Graduate: Supply Chain

DHL Supply Chain (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd.; Kempton Park; On-site; ZAR 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

DHL Supply Chain in South Africa is offering a Graduate: Supply Chain position aimed at developing end-to-end supply chain capability. You will analyze demand, inventory, and logistics data to support cost, service, and risk improvements.

Join a diverse, global logistics team and contribute to cross-functional initiatives while gaining practical experience across warehousing, transport and customer service functions.

Qualifications

• Matric with English and Mathematics or Mathematical Literacy is essential.
• BCom specialising in Supply Chain Management, Logistics Management or related NQF Level 7 qualification.

Responsibilities

• Support end-to-end supply chain performance analysis and improvement across supply, inventory, warehousing, transport and customer-service activities.
• Translate customer requirements, demand information and operational data into practical recommendations to improve service, cost, inventory, capacity, risk and stakeholder alignment.
• Support logistics solution proposals, account-development initiatives and cross-functional projects while developing broad integrated supply-chain capability.
• Provide accurate management information and fact-based decision support to operations, key account management and senior management.
• Map product, information and decision flows from supplier through warehouse and transport to customer.
• Identify constraints, hand-off failures, duplicated activity and service risks.

Education

Matric with English and Mathematics or Mathematical Literacy

BCom specialising in Supply Chain Management or Logistics Management (NQF Level 7)

Job description

BE AN ESSENTIAL PART OF EVERYDAY LIFE

DHL Supply Chain is the world’s leading contract logistics provider that combines value-added and management services with fulfilment and distribution. At DHL Supply Chain we are committed to looking after tomorrow & today with our Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG) strategy.

So, what's it like to work for DHL Supply Chain? At DHL we’re proud of our international reach as it brings together people with a wide range of skills, experiences, cultures, and viewpoints. We see the diversity of our employees as a genuine strength and we’re proud of our supportive work environment where employees are given the tools and training, they need to learn, grow and succeed.

We are offering an exciting opportunity for the position of Graduate: Supply Chain. In this position you will play a crucial role to support our vision of becoming a Great place to work for all.

Role Outline

Support the analysis, coordination and improvement of end-to-end supply-chain performance across supply, inventory, warehousing, transport and customer-service activities. Convert customer requirements, demand information and operational data into practical recommendations that improve service, cost, inventory, capacity, risk and stakeholder alignment. Support logistics solution proposals, account-development initiatives and cross-functional projects while developing broad integrated supply-chain capability. Provide accurate management information and fact-based decision support to operations, key account management and senior management.

Key Accountabilities

• Map product, information and decision flows from supplier through warehouse and transport to customer.
• Identify constraints, hand-off failures, duplicated activity and service risks.
• Assess the cost, service, inventory and risk implications of recommendations.
• Analyse history, seasonality, promotions, forecasts and forecast variation.
• Support ABC/ABC-XYZ segmentation, stock-cover, ageing, slow-moving and obsolescence analysis.
• Translate demand scenarios into warehouse and transport capacity requirements.
• Monitor inbound, storage, picking, dispatch and inventory-control performance.
• Analyse dock-to-stock, order cycle time, inventory accuracy, picking accuracy, fill rate and space utilisation.
• Identify process gaps requiring detailed industrial-engineering investigation.
• Analyse on-time collection/delivery, vehicle utilisation, route adherence, delivery failure and unit transport cost.
• Support assessment of modes, carriers, frequencies and network options.
• Analyse interactions between transport schedules, warehouse cut-offs and customer service.
• Support customer reviews, proposals, cost-to-serve and account-development initiatives.
• Understand logistics cost drivers, rate structures and SLA commitments.
• Track actions and translate customer priorities into operational initiatives.
• Map supply, inventory, systems, transport, facility and capacity risks.
• Maintain mitigation, contingency and continuity actions.
• Support SOP compliance, document control and corporate governance.
• Coordinate stakeholders, actions, timelines and communication for assigned workstreams.
• Support implementation, training, adoption and post-implementation review.
• Present concise evidence-based recommendations to decision-makers.

Qualifications & Experience

• A Matric certificate with English and Mathematics or Mathematical Literacy is essential
• BCom specialising in Supply Chain Management, BCom Logistics Management or a closely related NQF Level 7 qualification.

Languages

English – verbal and written