Warehouse Supervisor

POSITION OVERVIEW

Based at Port Elizabeth to further strengthen our Operations team, we are currently seeking a:

WAREHOUSE SUPERVISOR – Port Elizabeth, South Africa

Reporting directly to the Operations Manager, the successful candidate for this key function will be responsible for:

• Assist the Operations Manager in maintaining the smooth operation of a fast-moving environment.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Provide a safe working environment, adhering to Occupational Health and Safety, and Food Safety Environmental procedures, and ensuring they are always understood and practiced by the team 
• Plan, co-ordinate and monitor the receipt, storage and dispatch of goods.
• Ensure orders are processed efficiently and that the delivery of goods meets customers timescales/requirements.
• Supervise and control order picking, goods in, goods out operations to ensure accuracy with minimum handling and stock damage.
• Organize, facilitate and manage stock takes at regular intervals
• Ensure that all relevant procedures and processes are followed and adhered to in line with the Company’s procedures and requirements
• Deliver the product to the customer on time, every time using appropriate methods.
• Operate Bidtrack delivery tracking systems in order to monitor company vehicles.
• Ensure that internal delivery processes are adhered to support dispatch time windows.
• Monitoring daily fuel consumptions.
• Control of Forklift Truck management to ensure full operational capacity and achieve daily targets.
• Oversee any planned maintenance of vehicles, machinery and equipment.
• Ensure security of Warehouse environment and maintain access control, ensuring 5S housekeeping standards are maintained at all times.
• Monitor and maintain stock accuracy by ensuring the physical stock is in line with the warehouse management system and ensure all stock movements are recorded to ensure accuracy.
• Assist the POD controller
• Perform other duties assigned by your Line Manager.

PROFILE

• Matric Grade 12/ relevant Logistics or Operations qualifications
• Warehouse Logistics/ Management experience.
• Valid Forklift License.
• Code 10 driver’s license will be an advantage.
• Able to communicate clearly and fluently in English & Afrikaans
• Computer literacy: Office computer Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, Word

REQUIRED COMPETENCIES

• Ability to sustain and develop team working and team-based problem solving.
• Good understanding of customer deliverables and the impact of failure / cost of poor quality.
• Able to achieve results by setting high standards and committing to clear objectives.
• Driving performances: results-driven, planning & prioritizing, solving problems
• Improving continuously: adapts flexibly to changes, open to learn from feedback
• Managing customer needs: understanding customer environment, builds and maintains relationship of customers, implement most suitable solutions that meet customer expectations.