Operations Manager - Bidvest International Logistics


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Job Purpose    

The primary job purpose of the operations manager is to oversee all aspects of a warehouse's operations, ensuring efficient storage, retrieval and distribution of goods by managing staff, inventory levels and processes to meet customer demands whilem optimising productivity and cost-effectiveness within the warehouse facility..  Overall the wharehouse operations manager plays a crucial role in coordinating the entire warehouse operation, ensuring smooth product flow and meeting customer delivery expectations while maintaining operational efficiency.

Key Responsibilities    

Inventory management

  • Ensure that all clients are on-boarded onto Cargowise 1 Warehouse Management System.
  • Ensure that automated stock on hand reports are set up for clients
  • Ensuren that the Cargowise system is effectively used for client stock mtakes
  • Ensure weekly plan accounts for cycle counts for entire product range
  • Ensure each client account is subjected to a monthly physical stock count comparing the physical stock on floor to Cargowise stock at hand in line with the SLA requirements
  • Ensure that cycle counts and stock take results are submitted to clients in line with SLA requirements


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Operations

  • Chep recons - ensure weekly CHEP reconciliations are completed and documented
  • Material Handling equipment - ensure that all MHE checklists are reveiwed daily and that all deviations and repairs required are attended to
  • Claims - ensure that all claims or potential claims are being logged and investigated
  • warehouse lay-out and optimization - managing warehouse space to maximise storage capacity and streamline product movement
  • Quality control - implementing quality chekcs to ensure product integrity throughout the warehouse process
  • Compliance management - ensure adherence to safety regulations and compony policies within the warehouse

Client interaction

  • Ensure all client complaints are being dealt with timeously
  • Submit a monthly report to General Manager, detailing complaints received
  • Attend SLA meetings with clients where required to do so

People Management

  • Leading and managing warehouse staff, assigning taks and ensuring proper training to maintain operational efficiencies
  • Contract labour management

Finance

  • Ensure that all operational billing activities are accounted for monthly
  • Review monthly billing schedules
  • Cost control measure to be put in place

Management reports

  • The monthly management reports to be done - CHEP recon, EC scorecard, Stock loss report, Operational Report, OTP Progress report, Management review pack

Qualifications & Experience    

Qualifications

  • Grade 12
  • Relevant tertiary qualification - Supply Chain and Logistics Management diploma / degree

Experience

  • Minimum of 5 years experience within the FMCG industry
  • Management of small fleet of vehicles
  • Experience of storage of chemicals and understanding the associated risks
  • Experience on Cargowise Warehouse Management system


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Skills & Competencies    

Skills

  • Attention to detail
  • Business Acumen
  • Orginational skills
  • Excellent customer relationship management skills
  • Supervisory and leadership skills
  • Above average communication skills

Competencies

  • Sound warehousing operations and warehousemangement skills
  • Sound knowledge in the handling, storage and transportation of dangerous goods
  • Sound level pf computer proficiency - MS Office

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