Job Description:
Job responsibilities include (but are not limited to):

• Ensure the operational department provides good customer service
• Support customers for special orders
• Build business relationships with customers and suppliers
• Identify more effective suppliers for customer needs
• Ensure that materials are handled in a safe and legal manner
• Assess quality of suppliers
• Establish procedures for abnormal work requirements which fall outside of standard procedures
• Ensure that employees have clear work expectations and plans
• Communicate effective with Management
• Identify potential conflict situation and minimize the implications
• Control discipline and ensure fair decisions regarding
• Employee Relations
• Fairly manage cultural diversity
• Support the induction of new employees
• Identify potential conflict situations and minimize the implications
• Identify ideas to increase motivation
• Ensure competency of employees for the work required
• Advise employees on career opportunities and the requirements to achieve personal growth
• Ensure that require job instructions area available to employees
• Implement and maintain applicable Safety, Regulations, The Act, Codes of Practice and standards
• Complete safety, injury, hazard, risk and incident reports for area
• Ensure that accurate labour records including overtime worked are maintained
• Compile accurate reports
• Conduct required meetings including safety
• Prepare ad-hoc reports for management or other information customers
• Complete audit administration
• Identify opportunities to improve operations
• Participate in improvement
• Support efforts to overcome operational problems projects
• Identify risks and threats to management proactively

Qualifications:

• Grade 12 or equivalent qualifications
• Materials Management/Logistics Diploma – 1 year min
• Advantageous: Technical/Financial/Commercial degree

Experience

• Minimum 5 years’ experience at supervisory level with a supply/logistics management environment.
• SAP MM experience or equivalent – daily use.
• Relevant Materials Handling Equipment

Knowledge and Skills

• Valid driver’s license code 08
• Computer literacy for necessary systems