Title: Warehouse Manager - Wadeville
Key Performance Areas would include, but are not limited to:
- Manage and optimize material operational activities at Wadeville.
- Manage and ensure safety procedures are adhered to on shift and the appointment of departmental safety roles are filled and actively mitigating safety hazards and near misses.
- Ensure that the site meets the Packaging plan on time & in full through effective warehouse management processes.
- Ensure FIFO principles are followed on each transaction and that WMS processes are active on each shift.
- Manage daily stock on hand capacity to ensure safe operations and protect quality of finished goods.
- Manage turn-around-time of loading and offloading vehicles on shift.
- Conduct stock takes as per agreed procedures including managing variance explanations.
- Management of high-risk materials, expiry & Write-offs, this includes slow moving and obsolete stock, as well as blocked stock marked for reworks.
- Ensure effective material governance and reporting.
- Enforce adherence to warehouse capacity and storage principles.
- Ensure competent and motivated personnel within the Full Goods department.
- Ensure adherence & compliance to the Quality Management System and relevant policies, procedures, work instructions and Standard Operating Principles always.
- Drive innovation and business improvements in support of operational goals.
- Perform stand-in duties for PPML Manager and support end to end PML processes on site.
The Successful candidate must preferably have the following experience/skills:
- Relevant Tertiary Degree in Production, Operations Management or Supply Chain management.
- Proven track record of working within an FMCG materials management environment.
- Proven supplier management engagements
- Strong leadership capabilities and ability to manage people with diverse backgrounds.
- Excellent negotiation and collaboration skills
- High acumen of SAP
- Advanced Excel skills
- Strong analytical abilities & attention to detail
- Strong diligence & mindfulness is essential.
- Advanced level of problem-solving abilities
- Future-orientated and able to generate contingency plans.
- Good verbal/ written communication skills
- Ability to communicate effectively with site management and planners.
- Ability to persevere with tasks and display resilience when confronted with adversity.
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Supply Chain Manager, Supply Chain, Warehouse Manager, Warehouse, Manager, Operations, Manufacturing, Management