Warehouse Supervisor (Inventory)

About the role

Absolute Pets, a premium pet food and accessories retailer with over 200 stores across South Africa, is looking for a Warehouse Supervisor for its Inventory department at the Cape Town warehouse in Marconi Beam. The role covers day-to-day inventory control, stock accuracy, receiving and reporting.

Key responsibilities

• Conduct daily stock counts, investigate variances and lead the warehouse team to keep stock accurate and processes adherent
• Check and clean all stock locations daily, report risks and potential financial losses to management
• Communicate consistently about differences between the Ador and IQ systems, and highlight them to the warehouse manager and IQ support
• Report damages daily, investigate root causes and address them with the warehouse manager and team
• Minimise and report obsolete or redundant stock to protect working capital
• Maintain high housekeeping standards and manage controls so errors and discrepancies are resolved
• Ensure 95% bin accuracy through weekly bin verifications and reports
• Manage weekly cyclical stock counts, prepare for semi-annual counts and report short, dated stock monthly
• Manage bin locations, stock replenishment and FIFO rotation so stock does not expire
• Manage inbound stock: check, receive accurately, submit goods received notes and invoices, file documents and follow up outstanding credit notes with Finance and Commercial
• Update the stock receiving register daily and ensure incoming goods are GRV'd and put away within 24 hours
• Meet reporting deadlines daily through department handovers and regular updates with the warehouse manager