### Inventory Clerk - Port Elizabeth
**Location:** Port Elizabeth
**Job Type:** Permanent
**Salary:** Negotiable
**Experience Required:** 3 - 5 Years
**Gender:** Both
**Job Description:**
SAB is seeking a dedicated Inventory Clerk to join our team in Port Elizabeth. The primary purpose of this role is to coordinate the receiving, issuing, counting, and storage of all raw materials and M&P sundries while managing and optimizing resources, including equipment and personnel.
**Key Roles and Responsibilities:**
**Raw Material Quality Management:**
- Adhere to raw material quality standards as per VPO requirements.
- Conduct raw material sampling and batch recording to ensure traceability of all raw materials.
- Ensure accurate blocking of raw material inventory in SAP with physical blocking mechanisms for quality-related and obsolescence stock.
- Ensure correct stock storage and compliance with freshness and rotation policy (FEFO) as per VPO standards.
**Raw Materials Leadership:**
- Lead through VPO and support all VPO Pillar requirements.
- Ensure sufficient human resources availability according to the raw material delivery plan.
- Adhere to all VPO procedures and systems.
- Supply internal customers with their raw material requirements to support the daily brewing plan.
- Efficiently handle and store stock, rotate stock according to FEFO, and utilize storage facilities effectively.
- Promote a safe and healthy work environment and ensure effective housekeeping / 5S.
- Highlight deviations to Service Level Agreements with suppliers and internal customers.
- Maintain plant and equipment (scales, forklifts, hoists, harnesses, etc.).
- Manage and track KPIs and PIs.
**Raw Materials Inventory Management:**
- Conduct independent inventory counts on all raw material inventory reconciled to SAP inventory.
- Investigate and resolve inventory count differences, reporting unresolved differences with commentary and action plans.
- Ensure accurate transacting of all physical movements of raw material stock in SAP and keep records of all stock batches for traceability.
- Manage MES stock receipts updated in real-time.
- Adhere to storage and stacking policies and procedures.
- Ensure ICE stock count pack compliance.
**Minimum Requirements:**
- National Diploma in Finance, Commercial, Supply Chain, Logistics, or relevant studies preferred.
- 2-3 years’ experience in a stock control environment.
- Knowledge of stock control processes.
- Knowledge of brewery processes beneficial.
- FLT license an advantage.
- Proficiency in MS Office & SAP.
- Attention to detail.
- Problem-solving ability.
**Additional Information:**
- Please note that only shortlisted applicants will be notified.
- At SAB, we value diversity and equal opportunities. We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, regardless of gender, ethnicity, religion, ideology, disabilities, age, or sexual identity. Join our team today and contribute to our commitment to excellence in inventory management!
**How to Apply:**
Interested candidates should submit their application by [closing date, if applicable] to