Junior Stock Controller

**About the Stock Controller**

We are seeking a **Junior** **Stock Controller** to join our Energy Supply Chain Division in Linbro Park, Gauteng. The Stock Controller is responsible for executing inventory control measures to ensure the company minimizes stock holding and increases paperwork accuracy**. **The role carries responsibility for working with purchasing, receiving and the Warehouse Coordinator and Logistics Manager to ensure necessary functions are carried out correctly as per Standard Operating procedures. Ensure 100% stock accuracy and reduce cost.

**Stock Controller responsibilities are**:

- Manage and reconcile daily counts and full stock counts.
- Manage the receiving department.
- Investigate and resolve stock discrepancies.
- Perform daily cycle counts.
- Implement and improving processes and procedures.
- Ensure all daily counts are reconciled by close of business.
- To be fully familiar with the layout of the stores to be able to locate stock items by row, shelf, and bin location with high degree of accuracy.
- Operates warehouse handling equipment and ensures that the SOPs are followed.
- Ensure physical stock and bin locations balances with theoretical (system).
- Ensure receiving department replenish the right quality and quantity stock to the correct bin location or sales order. - bin put away worksheet.
- Ensure all orders costed are packed away in the correct bin location within 24 hours of receipt.
- Ensure all stock is in the correct bin location order and that all stock is correctly marked with a Rubicon label.
- Ensure all items are allocated to a bin on the MRP system and is accurate.
- Maintain FIFO principles/First in first out.
- Ensure stock is stored in the correct unit of measure as it would be sold**.**:

- Handle and manage all stock transfers.
- Count and reconcile stock in all other warehouses.
- Removing all damage, obsolete stock from the shelves.
- Run monthly obsolete stock report and discuss with management/sales.
- Ensure that all shelves, passageways, bins, and stock is always clean.
- Provide a safe working environment, adhering to Health safety procedures.

Required:

- Minimum of Matric or NQF4 equivalent
- A post Matric Supply Chain/Logistics or similar qualification advantageous
- 1-2 yrs previous experience as a Jnr Stock Controller
- Experience in working on a MRP system-NetSuite will be advantage.
- Experience in conduction audit cycle and Annual stock counts.
- Sound knowledge of stock control and variance reconciliations.

Personal Competencies:

- Willing to adopt new and innovative methods to facilitate process improvements and efficiencies
- Dynamic and energetic and able to cope under high level of pressure & fast-moving environment
- Must have strong level of computer literacy
- Attention to details and problem solving
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to analyse and solve problems.
- Effective written and verbal communication skills
- Good organizational and planning skills and able to work independently.

**About the Rubicon Group**:
Rubicon Group is a young, dynamic, and high-growth company operating in exciting markets. We are looking for smart, hard-working people with integrity to join us. One of our goals is to continually improve our business, and to that end, we are seeking people who enjoy a challenge, are keen to learn, take ownership, think critically, and provide new solutions on where we can improve. We offer a great work environment, market-related remuneration packages, and an opportunity to develop personally and within a team.

Rubicon Group is dedicated to advancing transformative technologies in emerging markets.

Our focus areas are sustainable technology, encompassing renewable energy and storage, e-mobility, intelligent lighting, and building management as well as industrial technology, comprising advanced factory automation, connectivity, and robotics.