Inventory Manager; WMS & Systems Control

Inventory Manager (WMS & Systems Control)

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Listing status: Online

Apply by: 9 August 2026

Industry: Wholesale & Retail Trade

Job category: Distribution

Location: Cape Town

Contract: Permanent

Remuneration: Market Related

EE position: Yes

Clicks Group

We are seeking to appoint an Inventory Manager (WMS & Systems Control) to support the Clicks Logistics Operations division. This role will be based at Montague Gardens Distribution and report to the DC General Manager.

Job Purpose

To ensure accurate, resilient, and IFRS-compliant inventory management across distribution centres by embedding strong WMS governance, master data integrity, stock reconciliation, and inventory control processes, while mitigating system‑related risks experienced during the WMS rollout and stabilising end‑to‑end inventory performance.

Job Objectives

• Own end‑to‑end inventory accuracy within WMS and integrated systems, ensuring alignment between physical stock, WMS balances, and MMS financial records.
• Lead cycle counts, perpetual counts, and wall‑to‑wall stocktakes, including variance investigation, root cause analysis, and corrective actions.
• Ensure accurate valuation of stock, shrinkage, and adjustments in line with IFRS and audit requirements.
• Govern duplicate SKU, PO, and pricing anomalies arising from system integration failures.

• Act as the business owner for inventory‑related WMS functionality, configuration, and controls.
• Define and enforce inventory SOPs aligned to the WMS operating model and lessons learnt from rollout issues.
• Monitor and resolve inventory task failures (putaway, letdowns, refills, adjustments, penalty stock) that compromise availability or financial accuracy .
• Partner with IT and vendors to prioritise and test fixes for critical and high‑severity inventory defects.

• Govern item master data quality (dimensions, cube, slot types, UOMs) to prevent slotting failures, penalty stock build‑up, and task non‑generation.
• Oversee cube‑scanning completeness and accuracy to stabilise putaway and replenishment logic.

• Protect store availability (>96%) by ensuring pick‑face integrity, reserve alignment, and timely completion of inventory tasks.
• Identify and escalation inventory constraints that risk DC throughput, picking continuity, or store service.

• Own daily, weekly, and period‑end inventory reporting, including imbalances, adjustments, ageing, and exception dashboards.
• Provide actionable insights to DC leadership, Finance, and IT on inventory health, risk exposure, and improvement opportunities.
• Embed learnings from WMS incidents into redesigned processes, controls, and training.
• Support future WMS rollouts and enhancements through UAT, business readiness, and post‑go‑live stabilisation.

• Advanced understanding of DC inventory management within WMS environments
• Strong knowledge of inventory accounting, reconciliations, and IFRS principles
• Deep understanding of warehouse processes (receiving, putaway, slotting, replenishment, picking, adjustments)
• Knowledge of WMS/WCS/MMS integrations and system controls
• Exposure to large‑scale system rollouts or stabilisation programmes

Job related skills

• Advanced analytical and problem‑solving capability
• Strong system and data literacy (Excel, BI tools, WMS reporting)
• Risk identification and control design
• Stakeholder management across operations, IT, and finance
• Clear written and verbal communication, including executive‑level reporting

• 5–8 years inventory or DC operations management experience in FMCG or retail
• Prov…