Inventory Manager
Takealot Com
| Company | Takealot Com |
| Category | Operations & Admin |
| Location | Johannesburg |
| Remote | On-site (inferred) |
| Employment | Not stated |
| Level | Manager |
| Salary | Not stated by the employer |
| Posted | 28 Jul 2026 |
| Last verified | 30 Jul 2026 |
| Source | Employer career page (greenhouse) |
Description
takealot.com , South Africa's leading online retailer, is looking for a highly talented Inventory Manager to join our team in Johannesburg.
We are a young, dynamic, hyper growth company looking for smart, creative, hard-working people with integrity to join us. We offer a market related, Total Remuneration Package which allows full flexibility according to your needs, a great work environment and a promise that you won’t be bored as long as you are prepared for a challenge and want to build something great.
Purpose of the role: Overall responsibility of the entire business (group) inventory within the DC as well as performance of the annual DC Stock-take with minimal variance.
This position reports to the DC Operations Manager
Your responsibilities will include:
Manage and ensure that Inventory is well organized and controlled to sufficiently support
Production and the goals of the busines
Implement improvement processes and maintain
Policies and procedures and systems to minimize costs and maximize working capital
Ensuring all work areas are clean and tidy and safe for staff to work in (housekeeping)
Manage and implement the Company Policies & Procedures within the Inventory department and ensure that they is strictly adhered to
Manage stock takes, cycle counts, replenishments
Ensure stock accuracy and pick able locations
Control Pick fails & stock investigations
Supervise stock movements
Daily deal stock management
Drive process improvement through data driven decisions
Manage and implement inventory management strategies
Optimize the customer experience by ensuring the right product quantities, in the right places, at the right time
Perform audits of inventory management-related tools and systems ensuring settings are correct and optimized
Automate whenever possible
Take ownership of all aspects of inventory reporting for
The company: develop the inventory planning model, plan product transitions and inventory exposure
Produce daily reports to ensure key critical areas of the inventory processes are controlled
Effective leadership and direction for the operations team through involvement and communication to deliver on the relevant key business drivers Measure and manage staff through formal staff appraisals, development, coaching and disciplinary procedures
Conform to all Health, Safety and Environmental (HSE) standards and legislation as set out by the business and the OHS Act
Drive continuous improvement measures within your department
Align all inventory report with financial reports
Monitor LPN reports for all DC operations (Inbound, put-away, outbound, returns, recovery and RFC)
Oversee the put away function – stock filing
Be responsible for all projects stock moves
Ensure that all inventory is effectively managed by
identifying slow moving stock, dead stock, expired dates and other critical factors
Continuously monitor the stock density by location and devise appropriate action plans to reduce impact on production
Develop appropriate inventory solutions for the variety of product types stored
Align with finance on month end processes
Clear all daily pick and pack not founds
Conduct daily put away audit to evaluate the accuracy of the process
Strategically align with risk management and highlight high risk areas and potential theft hot spots
Stick management of non-conformance of consumable stock (active custodian of checks and risk mitigation of non-conforming consumable stock)
Expected to manage the Inventory holding and Integrity of the DC
Collaborate with HOD's in order to streamline and achieve Inventory and DC KPI & align Inventory policies with Finance
Assist in maintaining and managing the compliance as set out by the various regulatory boards
Liaise with H
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