of 4-6 years in operations management and driving business performance in a retail or FMCG background.
• Experience handling end-to-end operations cutting across warehousing, logistics, sales, and business performance management is preferred;
• Appreciation of the business environment, key priorities, and a keen sense of what needs to be done for the business to succeed;
• Proven ability to manage cross-functional teams with indirect reporting lines to drive the execution and achievement of business objectives and strategy.

Competencies & Skills

• Strong Commercial Acumen
• Operational Excellence
• Team Player
• People Management
• Stakeholder Engagement

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Job Purpose

• We are looking for a talented person to join our team as an Inventory Accountant.
• The role holder will be responsible for managing Inventory including merchandise and material at hand.
• He/she will be responsible for developing and implementing various accounting methods, developing & analyzing inventory reports and monitoring all inventory transactions in the organization.

Duties And Responsibilities

• Stock Management: Lead physical Inventory counts in the warehouses and post the weekly & monthly stock count numbers. Reconciling inventory accounts to the general ledger and report on any variances. Monitoring inventory prices, track and analyze stock usage on a weekly basis and advice the Finance Manager accordingly. Determine inventory costs and work closely with the purchasing and finance teams to advise the selling prices for good procured by the business. Review and resolve issues with inventory transfer orders between warehouses while providing support and guidance as needed.
• Inventory Analysis: Review and analyze inventory at hand relative to actual consumption levels, supplier lead times, and logistical efficiencies. Provide accurate inventory metrics by SKU and provide solutions to improve inventory management without impacting customer fulfilment rates.
• Reconciliation:Ensure all inventory, manual inventory schedule and cost of sales transactions are processed and reconciled to General Ledger on a monthly basis as per laid down SOPs. Lead the reconciliation of inter warehouse transfers, landed costs and discounts; prepare monthly journal entries as needed.
• Financial Management:Undertake daily vetting and posting of purchases & invoices in the accounting system. Prepare the budget for all overhead spending and track actual spending on a line item basis every month.
• Policy & Compliance:Ensure proper procedures are in place, clearly documented and updated regularly. Assist in the improvement of internal controls related to inventory and spearhead their implementation within the organization.
• Reporting:Develop inventory analysis reports capturing inventory balances, stock movement, prices, cost and variances providing weekly internal inventory reporting. Analyse and prepare reports on key trends to advice business decisions. Track and report actual daily product consumption for each production line and summarize weekly variances and yielded profits or losses per product. Bring to the attention of the Finance Manager any issues or concerns in a timely manner to allow for a quick resolution.

Job Requirements

• A minimum of 5 years’ experience as an Inventory or Cost Accountant in an FMCG background;
• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance or Accounting required.
• A professional qualification in accounting - CPA (K) or ACCA is preferred;
• Demonstrated experience in accounting, costing, financial analysis, forecasting and reporting;
• An understanding of the FMCG business model and dynamics from an accounting and inventory perspective;
• A good understanding of GAAP in relation to inventory;
• Is flexible and able to work as part of a team;
• Proficient in MS Excel, advance excel preferred;
• Experience with Inventory management systems, preferably ERP.

Competencies And Key Skills

• Strong Financial Acumen;
• Problem Solving Skills;
• Analytical Thinking;
• Detail Orientation;
• Planning & organization skills;
• Tech Savvy.