Automotive Battery Specialist - Warehouse Supervisor - Eastern Johannesburg

Responsibilities:
General Task Management

• Supervise daily activities of the warehouse, including quality assurance, inventory control, logistics and floor productivity
• Ensure that internal delivery processes are adhered to and support dispatch time
• Identify errors and eliminate root causes using corrective counter measures
• Ensure the security of the Warehouse environment and maintain access control
• Provide a safe working environment, adhering to Health, Safety and Environmental procedures and ensuring they are always understood and safely practiced by the team
• Plan, coordinate and monitor the receipt, storage and dispatch of goods
• Ensure that all relevant procedures and processes are followed and adhered to in line with the Company’s procedures and requirements
• Operate visual delivery tracking systems in order that commodity status can be seen at a glance
• Implement a corrective action plan to eliminate repeat issues
• Deliver efficiencies to support year-on-year operational budget reduction
• Manage the implementation of engineering changes, production trials, model change and pilot build, ensuring robust product life cycles
• Strategically plan and manage logistics, warehouse, transportation and customer service in the inventory team
• Direct, optimise and coordinate full order cycle
• Arrange and plan out the warehouse, catalogue goods, plan routes and process shipments
• Implement warehouse and management systems and working practices in line with best practices and continuous improvement
• Check, record and report any equipment that is not in good working order to technical services
• Ensure that goods are received accurately and stored securely
• Oversee any planned maintenance of vehicles, machinery and equipment
• Maintain the management of supplier return packaging
• Record and communicate all shortage issues to the Business Unit Manager

• Supervise and control order picking, goods in, goods out operations to ensure accuracy with minimum handling and stock damage
• Organise, facilitate and manage stock takes at regular intervals
• 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
• Keep track of quality, quantity, stock levels, delivery times, transport costs and efficiency

• Manage Manpower resources effectively to support customer delivery requirements
• Liaise with customers, suppliers and transport companies as and when required in a timely manner
• Ensure orders are processed efficiently and that the delivery of materials meets customers' timescales/ requirements
• Deliver the product to the customer on time, every time, using appropriate methods
• Follow-up and resolve Customer concerns
• Monitor and review operational methods to facilitate both qualitative and quantitative improvements within the operation whilst ensuring continuous customer service

• Build team philosophy and cultivate a team atmosphere by working with the team to achieve the Company's targets and objectives
• Maintain training matrix and ensure employees are adequately trained and competent within their role to ensure operational flexibility
• Planning, managing and adjusting staffing levels to meet daily operational requirements within the warehouse
• Ensure that employee attendance is monitored and that annual / sick leave is recorded on ZOHO
• Supervise the warehouse team and manage day-to-day warehouse operations

• Conduct audit checks to ensure that transactions are traceable to signed-off delivery documents where applicable
• Conduct audits to ensure that the entire receiving cycle is complete

• Support, comply and ensure complicity with Health & Safety regulations, the Company Handbook, Quality and Environmental standards and all other Company policies and procedures
• Engage the interest and participation of others and has a collaborative approach to working with others

• Any other reasonable, lawful instructions, even if not stipulated, which may be given by any person duly authorized or delegated by the Company to do so
• Any other duties that may reasonably be expected of him/her within the Company from time to time

• Ensure adherence to the Company’s Policies and Procedures and Health and Safety Standards

• MS Office and various other computer programs
• Knowledge of inventory and warehouse management best practice principles

• Matric or Grade 12
• Diploma in Supply Chain / Warehouse Management

• 4 – 6 years’ previous working experience in the same or similar role & leading people

• Driver’s Licence
• South African ID or valid Work Permit

• ZOHO
• Product Training
• MRP
• SharePoint
• Office 365

• MS Office 365 Suite and ZOHO

• Presentable, neat and tidy appearance
• Detail orientated
• Excellent verbal and written communication
• Interpersonal skills
• Results/target orientated
• Stress tolerance
• Team player
• Problem-solving skills
• Customer Focus

• Delegation and conflict management skills
• Business acumen
• High levels of motivation and action orientated
• Planning and Organising skills