Shift Warehouse Controller

Vector Logistics; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 300 000 - 450 000; Full time

Job summary

A logistics company located in Cape Town is seeking a Warehouse Manager to optimize operations, ensuring efficient inbound and outbound processes. The successful candidate will lead a team, manage stock levels, and maintain compliance with safety and hygiene standards. This role demands strong leadership skills and expertise in warehouse management systems. Applicants should have relevant experience and a good understanding of warehouse procedures and inventory control.

Qualifications

• Experience in warehouse management or logistics.
• Knowledge of SAP for stock control.
• Ability to lead a team and manage conflicts.

Responsibilities

• Oversee inventory processes to maintain efficiency.
• Control inbound and outbound stock handling.
• Ensure compliance with safety and hygiene standards.

Job description

Permanent

Cape Town

Overview

We are a Supply Chain and Sales & Merchandising partner agrup adding value to your business through a fully integrated, temperature-controlled network in Southern Africa.

But we are also more than that. We are people serving people. While we boast the best in tech and infrastructure, our people are our greatest resource. With our skilled, curious, can‑do people at the forefront, our assets become your assets and our service your solutions.

Vector’s vehicle fleet includes a food industry first in ‘multi‑temperature’ vehicles enabling the company to service business across frozen, chilled and ambient temperature zones on a single delivery.

Job Purpose

To control the processes of inbound, outbound and stock handling in order to maintain efficiency within the warehouse.

Key Responsibilities

Operational Warehouse Management

• Control operational deliverables, and expectations, and coordinate progress with direct line manager.
• Approve and oversee the execution of all relevant warehouse documentation and ensure compliance with all audit requirements including ISO.
• Ensure that all products are received and stored timeously and in accordance with Group policy.
• Provide direction to warehouse team on a daily basis including overseeing the assignment of individual responsibilities, tasks and technical functions.
• Maintain team focus on the business objectives in order to drive success.
• Identify and resolve issues and conflicts within and between various operational teams and team members within span of control.
• Conduct daily checks on all facilities, storage areas and equipment within area of responsibility, ensure compliance to all mechanical, electrical, safety and hazard standards and raise quantité de non‑conformances for action.
• Check the temperature records of probe thermometers and compile a weekly report for submission to the Warehouse Manager.
• Ensure that the warehouse is locked and secure after hours.
• Monitor and ensure optimum stock rotation practices are applied across area of responsibility.
• Optimise the allocation of picking slots to meet sale patterns.
• Carry out daily SAP warehouse checks and action any reported defaults.
• Ensure compliance to relevant hygiene standards.
• Conduct regular safety checks and ensure maintenance is conducted on all lifting and other equipment.
• Ensure that there are sufficient levels of consumables including pallet wrap, paper,];// caruchos, etc., maintaining continuous operations within the warehouse.

Inbound Control

• Control the inbound process by receiving product in good condition.
• Capture stock on the SAP system to ensure that goods are controlled and easily identified.
• Allocate the product to the right bin in order to access with ease and convenience as and when required.
• Activate internal material movement, incorporating placing the order; picking the product and moving it to truck for dispatch.
• Check పని shelf life in order to ensure it has not expired using the FIFO (First In, First Out) system.
• Prepare for and initiate stock take preparation ensuring that the entire process is embarked on and completed within the specified time frame.

Stock Control

• Ensure stock is in the right location by completing cyclic counts on a daily basis.
• Ensure staff are doing proper stock rotation where it does not go to the pick face but to the back‑up location.
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• Control production and expiry dates on every inbound and outbound.
• Control damages on inbound/outbound and track trends.
• Identify root cause and take the necessary actions such as issuing verbal warnings.
• Conduct monthly stock takes.
• Ensure frozen stock is kept in a frozen and/or chilled state.

Customer Liaison

• Resolve issues regarding damaged stock or shortage thereof.
• Report any incident that may have occurred involving drivers that in turn impacts on customers.
• Schedule customer deliveries according to the time window process.
• Verify orders and liaise with customers on the point of receiving by making use of the SAP System.

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