Operations Controller – SAB Phuthaditjhaba Depot needed at The South African Breweries

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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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