Assistant Warehouse Manager

We are looking for an Assistant Warehouse Manager for a company based in the Midrand area.

POSITION INFO : Requirements :

• Grade 12
• Tertiary qualification will be beneficial but not essential
• 5+ years warehousing experience
• Supervisory experience is essential
• Experience with Shipping, Couriers, Stock ordering and stock oversight is essential.
• Must live in reasonable distance from Midrand (Not negotiable)
• Drivers license and own transport

Responsibilities : Logistics :

• Keep an eye on all orders dispatched and follow up on any delays and inform customers of delays to their parcels.
• Ensure all parcels are sent with correct courier in order to minimise warehouse cost.
• Keep updated reports on couriers for example excessive charges / pilferage / mis-routes / theft / unnecessary delays.
• Spot check PODs ensuring parcels have been delivered to correct customer.
• Monthly accounts – to be checked and handed over to accounts for processing.
• Ensure parcels corresponds to tripsheet manifests.
• Collection customers – phone customers once parcels have been packed in order for them to collect.

System / Stock Holdings :

• Ensure all addresses are correct with correct street address / receiver name / receiver telephone number. Correspond with admin for correct address to be uploaded onto system.
• Oversee stock take capturing is accurate.
• Ensure optimum stock levels are kept of all stock. All stock running low to be placed onto an order sheet, verified with Director and be sent through to States.
• Ensure warehouse has enough non-stock items. Any stock running low to be added onto order sheet.

Amin :

• Double check all adjustments are done correctly to ensure elimination of errors on stock take.
• Stock take documents preparation for stock take.
• Govern all leaves and ensure at all times appropriate number of staff present at work to ensure work doesn’t fall behind.
• File daily trip sheets.
• Ensure all data relating to card printing is accurate at all times and update when necessary.

Warehouse :

• Ensure all shelves are stocked, if not instruct warehouse personnel to fill up shelves.
• Receive all customers / deliveries / collections and divert to necessary persons. Customers for admin, deliveries to inform for whom ever parcel is for and collections to ensure all documents are in order for collections (tripsheets).
• Ensure proper checklist is done for closing premises on a daily basis.
• Ensure hard drive is switched out on daily basis.
• Oversee stock take procedures, investigating stock discrepancies through recounts / comparisons versus previous stock counts / possible transfer issues.
• Ensure warehouse is stocked with packaging items from suppliers – Boxes / tape / stickers etc.
• Ensure on a weekly basis coastal reps stock are sent to them and ensure communication beforehand with each coastal that they are being sent all necessary stock.

Please note only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. If you have not heard from us in 2 weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful.