Simeon Ndaba

Inventory Operations Manager at Takealot.Com with a strong background in Inventory and stock integrity. Good communications and administrative skills, analytical and pay attention to details. Goal orientated and motivated to succeed, well versed in warehouse management system including SAGE and Oricle. Good knowledge in Microsoft Office.

HR Assistant - SCAW Metals Group (Engineering and Services)

(2014-03 - 2014-08)

• Administering employment register.
• Taking down minutes of a meeting.
• Creating a data-based system to monitor qualifications of employees in different departments.
• General office duties.

Administrator - SCAW Metal Group (Training Center)

(2014-08 - 2015-02)

• Creating a training needs analysis matrix that monitors the licenses of Employees.
• Was part of the Career ladder project.
• Scheduling training for employees for renewal of licenses.
• Filing

Inventory warehouse assistant - Takealot.com

(2015-10 - 2017-06)

• Stock consolidations.
• Cycle counting.
• Dealing with non-stock queries and shrinkage report
• Annual stock take.

Inventory Planner - Bearings International

(2017-06 - 2019-06)

• Create Replenishment orders and ensure they are sent.
• Review and focus on top 5 items on SIA Dashboard once a month for all branches in the BI network as per check list for stocked out and potentially stocked out excess orders, FC>sales and sales>FC.
• Review and focus on top 3 worst stocked branches each month to ensure steps are taken to improve their stock situations whilst keeping the regional stock controller informed about actions planned/taken.
• Review data purity and new items without forecasts on dashboard in SIA on a weekly basis.
• Distribute regional excess redistribution reports to regional stock controllers and ensuring interbranch orders are created and sent.
• Execute Forecast changes in SIA in line with approved processes.
• Create minimum stock levels in SAGE to override SIA safety stock levels calculated in line with approvals.
• Filing and administration as per ISO requirement.
• Assist with all stock take and housekeeping.

DC Champion (Inventory) - Takealot.com

(2019-06 - 2022-10)

• Delegating Daily tasks to staff.
• Updating daily shrinkage and pick-fail report
• Managing projects that are implemented within the inventory department.
• Reporting to management on daily tasks and assessments made.
• Stock-take management and monitor.
• Ensuring replenishments are done daily to reduce racking tasks.
• Ensuring that process is in line with OHS standards.
• Housekeeping.

Inventory Operations Manager - Takealot.com

(2022-11)

• To plan and manage all activities within the Inventory department and to ensure that the integrity of the DC's Inventory is at acceptable standard
• Ensure that daily duties are executed according to the companies laid downs Policies & Procedures and that all general rules are in place and followed within own area of responsibility
• To participate in shrinkage action plans to combat a minimized shrinkage result and provide insight into main shrinkage drivers.
• To implement and execute the stock 'Let Down' plan and process, verification and counting of pick-slots and let down quantities
• Play an integral role in the coordinated flow of stock from inbound and returns.
• Play an integral role in the coordinated flow of stock to outbound through the Picking Department.
• To optimize services and to reduce costs by ensuring acceptable performance standards and to minimize damages and shrinkage
• Participation in the stock take preparations & execution
• Continuous interaction with co-workers and subordinates to ensure that deadlines and goals are achieved
• Performing routine audits of data integrity by checking physical stock items & comparing it to systems and review operational processes accuracy
• Responsible to align full operational flow across all departments with data accuracy issues.
• Responsible for all Data Maintenance on stock holding & understanding internal DC processes
• Warehouse space utilisation accuracy
• Assist operations with good system practice & change management.

Matric Certificate - Benoni Educational College (2009)

National Diploma - Office management and technology - Vaal University Of Technology (2014)

Advanced Diploma - Management - Regent Business School (2024)