Warehouse Manager

Lactalis South Africa; Durban; On-site; ZAR 400 000 - 500 000; Full time

Job summary

A multinational logistics company in KwaZulu-Natal is seeking a Warehouse Manager to oversee operations. Responsibilities include managing the receipt, storage, and dispatch of goods, ensuring compliance with health and safety standards, and developing strategies for performance improvement. The ideal candidate will have a degree in Logistics and significant experience in supply chain management. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the company's growth and objectives.

Qualifications

• Degree in Warehousing, Logistics, or related field.
• Experience in Supply Chain and Warehousing management.
• Budget management experience.

Responsibilities

• Plan daily activities of the warehouse team.
• Analyse operational execution results and take corrective measures.
• Ensure adherence to OHS ACT and other legislations.

Skills

Supply Chain knowledge

Leadership

Problem-solving

Communication

Budget management

Continuous improvement mindset

Decision Making

Education

Degree in Warehousing/Logistics/Supply Chain Management/Business

Tools

MS Office

WMS

Job description

Role Purpose

Join Lactalis at our site in KwaZulu-Natal and take on the challenge of a Warehouse Manager. This role oversees the efficient receipt, storage and dispatch of a range of goods. Responsible for a vital part of the supply chain process, managing people, processes and systems to ensure goods are received and dispatched appropriately, and that productivity targets are met. This exciting career opportunity at Lactalis SA will enable you to play your part in ensuring that the company achieves its challenging objectives during the next phase of its growth in South Africa.

Requirements

• Degree in Warehousing/Logistics/Supply Chain Management/ Business
• Have experience and knowledge of Supply Chain, Warehousing and Distribution management systems (WMS)
• Knowledge of an FMCG environment.
• Budget management and implementation
• MS Office Skills
• BPCS (advantageous)
• Accountability to accept mistakes and performance improvement required from within and not blame others
• Entrepreneurship in driving results within warehousing with personal pride
• Accessibility/modesty fitting for an employee within this Logistics function of a multinational company
• Pragmatic approach towards execution of agreed principles
• Continuous improvement mind-set in driving better results
• Transparency in support of continuous awareness of improvement areas
• Loyalty towards the company and its objectives
• Tenacity to follow through with initiatives
• Maturity in building relationships and managing your functional area
• Compliance driven to keep our staff safe and protecting the company’s reputation
• Very responsive in nature with high levels of urgency

Duties and Responsibilities

• Plan and coordinate the daily activities of the warehouse team through an optimised operational structure, agreed job descriptions and established measures of success.
• On a daily basis analyse operational execution results, understand the reason for deviations and action corrective measures in a collaborative manner
• Continuously develop and drive strategies in collaboration with all internal and external stakeholders to achieve all required performance indicators
• In conjunction with the national optimisation team investigate and study leading edge solutions to further improve performance results and maximise customers service experience
• Ensure adherence to OHS ACT, BCEA legislations and use the company’s disciplinary guidelines as a medium to drive improved results
• Ensure that the company is professionally represented by its ambassadors (warehouse staff relevance) through training, dress code rules and other relevant interventions
• Nurture a mature and motivated staff complement through continuous training and engagement forums, interacting with staff at all organisational levels
• Build a collaborative relationship with the regional and national sales teams to ensure the relationship drives the company’s customer service objectives with a mature ability in finding the balance between customer service and a highly cost and efficiency driven environment
• Build and maintain sustainable relationships with all customers to ensure warehouse efficiency measures and cost achievement results are at optimal levels
• Manage and control warehousing cost through daily analysis, weekly and monthly performance measurements and management reporting
• Monitoring and management of product storage, and waste (losses, obsolescence, dumps and related costs)
• Ensure customer service excellence by storing and loading quality products through proper cold chain management.
• General site maintenance and housekeeping
• Statistically analyse movement per SKU to optimise storage locations and warehouse utilisation / efficiencies
• Conduct studies/review to improve overall operational efficiency
• Develop and review standard operating procedures for your area
• Ensure export requirements are met and non-conformances communicated
• Ensure re-supply stock are managed and order requirements are met
• Ensure assets are maintained and accounted for at all time