The key purpose of this role is to support the Warehouse operations and controller to manage stock, people and processes through VPO and DPO, while ensuring the highest standard of warehouse safety.

Key roles and responsibilities:

• Manage and drive improvements in daily warehouse operations – Receipt, Storage, Offloading, Loading.
• Optimize all warehouse processes to ensure on time loading and dispatching of vehicles
• Ensure all trucks are dispatched accurately in a timely manner
• Ensure that all driver queries and charges are communicated daily to the Distribution teams
• Manage checkers and ensure that all loads are correctly assembled and loaded
• Process load settlement with accuracy
• Process inter-depot and inter-warehouse transfers.
• Manage all critical products affecting Downtime Caused by Logistics eg Sorting and forklift availability
• Manage the inflow and outflow of products (Full Products and Containers)
• Implement and comply to VPO & DPO standards
• Drive achievement of warehouse PI’s and KPI’s
• Participate in annual target setting and cascading
• Cascade Team and Individual Goals and Manage Team Performance (Daily Performance Tracking, Monthly One on One’s)
• Develop and Implement process standards: SOPs, OPL’s OWDs etc. and conduct OWD’s
• Ensure compliance to sorting and MBFU tracking and daily reporting
• Manage Warehouse stock to ensure quality and availability to customers (Internal and External)
• Maintain and improve safety by driving the correct safety behaviours on the shop-floor.
• Ensure fleet standards are always maintained and safety standards are adhered to
• Ensure optimal asset utilization ( Warehouse, Forklifts, Human Resources)
• Ensure accuracy of inventory and shipments.
• Supervise Daily Stock Counts
• Manage internal and external customer complaints

Own and Drive Implementation of VPO/DPO:

• Engage with the Plant regarding their VPO/DPO dream by driving VPO/DPO on the shop floor.
• Representation during milestone audits will be necessary to support the Plant’s VPO/DPO dream

Warehouse KPI Reporting:

• Collate and Submit daily PI/KPI data as per requirement by the Warehouse Controller

Profile:

• Min. of B.Sc./ B.Tech/HND in a related field.
• 2 years experience in Logistics and Supply Chain Management
• MS Office/Excel
• Strong and assertive
• Compliance driven
• Creativity
• Strong work ethic: Setting and achieving goals
• Self-motivated: Working effectively with little direction
• Team-oriented: Making the most out of collaboration