Shopper & Driver Supervisor (Thatchfield)

Job title: Shopper & Driver Supervisor (Thatchfield)

Job Location: Gauteng, Centurion

Deadline: May 17, 2025

Job Purpose

• To effectively coach and lead their team in achieving the agreed goals by developing the necessary skills of each team member in achieving the required results.
• Developing and managing team performance, offering feedback and demonstrating the desired skills and expected work ethic.

Duties And Responsibilities

• Lead and supervise a team of Shoppers and Drivers to ensure flawless service delivery to our customers daily.
• Spot check: Uniform, Orders, staff attendance, process and procedures.
• Reporting: Adherence and staff attendance.
• Problem-solve and troubleshoot daily operational issues, approaching all facets with an analytical, problem-solving mindset.
• Support the team on special projects for continued operating efficiency and growth.
• Provide an operational perspective on Logistics to ensure best practices and protocols.
• Daily management of Shoppers and Drivers to ensure optimal effective teamwork to reach their KPI’s, specifically related to on-time fulfilment. Daily and weekly KPI reporting.
• Train and develop shoppers.
• Demonstrate consistent application of internal procedures.
• Demonstrate flexibility in balancing the achievement of own objectives with abilities to understand and respond to organizational needs.

Staff Management

• Allocate schedules to all staff to ensure proper, efficient and effective management of the store orders.
• Conduct regular staff meetings with the team to improve motivation and communication.
• Ensure that all staff report to work on time at all times.
• Facilitate training and coaching for staff members who generally lack service delivery.
• Ensure staff members resolve queries. Facilitate and manage queries submitted to head office timeously.
• Identify training needs and initiate suitable training to better staff knowledge in their environment.

Complaints Management

• Assist and attend to shopper and driver queries.
• Resolve escalated customer complaints.
• Provide constant feedback to the Area Manager on unresolved customer queries.
• Investigate and respond to shopper queries.
• Foresee potential problems before they occur and take action to prevent them from occurring.
• Consult widely with people inside and outside own Branch to solve problems.

Report

• Provide weekly feedback on staff performance levels.
• Provide reporting and associated performance insights on a daily, weekly and monthly basis.
• Ensure accuracy of reporting.
• Ensure real-time reporting is always available and visible.
• Reports are accurate and timeously submitted to relevant parties.
• Advise and check weekly reports for complaints, downtime reports, store productivity.

Qualifications Requirements

The following requirements are necessary:

• Be eligible to work in South Africa.
• A valid South African driver's license or a valid South African Professional driving permit (PrDP).
• Clean driving record.
• Must have your own vehicle or motorbike (registration documents to be verified).
• Must have access to a recent smartphone (iPhone 5 / Android 4.4 or newer) for the delivery app and GPS.
• 2-3 years Team Leader experience.

Competencies And Skills

• Attention to detail.
• Time management skills.
• Conflict management skills.
• Negotiation skills.
• Professional verbal and written communication skills.
• Responsive.
• Effective planning and organising.
• Self-directed and motivated.
• Interpersonal skills.
• Ability to build and maintain relationships.
• Resilience.
• Decisive and action-orientated.
• Assertiveness.
• Ability to work independently and under pressure.
• High emotional intelligence.