Warehouse Manager

Top Talent Recruitment; Ogies; On-site; ZAR 400 000 - 500 000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent recruitment agency is seeking a skilled manager to oversee packaging and warehouse operations in Ogies, Mpumalanga. This role demands expertise in optimizing productivity and ensuring compliance with safety and quality standards. Candidates should possess a relevant degree and extensive management experience in operations and warehousing. The successful applicant will drive continuous improvement, enhance efficiency, and maintain high levels of service quality throughout the logistics process.

Qualifications

• 5+ years operations, packing and warehouse experience.
• 3+ years at management level.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for managing the packaging operation aiming for quality and productivity.
• Optimize packing efficiency and reduce waste and damages.
• Ensure compliance with product specifications and safety standards.

Skills

Operations

Budgeting & Cost management

Analytical & Problem solving

People & Team management

Planning

Safety Management

Inventory Control

Education

Relevant Bachelors Degree / Diploma or equivalent

Job description

Packing - Responsible for managing the packaging operation in order to pack product to the correct quality and model stock, to optimize productivity, utilizing the equipment in a safe and effective manner achieving installed capacity.

Warehouse - Organising the safe and efficient receipt, storage and despatch of warehoused goods including the management of model stock. Manage forklifts to ensure they are reliable, optimally utilized and retains long term value.

Required Skills and qualifications:

• Relevant Bachelors Degree / Diploma or equivalent
• 5+ years operations, packing and warehouse experience
• 3+ years at management level
• Operations, Budgeting & Cost management
• Analytical & Problem solving
• People & Team management
• Planning
• Safety Management
• Inventory Control

Required Behaviours:

• Customer service orientated
• Brand conscious
• Deadline orientated
• Focus on quality
• Problem solving
• Productivity focussed

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Packing to consistent pack presentation and product profile.
• All packed products must comply with the agreed product specification.
• Ensure reduced damages of product within packing.
• Optimise packing efficiency of all packers and ensure OEE benchmarks are achieved all times.
• Reduce waste, spillage and rejections of products.
• Job card management.
• Loss of production hours managed and reduced.
• Provide a flexible, reliable and efficient service and good communication.
• Optimize variable and fixed costs.
• Stock management to ensure loss control.
• Ensure weight of packed products is in compliance with PMC standards and better than Trade Metrology Standards.
• Ensure reduced damages of product with the warehouse.
• Ensure Forklift useful live is optimized to balance operating profit and resale value.
• Optimize forklift variable and fixed costs without long term loss of resale value or reliability.
• Ensure Driver behaviour drives down costs while still maintaining customer service and long term forklift value.
• Ensure Customer Service standards are met flexible, reliable, efficient and cost effective service with fast turnaround time and good communication.