Operations Controller – SAB Phuthaditjhaba Depot needed at The South African Breweries
Job title : Operations Controller – SAB Phuthaditjhaba Depot
Job Location : Free State,
Deadline : February 10, 2025
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Key roles and responsibilities:
Warehouse Management:
- Ensure compliance with 5S standards and global policies, showing results evolution.
- Implement and design management cycles (SLA’s, process maps, KPIs) and ensure warehouse staff adherence.
- Develop and validate SOPs, ensuring understanding through tools like LnA and SCLOWD.
- Manage team rooms and routine meetings to solve problems and drive performance.
- Track adherence to MCRS/MCL routines.
- Use problem-solving tools (5 WHY, SIC, OPLs, RACI, PDCA) to create action plans and improve PI/KPI results.
- Cascade and standardize KPIs/PI targets at the individual employee level.
- Execute best practice processes and approved projects, tracking results.
- Ensure a 75% score for warehouse KPIs using GOPs.
- Use GAPA and PDCA to address chronic abnormalities.
Inventory:
- Ensure daily inventory count compliance and adherence to inventory and quality policies.
- Manage the destruction and write-off of obsolete products per legal/environmental requirements.
- Identify root causes of inventory discrepancies and implement corrective actions.
- Reduce supply chain overhead by managing stock age and utilizing problem-solving tools.
- Track operational variances and use management tools to improve performance.
Layout Implementation:
- Ensure warehouse layout adherence (e.g., Empties, Refusal, Order Picking, Repack, Finished Goods zones).
- Track ABC compliance and safety processes through MCL routines.
Loading & Unloading Activities:
- Track loading/unloading productivity and show results evolution.
- Implement and monitor load scheduling.
- Utilise Management tools to diagnose and address route cause.
- Ensure load verification is taking place for departure and returns on T1 andT2.
Improve Quality Standards:
- Manage, track and trend warehouse cleanliness, pest control schedule adherence, cross contamination from non-food grade chemicals, daily temperature control and product exposure.
- Ensure 75% Compliance to the Global Warehouse GOP.
- Implement and adhere to a Location-Based Inventory System to identify stored product.
- Execute Action Plan to address the Stock Age Index KPI.
- Track and trend %HL near to be blocked as a PI.
Picking Standards:
- Insure Picking area has a productive ergonomic layout that allows zero-man machine interactions
- Create and monitor picking KPI’s/Pi’s Cas/Per man Hour, Replenishment adherence
- Create and monitor picking KPI’s/Pi’s Cas/Per man Hour
Sorting Standards:
- Sorting Guideline adherence & targets met -Sorting resources planned; trained & quality bottle sorting performed. Random bottle sorting inspection performed daily; gaps identified & action plans implemented
- Ensure sorting area has a productive ergonomic layout that allows zero-man machine interactions
- Create and monitor sorting KPI’s/Pi’s CA’s/Per man Hour, show positive brewery MBFU evolution
Productivity & Capacity Managed:
- Ensure 75% Compliance to the Warehouse Labour Productivity GOP to improve the KPI.
- Design and maintain sizing simulator to address optimal labour and equipment resourcing.
- Allocate and assign labour activities utilising the SKAP tool.
- Develop and Manage the Warehouse Capacity Utilization model to improve Warehouse efficiency.
- Implement and manage waste plan and recycling operation by type of material: paper/carton, plastic by type: PET, PS, PP etc.,metal–aluminium, iron, etc., glass, food remains, other types, unrecyclable.
- Manage TCT and there are actions plans visible to improve it and it is also measured in Loading/Unloading and Replenishment.
Minimum Requirements:
- 3 years relevant diploma/degree
- 3+ years Warehouse/Logistics experience advantageous
- High level computer user (MS Office, Oasis)
- SAP proficient
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