An opportunity has become available for an Operations Storeman based in Linbro Park, Johannesburg.
Purpose of the Position
Responsible for managing all functions of stock and equipment and ensuring all stock is monitored, accounted, and recorded accordingly.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Your duties and responsibilities will include, but will not be limited to the following:
• Check for accuracy and record the return of all spares from Field Technicians and suppliers, whether new or faulty
• Check for accuracy and record the receipt of all new and serviced/repaired spares
• Place all receipted spares into the correct holding areas in Stores depending on whether they are new or faulty, and whether they are going for repairs or not
• Issue and record all spares given to Field Technicians for boot stock, ensuring always that any such requests for boot stock are justified, controlled and monitored
• Ensure that for all new spares issued to Field Technicians there is a corresponding return to Stores of the faulty swapped-out spares
• Where Field Technicians cannot account for swapped-out spares this must immediately be brought to the attention of management
• Assign and distribute spares on a weekly basis to External Service Providers branches and Agents nationally, ensuring that the correct types and quantities are despatched timeously in order to avoid both over-stocking and under-stocking
• Keep accurate records of all despatched spares in order to check and ensure that the necessary quantities of faulty swapped-out spares are returned to Stores
• Receive and record all spares returned from External Service Providers branches or Agents nationally, sorting these into the correct areas in Stores
• Monitor the stockholding of all spares nationally to ensure that orders for the replenishment of spares as required to avoid stock-outs are placed timeously
• Conduct monthly stock counts of all spares held in Stores on dates provided by the Operations Inventory Manager
• Compile a report of all the stock counts done nationally and submit this to management
• Ensure that Stores is kept neat and tidy at all times, and that all spares are stored in a manner that protects them from any damage
• Ensure that all paperwork is kept up-to-date and that it is filed daily
• Ensure that all the necessary Health and Safety protocols are always adhered to, and immediately report to the Operations Inventory Manager any unsafe situations, conditions or practices in the Stores area.
• Required to work overtime on an ad-hoc basis

Formal Education and Experience
• Computer literacy
• Matric essential
• Minimum of 2 (two) years stores experience
• SAP software proficient
• Updated Forklift license essential

Required skills and Competencies
• Good report-writing and administration skills
• Has direct stock control experience – record-keeping, receipting and despatching, controls, systems and procedures, stock counting, housekeeping
• Can work independently
• Good attention to detail
• Good communication and inter-personal skills
• Good ability to prioritise tasks and manage time effectively
• Must speak, read and write English fluently