Packing and Warehouse Manager

Lim Personnel; eMalahleni; On-site; ZAR 600 000 - 800 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in eMalahleni is seeking a skilled Operations Manager responsible for overseeing packaging and warehouse operations. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in managing teams, optimizing productivity, and ensuring compliance with safety and quality standards. This role demands excellent problem-solving skills and a focus on customer service, aiming for efficiency and cost-effectiveness in operations.

Qualifications

• 5+ years operations, packing and warehouse experience.
• 3+ years at management level.

Responsibilities

• Manage packaging operation to optimize productivity.
• Organize safe and efficient receipt, storage and despatch of goods.
• Ensure compliance with product specifications.

Skills

Analytical

Problem solving

People management

Planning

Safety Management

Inventory Control

Education

Relevant Bachelor’s Degree / Diploma

Job description

The successful incumbent will be responsible for the following : Packing - Responsible for managing the packaging operation in order to pack product to the correct quality and model stock, to optimize productivity, utilizing the equipment in a safe and effective manner achieving installed capacity. Warehouse - Organising the safe and efficient receipt, storage and despatch of warehoused goods including the management of model stock. Manage forklifts to ensure they are reliable, optimally utilized and retains long term value.

Minimum requirements :

• Relevant Bachelor’s Degree / Diploma or equivalent
• 5+ years operations, packing and warehouse experience
• 3+ years at management level
• Operations, Budgeting & Cost management
• Analytical & Problem solving
• People & Team management
• Planning
• Safety Management
• Inventory Control

Required personal attributes for this role :

• Customer service orientated
• Brand conscious
• Deadline orientated
• Focus on quality
• Problem solving
• Productivity focused

Role and responsibilities :

• Packing to consistent pack presentation and product profile.
• All packed products must comply with the agreed product specification.
• Ensure reduced damages of product within packing
• Optimise packing efficiency of all packers and ensure OEE benchmarks are achieved all times.
• Reduce waste, spillage and rejections of products.
• Job card management
• Loss of production hours managed and reduced
• Provide a flexible, reliable and efficient service and good communication.
• Optimize variable and fixed costs
• Stock management to ensure loss control.
• Ensure weight of packed products is in compliance with CO standards and better than Trade Metrology Standards.
• Ensure reduced damages of product with the warehouse
• Ensure Forklift useful live is optimized to balance operating profit and resale value.
• Optimize forklift variable and fixed costs without long term loss of resale value or reliability
• Ensure Driver behaviour drives down costs while still maintaining customer service and long term forklift value
• Ensure Customer Service standards are met – flexible, reliable, efficient and cost effective service with fast turnaround time and good communication
• Ensure accurate planning.
• Department budgeting and execution
• Managing, training, assessing staff
• Ensure adherence to SMETA objectives

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