- Johannesburg
- Salary: Market Related
- Job Type: Permanent
- Sectors: FMCG Procurement
- Reference: 180851
Vacancy Details
Employer: AVI Limited
- Reports to: Regional Sales Manager
- Direct Reports: None
- Monitor and reconcile stock levels across customer DCs against internal systems
- Identify, investigate, and resolve discrepancies proactively
- Manage stock levels to prevent shortages, overstock, and write-offs
- Ensure effective stock rotation and minimise expired or damaged stock
- Manage the end-to-end order flow from placement through to delivery
- Coordinate closely with planning and logistics teams to ensure alignment
- Track delivery bookings, identify delays, and resolve operational challenges
- Address DC inefficiencies that impact service levels
- Build strong working relationships with customer DC stakeholders
- Conduct regular DC visits to maintain visibility and control
- Communicate proactively on stock risks, delays, and operational changes
- Align DC execution with sales priorities and business expectations
- Align stock planning with promotional activity and demand cycles
- Ensure correct volumes are in place ahead of campaigns and launches
- Support new product listings and ensure readiness within DCs
- Produce accurate daily, weekly, and monthly reports
- Analyse stock levels, order patterns, and sales trends
- Provide insights to improve stock flow, availability, and performance
- Work closely with sales, planning, and field teams to resolve issues
- Support store-level challenges through DC intervention
- Ensure alignment across teams to maintain execution standards
- 5 –7 years’ experience in warehouse, distribution, or supply chain roles
- Proven experience within an FMCG environment (essential)
- Strong exposure to customer DC operations and stock management
- Experience working across sales, logistics, and planning functions
- Track record of resolving operational challenges in real time
- Matric (essential)
- Qualification in Supply Chain, Logistics, or Business will be advantageous
- Advanced Excel capability (non-negotiable)
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- High levels of attention to detail and accountability
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, operational environment
- Strong communication skills and confidence in engaging with customers
- Iconic Brand Portfolio: Work with some of South Africa’s most recognised and trusted beverage brands
- End-to-End Exposure: Gain visibility across the full supply chain from factory to customer
- Operational Impact: Play a key role in ensuring product availability and execution at DC level
- Strong Operational Backbone: Supported by established manufacturing sites
- Growth & Development: Opportunity to build your supply chain career within a structured environment
Entyce is looking for a detail-driven Supply Chain Coordinator (Customer DCs) who can ensure stock flows translate into sales execution.
We’re part of AVI Limited, and our line-up is packed with names you’ll recognise: Five Roses, Freshpak, Trinco, Frisco, Koffiehuis, Ellis Brown, and House of Coffees. Our two factories in Durban and Isando keep these favourites coming, with products that land on tables in millions of homes every single day.
This role sits at the critical link between sales demand and product availability within customer Distribution Centres. It ensures that what we plan and sell is consistently delivered, stocked, and available without inefficiencies, delays, or stock losses.
This is not a passive coordination role. It requires someone who is proactive, analytical, and comfortable working across systems, teams, and customer environments to resolve issues and keep operations running smoothly.
Reporting Structure:
Key Areas of Impact:
DC Stock Management & Availability
Order Flow & Logistics Coordination
Customer & DC Engagement
Sales & Promotional Alignment
Reporting & Operational Insight
Cross-Functional Coordination
What It Takes to Succeed:
Experience that set you up for success:
Qualifications & Certifications that will contribute to your success:
Additional Requirements that will enhance your impact for success:
Why Entyce
Take the Next Step with Entyce
Be part of a business where execution matters, detail drives performance, and your ability to manage complexity has a direct impact on sales and customer delivery. If you thrive in a fast-moving FMCG environment and take ownership of getting things done, Entyce offers the platform to make a meaningful impact.
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About AVI Limited
AVI LIMITED is home to many of South Africa’s leading and best-loved brands. Listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange in the Food Products sector, AVI’s extensive brand portfolio includes more than 50 brands. Our single-minded purpose is our brands growth and development. Our brands span a range of categories including: hot beverages, sweet and savoury biscuits and snacks, frozen convenience foods, out-of-home ranges, personal care products, cosmetics, shoes, accessories, and fashion apparel.
AVI’s brands have grown into great South African favourites including: Five Roses, Freshpak, House of Coffees, Frisco, Koffiehuis and Ellis Brown in the Beverages category; Bakers, Pyotts, Willards and Provita in the Biscuits and Snacks category; I&J in the Frozen Foods category; as well as Ciro, Lavazza and Douwe Egberts Cafitesse for the Out Of Home market. Our beauty and personal care brands include Yardley, Lentheric and Coty Great international and local Fashion Brands in the AVI stable include Spitz, Carvela, Kurt Geiger, Lacoste, Gant and Green Cross Shoes. We have a well-developed shared services structure spanning: International, IT, Finance, Logistics, Marketing, Procurement and Field Marketing that allows us to take advantage of our scale.
AVI’s brands are a household name in South Africa and growing every day.
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