Sabenza IT & Recruitment
1 week ago
Inventory Manager
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Company information
- Company
- Sabenza IT & Recruitment
- Location
- South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, eThekwini, Durban South Africa
- Posted
- 1 week ago
Job description
Durban, South Africa | Posted on 12/10/2026
Own inventory across the distribution centre. Set the inventory strategy, keep stock accurate and available, cut holding cost,and lead the inventory and logistics team. First line on the warehouse management system for the DC.
Key responsibilities- Set and run inventory strategy aligned to the business, covering planning, availability and cost.
- Analyse holdings against history, stock takes, cycle counts and movements, and fix the gaps.
- Monitor inventory levels so stock is available on time and holding cost stays down.
- Manage the inventory team, including guidance, training and performance.
- Keep communication clear between the distribution centre and head office.
- Work with merchandising, planning and operations so inventory control stays tight.
- Keep storage compliant with health and safety law and site standards.
- Act as first-line support for WMS issues in the DC, covering receiving, put-away, picking, packing, dispatch, transfers and cycle counts.
- Investigate stock variances, exception reports and failed transactions, and elevate system defects to IT.
- Keep warehouse master data clean: locations, bins, cartons, pallets and stock status.
- Train staff on WMS procedures and enforce the controls.
- Produce and read WMS reports and KPIs on accuracy, picking, receiving and user activity.
- Grade 12.
- Tertiary qualification relevant to the role.
- 5 to 7 years in logistics, supply chain or a related field.
- At least 2 to 3 years in a leadership or management role.
- Strong knowledge of warehouse management systems and warehouse operations.
- RF scanning, inventory control and warehouse system reporting.
- Able to read system reports, trace transaction flow and find the root cause of a variance.
- Strong Excel and MS Office.
Required skills
- logistics
- it
- ms office
- leadership
- management
- merchandising
- supply chain
- inventory management
- health and safety
- operations
- excel
- planning
- kpis
- pallets
- receiving
- grade 12
- wms
- packing
- distribution centre
- picking
- inventory control
- dispatch
- dc
- warehouse management system
- cartons
- tertiary qualification
- transfers
- rf scanning
- cycle counts
- bins
- locations
- exception reports
- stock accuracy
- stock status
- put-away
- failed transactions
- inventory strategy
- stock variances
- holding cost
- inventory team
- warehouse master data
- wms procedures
- warehouse system reporting
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