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Junior Stock Controller

Rubicon

Rubicon

Accounting & Finance
Pinetown, South Africa
Posted on May 7, 2025

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. This role also includes the assistance of driving as and when required.

Junior 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.

About Rubicon

Rubicon Group is a vertically-integrated, sustainable technology group, providing end-to-end products, services, and software solutions in the fields of:
• Solar energy
• Energy storage
• E-Mobility
• Smart building and smart retail technology
• Power solutions; and
• Industrial technology

These are some of the fastest growing and most exciting sectors of the global economy and present our staff with multiple personal and professional development opportunities.

Rubicon’s extensive customer base consists of corporate and retail clients, and include large, blue-chip multinational retail groups, property developers, and EPC customers in the renewable energy sector. Our supplier and commercial partners include leading global manufacturers and some of the best-known local brands. The group employs approximately 500 people, and is head-quartered in Cape Town, South Africa, but operates throughout Southern Africa and in the UK. We are backed by two of the largest private investment groups in South Africa.

More information on the group can be found at:
Group website: https://group.rubiconsa.com/
E-commerce website: https://shop.rubiconsa.com/