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We are a Supply Chain and Sales & Merchandising partner 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, 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.

• To provide Total Integrated Management System support to the Supply Chain.
• To implement and manage all food safety, quality, safety, health and environmental requirements for the regional operations.
• To constantly assess compliance with the most progressive food safety, quality, safety, health and environmental standards in the market and with Group policy.

• Develop and facilitate the implementation of the TIMS across the region or and sites and ensure alignment across the Business.
• Maintain and assess TIMS to ensure risk management, sustainability, continuous improvement and commercial benefits, improvement of storage and transportation quality, food safety and customer satisfaction.
• Ensure region/site compliance with Company and Group quality and food safety, environmental and occupational health and safety policies.
• Implement and maintain TIMS documentation.
• Develop and facilitate implementation of Health and Safety across the region and sites.
• Ensure appointments as per the OHS ACT (Health and Safety) are made, the designated individuals are capacitated and functional in their roles.
• Manage the Corrective Action System software for the region and sites.
• Manage the Change Control System software for the region and sites.
• Support the Vector SHEQ Manager in identifying food safety, environmental and occupational health and safety training for the region/site to ensure legal compliance.
• Conduct TIMS training for functional departments across the region/site.

• Develop a risk-based internal audit plan for the region and sites.
• Arrange audits with relevant Operations managers to ensure participation and clear communication.
• Perform business process audits across the region and sites
• Compile and communicate internal audit reports.
• Manage the process for tracking the status of resolution of business process audit findings for the region and sites.
• Verify audit findings are actioned and closed effectively.
• Maintain the internal audit software and its data integrity.
• Provide support in response to regional internal audit requirements.
• Conduct ISO system compliance audits to ensure compliance.

• Participate in external audits in the region and sites.
• Ensure audit findings are actioned and closed off effectively.
• Manage the process for tracking the status of resolution of external OHS audit findings.

• Develop with SHEQ Manager’s TIMS Management Review presentation for the region and sites.
• Facilitate regional food safety committee meetings.
• Facilitate regional health and safety committee meetings.
• Develop TIMS submissions to the Audit and Risk Committee.
• Participate in the Audit and Risk Sub-committee to report and reduce risks in the supply chain (food safety, quality, safety, health and environmental).
• Work in conjunction with the Vector SHEQ Manager to create the Vector SHEQ strategy as informed by the Business strategy.
• Monitor and track regional attainment of strategic and operational targets.

• Monitor the adherence of suppliers to specifications, particularly pallet construction.
• Monitor the remaining shelf-life of products at each site.
• Monitor sub-standard packaging occurrences and resolution.
• Monitor temperature compliance across the warehouse and transportation functions.

• Participate in system development and continual improvement by providing guidance to key role players.
• Provide technical insight relating to food safety, quality, safety, health and environmental requirements for new regional projects.
• Monitor the compliance of new projects with food safety, quality, safety, health and environmental requirements.

• Lead and develop staff within the context of the Labour Relations Act, Employment Equity Act, Basic Conditions of Employment Act and the Skills Development Act.
• Monitor staff performance and provide regular feedback.
• Manage staff activities, ensuring service levels are met and protocols are adhered to.
• Coach and support staff where necessary to achieve objectives.
• Manage staff leave and general time management issues in line with organisational deliverables and standards.
• Manage and deliver on succession plans to enable the development of a future generation of leaders and specialists and ensure optimal turnover and retention levels are maintained.
• Champion staff training and development through the utilisation of available training opportunities or contributing to the development of new training solutions in collaboration with national training specialists.
• Conduct regular performance appraisals with subordinates.
• Establish sound staff and labour organising and communication structures and systems.
• Lead the team towards meeting the strategy and targets through regular communication and utilisation of the full organisational talent management tool set.
• Drive employment equity within the team to ensure that diversity is achieved at all levels and that statutory targets and requirements are met.
• Develop and manage high performance multidisciplinary teams in order to solve problems within the commercial arena.
• Conduct regular meetings and ensure that records are kept and shared across the team and that action plans agreed to within team meetings are delivered upon.

• Audit results.
• Regional food safety compliance and standard attainment.
• Regional health and safety compliance and standard attainment.
• Regional business process compliance and standard attainment.
• Regional quality standards compliance and standard attainment.
• Supplier compliance.

• Operations.
• HR.
• Group Team.
• Internal Audit.
• Customer Team.
• Supply Planning Team.
• Primary Transport Team.
• Finance and Admin.

• Suppliers.
• Customers.
• Industry forums and stakeholder groups.
• Certification bodies.

Qualifications and Experience

• Relevant degree or diploma in Quality Management, Food Technology, Microbiology or Environmental Health.
• Minimum of 3 - 5 years’ experience in a FMCG environment with preferably 3 years in an auditing role.
• Valid Code EB drivers' license.

Skills and Competencies

• Be brilliant at the basics.
• Face the brutal facts.
• Smash the silos.
• Lead with integrity, respect and energy.
• Be curious and challenge change.
• Take accountability for results and people.

• ISO systems.
• Industry standards.
• National legislation and statutory requirements.
• Operations.
• Quality management principles.

• Planning, organization and coordination.
• Negotiation.
• Relationship building.
• Computer literacy (MS Office).
• Verbal and written communication.
• Leadership.
• Interpersonal.
• Logical thinking.
• Innovative and creative thinking.
• Problem solving.
• Critical thinking.
• Decision-making.
• Analytical and evaluative thinking.
• Able to synthesize information from disparate sources and deliver comprehensive, balanced and actionable analysis.

• Initiative and assertiveness.
• Tolerance of stress and pressure.
• Attention to detail.
• Deadline driven.
• Able to prioritize.
• Organizational awareness.
• People management.
• Ability to interface and demonstrate leadership.
• High-energy self-starter as well as collaborative team player.
• Adaptability to changing priorities.

Vector Logistics supports the principles of EmploymentEquity and is committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace. Preference will be given to candidates from designated groups in line with ourEmployment Equity Plan. If you have not heard from us within 3 to 4 weeks after submitting your application, please consider your application unsuccessful on this occasion. We truly appreciate your interest in joining the Vector team and encourage you to stay connected for future opportunities that may align with your skills and career journey.

We look forward to hearing from you!