DC Logistics Manager – SAB East London Depot needed at The South African Breweries
Job title : DC Logistics Manager – SAB East London Depot
Job Location : Eastern Cape, East London
Deadline : May 11, 2025
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Key roles and responsibilities:
Safety:
- Ensures a safe and healthy working environment for internal and external stakeholders
- Ensures that legislative requirements are met in line with the Section 16.2 appointee requirements
- Maintains a robust system of SIO and SHO generation and close out
- Quarterly Safety reviews are conducted with the RLM and RSD to identify risk trends and mitigation plans
- Completes an annual risk review of internal and external processes, identifying relevant mitigation plans and implementing them
Quality:
- Ensures that logistics teams adhere to Quality guidelines specified by the Zone so that customers receive stock as per SAB Quality guidelines
- Adheres to Zone blocking mechanisms to ensure that blocked stock is at no time a risk to our stakeholders
- Manages DOC & Stock age for finished goods inventories in order to proactively identify opportunities or alleviate write off risks with functional peers in Planning, Manufacturing and Commercial
VPO/ DPO:
- Ensures that Daily, Weekly and Monthly Meeting routines are adhered to in line with mandatory DPO guidelines (OWD’s, SCL, MCL, Mandatory meetings)
- Conducts the Daily Logistics Meeting as per the specified TOR’s listed in the DPO framework
- Ensures that Processes are standardised via SOP’s and work standards are monitored and improved upon using Operational Work Diagnoses (OWD’s)
- 5S routines and improvement exercises are conducted on a weekly and monthly basis to uphold DC Housekeeping standards
- Annual Business Descriptions are developed per functional area, taking into account SWOT Analysis and key business imperatives
Continuous Improvement:
- Tracks KPI’s on a daily, weekly and monthly basis in line with DPO Terms of Reference. Ensures that appropriate problem-solving tools are applied for out-of-range KPI’s in line with DPO methodology
- Fosters a culture of continuous improvement by ensuring that routines and process are aligned to best-in-class standards through effective benchmarking
- Engages with HRBP and ensures that the Training Needs Analysis (TNA) document is maintained in line with ongoing operational requirements for staff development
- Ensures that TNA weekly and Monthly training schedules are adhered to
- Drives a problem-solving culture through the use of DPO Problem solving tools (e.g. 5 Why, Abnormality Reports, OWD’s, GAPA, PDCA) from Shopfloor to senior management
IR:
- Maintains a healthy IR climate by conducting documented monthly engagements with Union representatives
- Ensure that the Shopfloor are aligned in terms of goals and meeting routines to drive continuous improvement
- Ensures that Monthly One on Ones are conducted in line with the target review process
- Maintains a healthy IR climate with Partners (Owner Drivers, Temp Labour, Outsourced Services) through documented SLA Meetings
- Communication channels are open to relevant stakeholders via Monthly All Employee meetings
Governance:
- Ensures that internal compliance controls are adhered to in terms of Vendor payments, SOX and CSA controls
- Ensures that management teams are trained on the Code of Business Conduct and strict adherence is in place. Effective use of the Compliance Channel is maintained
Service Level:
- Ensures that T1 TCT is maintained to enable Stock and Empties movements from and to the brewery
- Engages with Sales to ensure RTI’s are maintained to minimize packaging downtime
- Ensures there is strict adherence to Inventory Policy within Warehouse
Service Level:
- Manages Service Level Agreements (SLA) on a weekly basis with Fleet, Quality and T1 functions
- Escalates relevant MBFU policy transgressions and takes appropriate actions
- Manages weekly SLA with Sales with clearly documented information on Sizing, Sales Forecast and Potential Stock write offs. Performance measures to be shared weekly included
Budgets:
- Drives a strict adherence to flexed budgets with the Delivery and Warehouse management teams
- Ensures that accountability is aligned to package owners
- Assumes overall accountability for Brewery Logistics Spend
- Ensures that Management teams conduct sizing on a weekly and monthly basis in line with the Sales plan. Sizing risks are identified and relevant actions taken to mitigate
- Accounts for over/underspends on a weekly and monthly basis dependent on the GL Frequency
Develop People:
- Create an operational environment that that inspires positive organizational effectiveness through the development of team members within Dream People Culture and the Leadership Capability Model
- Recruits diverse talent
- Develops people through knowledge sharing and insights
- Provides timely and constructive feedback while effectively coaching for performance
Service Level:
- Refusals performance, Sales Curve index, OODD, Drop size and OOS constraints
- Ensures that internal SLA agreements between Customer Service and Logistics are maintained
Minimum Requirements:
- 3-year Degree in Logistics or any other related field
- Minimum 4 years’ experience including Management, Logistics,
- Distribution/Warehousing and Finance
- Familiar with local market environments
- Credibility within the business
- Knowledge of all relevant legislative requirements
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