Country
South Africa
City
CAPE TOWN
Workplace location
CAPE TOWN-TYGER VALLEY CHAMBERS 2(ZAF)
Employer company
TOTALGAZ SOUTHERN AFRICA (PTY) LTD
Domain
Operations
Type of contract
Regular position
Experience
Minimum 3 years

Context & Environment

The incumbent reports to the Depot Operations Manager and is responsible for managing, monitoring and reporting on Material balance at Head Office level

Activities

Material Balance Management:

  • Verify integrity of stock information on the Material balance report and stock counts received from Depots
  • Evaluate and monitor stock processes regularly to ensure compliance, and to continuously improve stock control environment.
  • Scrutinize/analyse stock reports from stock systems to resolve stock discrepancies such as variations, imbalances, unclear sales, that will affect product loss/gain.
  • Ensure that source and control documents affecting stock movement are checked and filed as per Totalgaz legal requirements
  • Ensure the Procedure for Mass Balance Reporting is reviewed annually and revised if and when required
  • Ad hoc work as required by Management from time to time (to be reasonable to ensure that there is no impact of current tasks

Administration:

  • Monitoring and actioning delivery and upliftment quantity discrepancies for Bulk.
  • Reconciling SAP processing with communication from transporter (STATS) weekly and monthly to monitor the trend.
  • Ensuring STATS reflect accurate uplifted and delivered volumes and liaising with  transport team
  • Obtain explanations for volume gains and losses from Depots and Transport Team.
  • Obtain explanations for volume variances from SAP processed items and STATS
  • Calculating the gains and losses monthly and annually per truck for the transporters and report to Transport Manager regarding the variations.
  • Calculating and processing the Depot cylinder and bulk gains and losses in SAP
  • Periodic Monitoring and reporting of  Depot network bulk and cylinders gains and losses in volume and rand value
  • Performing investigations and reporting inconsistencies with Depots and transport team.
  • Organise the monthly Mass Balance meetings and share the monthly reports. Responsible for Action plan management arising out of monthly Mass Balance meetings.
  • Maintain constant business interaction, questioning of stock flows, root cause analysis and remedies for problem areas at Depots and Transport.
  • Conduct Surprise inventory audit checks at Depots to verify the physical stock and stock reported in SAP are matching.


Reporting:

  • Compile a detailed monthly Mass Balance report after month end processing in line with Total`s Company Rules and Procedure for Mass Balance Reporting which will include:

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  Monthly:

  • Monthly gains and losses per Depot (Cylinder and Bulk), within the timeframe required
  • Monthly gains and losses per transporter (Bulk), within the timeframe required


Governance:

  •  Ensure effective risk management and internal control, including assets and stock management, for area of responsibility


Candidate Profile

Requirements

  • Degree in B-Com or Stock management.
  • Experience in accounting, including invoicing, credit notes, debit notes, journals, inter-branch transfers, stock management.
  • Excellent Knowledge of SAP
  • Intermediate to advanced level micro-soft office proficiency
  • High level of basic accounting proficiency
  • Experience in producing and submitting quality reports as required
  • Strong verbal and non-verbal communication skills
  • Strong problem solving, planning, organising skills

Additional Information

Health, Safety, environment and quality :

Effectively manage and minimise the risk associated with stock (Bulk and cylinder) gains and losses by ensuring:

  • Compliance with all HSE Policies, rules, guidelines, and legal requirements within area of responsibility.
  • Promotion of safe working environment and positively contributing to the company HSE PI`s and risk reduction strategies
  • Ensure that HSE competency requirements are identified & enforced within area of responsibility


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