Logistics Process Specialist

Samancor Chrome Ltd.; Burgersfort; On-site; ZAR 300,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

Samancor Chrome Ltd. in South Africa seeks a logistics planner to optimize surface mobile equipment usage, ensure safe, reliable operations and cost-efficiency.

You will coordinate RM stock, transporters, and MES data, drive improvement projects, and manage quality and customer service objectives.

Qualifications

• Experience in logistics planning, stock management, and reporting.
• Familiarity with SAP ERP and MES data flows.
• Ability to drive continuous improvement in operations.

Responsibilities

• RM stock days planning and allocations.
• Track receipts vs orders and report variances.
• Allocate transporters and monitor performance.
• Approve furnace and PSP consumption.
• Handle quality management and customer complaints.
• Manage RM stock reports and month-end recon.
• Maintain stock reports on MES.
• Prepare monthly service level agreement reviews.
• Drive continuous improvement projects.
• Ensure field prep for survey and verify recon.
• Monthly RCFA reporting.

Skills

Planning & Scheduling

Logistics Management

Data Reporting

Quality Management

Safety Leadership

Tools

SAP ERP

MES

Job description

Purpose Of The Job

To optimise logistics and raw material handling by ensuring safe, reliable and cost-effective use of Surface Mobile Equipment, while maintaining quality, customer service, contractor management, improvement initiatives and operational objectives.

Job Responsibilities

PLANNING & SCHEDULING and STOCK MANAGEMENT

• RM stock days management and planning
• Order allocations
• Order tracking reporting (Receipts vs Order)
• Transporter allocation
• Furnace and PSP consumption approvals
• Quality Management and customer complaints
• RM stock report management
• RM month end reports
• Transporter performance report and review
• Managing the stock report on MES (negative stocks)
• Month end recon report

QUALITY MANAGEMENT & RISK CONTROL

• Plant optimisation and improvements
• IMS and SHEQ targets
• Survey and recon data capturing and reporting
• Investigate survey discrepancies and reports
• Checkpoint deviations investigation and reports
• Continuous improvement projects
• Ensuring field prep for survey and verifying recon
• Monthly RCFA
• Quality Management and customer complaints
• Management of Monthly Service Level Agreements.

SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION & UPDATES

• Tickets Approval
• SAP ERP Connect integration report
• Approval of check point deviations

CUSTOMER/SUPPLIER SERVICE

• Attend to escalated supplier/transporter queries
• Monitor and review delivery schedule from suppliers
• Site visits to suppliers and transporters for evaluations

GROWTH

• Manage Continuous Improvement through Operational Excellence
• Improved reporting and data keeping

BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES

• Safety Leadership
• Innovation
• Planning, Organising & Control
• Results Orientation
• Problem Solving & Decision Making
• Relating & Networking
• Change Leadership
• Business Acumen