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Warehouse ManagerThe Talent Room • CPT - Southern Suburbs, Western Cape, ZA
Warehouse Manager

Warehouse Manager

The Talent Room • CPT - Southern Suburbs, Western Cape, ZA
7 days ago
Job description

An established company based in Ottery is looking to appoint a Warehouse Manager.

Duties & Responsibilities

  • Proactively seeks out new opportunities to reduce warehousing costs.
  • Effectively manages raw material, finished goods and consignment stock.
  • Conducts monthly stock take to ensure stock levels remain at optimum levels.
  • Implement 5s and GMP systems.
  • Identifies and implements practical, user-friendly systems to assist with OTIF deliveries and stock control.
  • Tenaciously follows through on opportunities to improve how to store and distribute to customers.
  • Collaborate effectively as part of a team to deliver customer commitments.
  • Evaluates and reports on progress against targets and provides solutions to problems or obstacles that may arise.
  • Plans and organizes the smooth integration between production and distribution.
  • Manages a team of logistics and warehouse staff.

Role Requirements :

Education & Qualifications

  • Holds a degree in Logistics, Supply Chain, Operations Management, or Industrial Engineering.
  • Demonstrates a proven track record of at least five years in warehousing / stock control including at least two years in a management role.
  • Technical Skills

  • Demonstrates strong systems aptitude and ability to think on their feet.
  • Utilises advanced computer literacy, including Excel (pivot tables and advanced features).
  • Manages export and import containerised loading and destuffing, adhering to internationally accepted shipping criteria
  • Experience in working with and optimising ERP systems, preferably Syspro, to extract information and improve stock management and customer delivery turnaround time.
  • Experience in optimising warehouse layout to reduce wasteful movement of stock and establish stock kanban systems.
  • Experienced in warehousing in a GMP-controlled environment (food / product safety) will be an advantage.
  • Demonstrates strong numeracy skills for accurate working-capital management and stock control.
  • Management & Leadership

  • Demonstrates strong leadership ability with examples of taking ownership and leading a team effectively in challenging environments.
  • Demonstrates strong management skills.
  • Experienced in managing shift work in a unionised environment.
  • Experienced in process improvements and change management, and guides teams through such challenges.
  • Negotiate confidently and assertively to challenge and improve best practices.
  • Shows initiative and continuously seeks innovative ways to identify cost-effective solutions that deliver customer expectations.
  • Interpersonal competencies

  • Demonstrates strong planning and organising skills.
  • Build strong relationships and communicate effectively at all levels, contributing actively to team success.
  • Ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders.
  • Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills.
  • Is goal-oriented and proactively seeks better ways to manage stock and deliver OTIF results to customers.
  • Follows up tenaciously on leads and opportunities to secure a competitive advantage.
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