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Job Purpose

Loading and unloading of products

Key Responsibilities

Daily operational requirement

  • Conduct forklift safety checks and report faults
  • Changing batteries, charging and filling of battery water
  • Adhering to safety and housekeeping rules
  • Stock take or empty bin checks as per operational requirement
  • Offloading and loading of product
  • Perform safe handling and stacking procedures
  • Cleaning of MHE daily
  • Remove and neatly stack pallets
  • Take part in monthly stock counts
  • Rotational shifts as per operational requiring
  • Multi-tasking

Housekeeping

  • Ensure a high standard of housekeeping is maintained.
  • Maintain cleaning equipment and ensure correct storage.
  • Ensure that stacking is neat, square and secure.
  • Ensure the work area is neat and tidy at all times.
  • Stock handling – minimize stock damages.
  • Ensure waste on floors is cleaned before the end of the day and walk ways are neat and tidy.
  • Ensure pallet boards and pallets are removed timeously from pick levels and cold room.


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Assist on Stock Count Preparations

  • Assists to prepare the warehouse for the stock count.
  • Ensure all damaged stock has been isolated and notes have been placed.
  • Ensure easy access to product for counting purposes.
  • Conduct daily stock counting as requested by the Warehouse Shift Controller.
  • Report all problem stocks to the Shift Warehouse Controller

Timekeeping

  • Clock in and out at correct times.
  • Keep overtime at a minimum.
  • Report late coming to the Shift Warehouse Controller

Occupational Health and Safety Compliance

  • Observe compliance with the health and safety regulations / ISO requirements.
  • Ensure a high level of housekeeping, fire and accident prevention, safe work practices

Good Handling Practices

  • Ensure loading and freezer door are kept closed.
  • Ensure a glass free area by covering glass fixtures and not allowing cups and bottles near any product.

Teamwork and Self-Management

  • Take ownership and accountability for tasks and activities and demonstrate effective self-management in terms of planning and prioritising, and self- development.
  • Inform relevant parties in the event of tasks or deadlines not met, the potential risks thereof and provide appropriate resolution.
  • Support and drive the business core values.
  • Demonstrate willingness to help others and “go the extra mile” to meet team targets and objectives.
  • General loading accuracy
  • Health and safety compliance and risk elimination
  • Accurate timekeeping
  • Load rate

Key Relationships

Internal

  • Site management
  • Warehouse and administration teams
  • Transport

External

  • Contract cleaning staff


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Qualifications, Skills and Experience Required for the Job

Qualifications and Experience

  • Matric, forklift license
  • Minimum of 1 years’ warehousing or similar functional experience

Skills and Competencies

  • Behaviour Standards
  • 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

Knowledge

  • Warehouse-based stock and handling processes
  • Warehouse methodologies and principles
  • Stock checking principles and practices
  • Knowledge of warehouse stock
  • Understanding shipments
  • Inventory control management

 Skills

  • Computer literacy (MS Office)
  • Verbal and written communication
  • Interpersonal
  • Logical thinking
  • Basic Numerical ability/aptitude
  • Attributes
  • Initiative
  • Tolerant of stress and pressure
  • Attention to detail
  • Deadline driven
  • Able to prioritise


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