Warehouse Manager

Agl Group; Durban; On-site; ZAR 400 000 - 500 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading logistics operator in KwaZulu-Natal is looking for a Warehouse Manager to oversee all warehousing and distribution activities. Responsibilities include ensuring compliance with health and safety standards, managing finances and inventory control, and leading a team. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in logistics and a proven track record in warehouse management. This is a full-time, permanent position located in Durban, offering a chance to contribute to innovative logistics solutions.

Qualifications

• Experience in warehouse management within the logistics sector is required.
• Ability to enforce health and safety regulations in compliance with South African laws.
• Skills in financial management and inventory control are essential.

Responsibilities

• Manage warehousing and distribution activities in the KZN region.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety standards.
• Oversee financial management and profitability of operations.
• Lead and develop warehouse teams for optimal performance.

Skills

Compliance

Leadership

Financial Management

Safety Management

Job description

About the Company

AGL (Africa Global Logistics) is the leading multimodal logistics operator (port, logistics, maritime and rail) in Africa. The company is now part of the MSC Group, a leading maritime and logistics company.

Thanks to its expertise developed over more than a century and to more than 23 employees in 49 countries, AGL provides its African and global customers with global, tailor‑made and innovative logistics solutions, with the ambition of contributing to the transformation of Africa in a sustainable way.

AGL is also present in Haiti and Timor.

Job Overview

Role: Warehouse Manager – KZN (Male/Female)
Contract: Permanent
Location: Africa, South Africa, Durban
Full time

Job Purpose

Full end‑to‑end management of all warehousing and distribution activities within the KZN Region, providing logistics support to the branch.

Key Responsibilities

Compliance & Safety

• Enforce health, safety, and hygiene standards in line with South African Occupational Health and Safety Act regulations, food safety regulations, HACCP, ISO, and QHSE group policy.
• Maintain documentation for audits and regulatory inspections.
• Ensure hazardous chemical regulations are met.
• Ensure all incident reports are investigated and corrective action taken.
• Ensure cleanliness of the warehouses and maintaining high housekeeping standards.

Security Management

• Manage all security service providers, ensuring adherence to site and customer security requirements.
• Ensure daily, weekly and monthly reporting is in place and aligned to national requirements.
• Ensure alignment on all escort procedures and port requirements.
• Conduct regular site inspections and align security requirements with National Security Manager.

Finance Management

• Ensure all costing schedules are updated and submitted to accounts for invoicing.
• Manage and ensure profitability of P&L.
• Ensure on‑time submission of labour provisions.
• Monthly P&L Review.
• Ensure GM forecast submitted weekly.
• Ensure all financial controls and approvals.

Claims Management

• Ensure end‑to‑end claims management process is in place.

Equipment and Facility

• Ensure ongoing maintenance of buildings, yards, facilities and equipment.
• Ensure all equipment is maintained and serviced according to required milestones to maintain operating efficiency.
• Ensure site maintenance cost in line with P&L.
• Sourcing and setting of additional warehouses as and when required.

Inventory & Stock Control

• Ensure accurate and real‑time inventory tracking using WMS.
• Conduct regular cycle counts and full stock audits.
• Organise and oversee the various cargo defined in contractual terms and conditions.
• Stock take planning and management.
• Cycle counting and damages control.
• Ensure all customer requirements met and all reporting is submitted accurately and on time.
• Ensure constant WMS maintenance and alignment to operational and customer requirements.

Staff Management

• Manage and develop warehouse teams to achieve organisational goals.
• Implement training programs focused on productivity and safety.
• Manage and encourage employees to optimise their outputs and foster a high‑performance culture aligned within various departments.
• Ensure adherence to company disciplinary code.
• Lead and motivate the different teams under responsibility.
• Performance management of all employees.
• Ensure sufficient staff is employed for client / company demand.
• Management of departmental training.
• Ensure management of labour broker contract, staff, HR, IR and cost controls.

Project Management

• Set up project plans for all new projects, customer take‑on and continued improvements.
• Implement lean practices and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Promote automation and technology to reduce manual handling.
• Comply with the Compliance Self‑Assessment.
• Set up and maintain all departmental KPIs.
• Set up and review all customer KPI’s.
• Ensure regular SOP reviews and operational alignment.
• Ensure roll‑out, implementation and operational alignment of all projects.
• Ensure review and submission of monthly customer and management presentations.

CMA Management

• Ensure all Collateral Management Procedures are adhered to at all times.
• Ensure all cargo under HC is managed as per CMA Procedure.
• Ensure CMA alignment to customer requirements.
• Ensure all monthly reporting summoned for all cargo under HC.
• Ensure CMA requirements are aligned and approved by legal.
• Ensure due diligence is complete for banks and customers as and when required.

Bond store Management

• Ensure all customs regulations always adhere to.
• Ensure Bond book aligned to WMS.
• Facilitate any customs inspections.
• Manage time on expired goods.

Customer & Supplier Relations Management

• To ensure quality service delivery to all AGL clients is maintained.
• To liaise between clients and service delivery teams.
• Responsible for problem solving and service reporting.
• To develop and manage SLAs with constant checks on infrastructure and related support service delivery teams.
• Host suppliers, clients and outside enterprises.
• Oversee the good execution of the contracts related to equipment supply and participate to negotiation of some purchases (supplies, packings, warehouse supplies).