Departmental/Operational key Responsibilities may include:
Operations
Effective management of the inventory operations including:
- Ensure integrity of all inventory held at the respective Schenker Logistics Site
- Monitor, maintain and report all product movement inclusive of receipt, despatch and storage
- Ensure supervision is maintained over all inventory functionality
- Identifying and investigation of all stock discrepancies
- Manage daily cycle counts and wall to wall storage location checks to ensure integrity of clients inventory
- Co-ordinate & manage stock takes including scheduling, updating procedures, assembling all required resources, reconcile stock take results
- Performs physical counts of inventory
- Maintains WMS databases
- Review action plans and develop or recommend changes to systems and procedures to improve the overall inventory accuracy
- Ensure the Inventory Team is conforming to company and site operating procedures
- Monitor and deliver on all relevant site KPI’s
- Review and recommend changes to systems and procedures in order to reduce costs without impacting service levels
- Provide support to internal customers.
- Training of inventory control concepts and methods of measurement and improvement
- Interpret appropriate WH&S and industrial legislation in order to ensure compliance by both company and employees
- Undertake all performance management of all direct reports, if any
- To increase service levels in conjunction with contractual obligations
- Promote and develop a team environment that is cohesive and continually improves work practices and procedures
Planning Processes
- Inventory planning on an ongoing and periodic basis
- Participate in site and client planning activities
- Effectively manage labour requirements to meet customer SLA’s Communicate with operations team and customer service in relation to product discrepancies and product movement inclusive of receipt, despatch and storage
- Review, develop and implement processes and procedures that will continually improve all warehouse functions
Quality Assurance
- Perform QA function as per SOP’s and Customer contract agreements
- Check for product anomalies
- Assist in all periodic inventories
Finance
- Work with finance personnel to ensure all chargeable revenue is invoiced accurately and timely
- Ensure cost centre allocation is accurate and consistent with the actual
- Maintain accurate financial awareness through monitoring and analysis of daily financial functions within your area of responsibility
- Identify any anomalies within day to day work practices in relation to costings, invoices and general financial data processes
- Proactively identify opportunities for possible increase in revenue, or cost minimization, providing any relevant feedback to department Manager
Management and customer reporting
- Liaise with operations and account management on client requirements and operational issues inclusive of reporting, procedures, problem solving and analysis
- Provide assistance to Site Operations Manager and Account Management in order to produce accurate reports as required
As Requested
- Review all reports generated for internal use
- Adhoc reports as requested
Competencies and Skills required:
- Communication – advanced
- Customer Service- advanced
- Customer facing - advanced
- Business Acumen- advanced
- Team Work- advanced
- Ability & willingness to learn- advanced
- People Management- advanced
- Leadership Skills- advanced
- Target and Result Focus- advanced
- Process Improvement- advanced
- Managing Change – advanced
- Advanced conflict resolution, negotiation and problem solving skills
- Ability to monitor the progress of direct reports and to delegate effectively
- Ability to mentor and develop team members and to impart knowledge and develop shared solutions
- Ability to meet the role’s responsibilities within an autonomous environment
- Be required to work very flexible hours in order to meet the customer’s fluctuating work requirements
- Sound knowledge of relevant industry legislation
- Strong analytical ability to identify root cause analysis
- Extensive experience with WMS systems in an RF environment, preferably involving interfaces
- Extensive experience within the Logistics industry, preferably in a 3PL environment with focus on Inventory management functions
- Previous experience and understanding of LEAN, Six Sigma and or Kaizen methodology
- Proven ability to implement change and or procedures that result in business and operations improvements, preferably with inventory management focus
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THE COMPANY
DB Schenker is a globally integrated Transport and Logistics company providing international air and sea freight forwarding services together with national logistics solutions across Australia and the globe.
THE ROLE
We are seeking an Inventory Controller to join our busy Logistics team.
Responsible for the quality, service and integrity of the Inventory management function across the site and customer facing in relation to all Inventory specific issues.
Responsible for assisting the inventory department with data collection, analysis, reporting to internal stakeholders as well as the customer, development and implementation of procedures that will contribute to the site operations with focus on Inventory management improvements including cycle counts and stock take.
To be considered for this position you must have valid rights to work and live in Australia