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Assistant Warehouse Manager

BCE

Johannesburg

On-site

ZAR 300,000 - 450,000

Full time

2 days ago
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Job summary

A leading company in the hospitality industry is seeking an Assistant Warehouse Manager to support the Warehouse Manager in optimizing warehouse operations. This role involves overseeing logistics, inventory accuracy, and maintaining high standards of safety and housekeeping. The ideal candidate will possess a relevant degree and demonstrate strong leadership and operational skills.

Qualifications

  • Relevant degree essential.
  • End to end warehouse management experience required.
  • Excellent planning and communications skills necessary.

Responsibilities

  • Assist Warehouse Manager in overseeing operations and logistics.
  • Manage warehouse team to meet productivity standards.
  • Ensure safety compliance and effective inventory management.

Skills

Planning
Communication
Operations Management
Financial Acumen
Relationship Building

Education

Relevant Degree

Tools

WMS

Job description

The Assistant Warehouse Manager is responsible for supporting the Warehouse Manager in overseeing the overall performance of the warehouse, ensuring that operational objectives and performance standards are consistently met.

Main duties and responsibilities will include, but will not be limited to:

  • Assist the Warehouse Manager with overseeing all aspects of customer requirements including but not limited to inventory accuracy, distribution, receiving, housekeeping, and logistics.
  • Working with the Warehouse Manager to ensure that all aspects of the warehouse operations are executed.
  • Assist with managing operations activities such as planning, directing and implementing warehouse operations, procedures and providing support to meet prescribed productivity and service levels.
  • Assist with labour management by directing the operation of the warehouse team to achieve prescribed objectives and standards.
  • Develop and maintain a productive, motivated workforce by ensuring effective hiring, training and development of warehouse staff. Assist the Warehouse Manager to provide timely and appropriate performance reviews to all direct reports and ensures the same is done for all warehouse staff.
  • Ensure that a professional and courteous relationship with all customers (internal and external) is maintained. Establish programmes to improve customer awareness at all levels in the warehouse.
  • Assist with inventory management to ensure that all customers objectives and standards are met in regard to inventory accuracy.
  • Assist the warehouse Manager to ensure accuracy of stock management of the warehouse in terms of damages and losses.
  • Assist with developing, implementing, and maintaining appropriate programmes to ensure that all safety and housekeeping standards and objectives are met. Additionally, ensure that there is compliance to regulations regarding safety certification to forklift drivers, and OHSA guidelines.
  • Assist with procuringequipment and facilitate preventative maintenance services to assure efficient operations of all facets of the warehouse.
  • Assist with driving automation within processes to achieve long term cost and efficiency savings
  • Other duties as assigned

Qualifications, skills and experience:

  • Relevant Degree – Essential
  • End to end general warehouse management experience
  • Excellent skills in planning, controlling, staffing, budgeting, organising, and communication are required.
  • Ability to develop and execute a root cause analysis and fix
  • Ability to develop new and innovative operational solutions
  • Excellent networking, relationship building/maintenance, communication and presentation skills
  • Financial acumen, ability to make effective decisions, and experience managing projects and risk
  • Excellent Computer Skills (experience in WMS essential)
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
Seniority level
  • Seniority level
    Not Applicable
Employment type
  • Employment type
    Full-time
Job function
  • Job function
    Management and Manufacturing
  • Industries
    Hospitality

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